By Rick Gilman, APR, CMP

Adam DeGraide, CEO and co-founder of Astonish Results, is a self-described rock-and-roller whose firm is committed to shaking up independent agency marketing and customer service.

He and his colleagues accomplish this through a combination of leveraging the latest technology, fully engaging social media, marketing his clients as full-fledged business advisors rather than merely policy peddlers, and by recruiting "Raving Fan Managers" to promote the Astonish approach wherever he goes.
Astonish Results bases its approach on two core beliefs.

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