Has anyone used Busy Agent Pro? Does it work? On the website it says 1 agent per market but how do you know if your market is taken before you sign up? I'm a little suspicious of lead generation companies. Any help would be appreciated.

Yes it does work. They are miles ahead of many in online lead generation.For what you pay 67.00 a month and everything you get it can't be beat.As far as your market you are reffering to the custom content each month for blogging purposes on FREA. You need to contact and e-mail and they will let you know if your market is taken.They go by county and cities. So if a county is really huge they will break down the market further.

There are so many things you do not see that are coming down the pike with the system. It will take you awhile to get used to everything.

As far as lead generation Brian works with us side by side. They do not SELL us leads of anykind. Busy Agent Pro is more of a melting pot of masterminds exchanging ideas and technology. You can't fully understand what the system is about from a landing page. Brian offers a money back guarantee no questions asked so there is no risk on your part.

Hope this helps..........

I've been with BAP for 4 years now and am very happy with it. Super Realtor is right, they are miles ahead of everyone else. My favorite is the blogging system they have. I started blogging for some keywords and was #6 on google within 2 weeks. Yesterday I got my first lead from a blog and am sending them a list of houses.

If you're into websites they have a really good SEO guy named Rich. He is showing us how to get one way links to our sites from websites with page ranks between 7 and 10.

The websites are very easy to set up. You enter your market area and the site is automatically customized with unique content. I think the sites are over 600 pages out of the box. Add in the SEO from Rich and the blogging system and we are seeing some pretty amazing results.

I recommend it for anyone outside of my market.

I did e-mail BAP but I gave him my city not my county (he said my city is open). I'm not very good a blogging but I am trying. I have my own webpage with my company but of course you have to get people there. Well, guess it's worth a try, hubby's getting laid off from his job and I hate to see more money going out, but if it will bring money in... Thanks for the advice, it's appreciated.

I know what it's like to be laid off and tight on money. I started my real estate career in May of 2005 after being laid off from a construction job in December of 2004. In October of 2005 the market crashed in my area. I've never had it easy in real estate and had to work my butt off to get established in a declining market. I don't think I could have done it without Brian's help and I owe a lot of my success to him.

Brian's a good guy and won't steer you wrong. Make sure to post on the forum and introduce yourself. Brian's stuff only works if you actually do it and participate.

I'm not the best blogger in the world, but with his exclusive markets on FREA the content is written for you. It takes 2 minutes a day to post it. As for the BAP blog there are several threads about where to find ideas for content.

Welcome to BAP!

Luckily, with my company, we have a contact management program with auto prospecting and e-newsletters that are mailed to our contacts so the only thing I really need are leads, like everyone else. I like the idea of blog content written for me and the 2 minutes a day to post.

"Luckily, with my company, we have a contact management program with auto prospecting and e-newsletters that are mailed to our contacts so the only thing I really need are leads"

There will come a day when you need to leave that company.Success of your business depends on not getting attatched to any 1 real estate company. Companies that have crappy splits goal is to incubate you especially the new agents so you don't leave for a different company with better plans. That is about their only defense. They tought it as helping you out but really the more involved with them the more it will cost you to move.

With Busy Agent Pro you will have a system where if you leave that company you can just replace a company logo and you are still humming along with your own business.

I agree with Super Realtor - unless you can take that contact management system with you, I wouldn't put much effort into using it.

I'm using my MLS auto-email system right now as a contact management system for the time being. I just can't justify the additional expense of another monthly fee right now.

Actually, I meant I am using my MLS contact management system. I do have my webpage with my company. I don't use my company e-mail, I just use yahoo. My concern was the leads and getting up high on the google list. Decisions Decisions!

If you're concerned about google ranking look at my blog. Google Naples Short Sale Expert. I have 2 of the top 3 spots and I am getting leads from the post.

Don't be so modest Perky. We all know you're big money! Just a few weeks ago you said you didn't need anymore business.

There is no downside to join only upside. If you don't like it after 30 days get your money back. If you do like it and you explode your business that that is a huge upside.As far as mls contact management those pale in comparision to BAP.I have one to with my FMLS but I don't use it. You have a webpage with your company etc.,etc.

The whole point is you have a bunch of piecemail stuff when you could have one place to login and control everything. Blogging,websites,lead capture pages,contact management,drip campaigns,idx,social networking,videos.

The goal is to control everything with one system for a minimal price.

So do you all think Busy Agent Pro is way better then Point 2 Agent? I just started with them and am slowly getting my SEO up the search engines. Would you recommend abandoning Point 2 Agent for Busy Agent Pro. This is the first time I've heard of this company. And the first time I've seen a post where the 3 or 4 responders actually like it.

I don't know much about BAP. Does BAP give you a website with MLS search capability or do you have to pay a separate vendor (maintain a separate site) to get that?

Marc,

I've never had a P2A account so I don't have first hand knowledge. I do know many BAP members who came from P2A and they seem to really like it. I'll see if I can e-mail a few of them and have them come give a comparison.

I can say that BAP SEO is top notch. Rich and his team are really on top of things. None of the questionable link farm stuff. All one way links to your site from legit sources. With the exclusive markets you get 30 pre-written, customized blogs a month for FREA which is a page rank 4. Then you can write as many BAP and FREA blogs as you like all linking to your site. They are indexed quickly and usually pop up on the first few pages of google within a week or two. If you want to PM me I can send you some keywords I'm targeting and you can see for yourself how things are ranking.

Cave Man,

BAP is in the process of releasing IDX for our websites. The final details aren't out, but based on their past history it should be pretty cool. I'll see if Rich or Brian can stop by to comment on the progress.

Ben, I must confess, I was an idiot and clicked on your free BPO link. Your sense of humor is truly warped, and I like it.

In spite of that, I believe you speak the truth about BAP vs P2A.

I've got agents with P2A in my office and I blew past them on Google, Yahoo and MSN with my BAP site.

But what was especially cool, I did it in about 60 days on my main BAP site and about half that time with my foreclosed homes sites.

I can not wait for the IDX solution! To be able to offer a customized search with a form on the bottom of the page that allows the prospect to ask for more info, a systemized search, save the search, etc, will be awesome.

In January there were a couple of agents with Z57 sites in my office with page 1 Google ranks. They were cocky about it too. Now they're on page 3 and I'm on page 1 or the top of page 2. I love it.

Thanks for the P2A comparisons JBN1999. Good to know. I'm on page 2 currently of google for certain key words with my P2A, but I think I might be able to do better with BAP. I have two weeks time invested in P2A. And I could just copy my 7 blogs to that BAP to start off fast I think. I have another site for my company that has fairly good search results, but I might be changing companies and not owning my own company later in the year so I'm starting a seperate "agent" website for me now to get high in the rankings by the time I change companies.

Thanks Joel. I had a feeling you'd like my link!

All I have to say is that BAP is on the cutting edge.Will everyone like it of course not. I can tell you I have searched for years and I CHALLENGE you to find a service that does what BAP does for 67.00 a month.

It's just simply not out their folks. I know I have been looking for years.

Sure if you have thousands or tens of thousands of dollars a year you might find something close but not near as good.

The difference is Brian is one of us and not some graphic artists that own real estate website development companies trying to suck us dry with fees and upgrades that are add-ons.

Now BAP is not for people who do not want to put in some work to get results.Internet will be even more of a presence in the future.With postage going up and television and radio ad costs internet is one fo the most cost effective marketing mediums otu there.

It will continue to be for years to come. Social online networking will change the way we communicate and market ourselves.Yes social networking exists today but when you look at it's potential it's in it's infancy stage.

My wife, Kristi, and I have been members of Point2 for over three years. I just got a lead from Point2, two days ago. It was my fifth lead in three years. The basic Point2 was free up until 3 months ago. Now Point2 now charges me $9.95 for the basic. A couple of years ago, I tried the premium version and actually bought an extra neighborhood with Point2 for three months. I dropped the paid version after the quarter but kept the free version.

You might ask why we stayed with Point2 for over three years with only four, now five, leads total. The answer, it was free. The one thing Point2 had going for it besides free was the listing syndication. How many leads have I got from all of the sites: frontdoor, oodle, trulia, vast, zillow etc? I can’t think of any actual sales or even any showings generated from these sites. The reason we actually took the time to post all of our listings was that I put it in my listing presentation. They have a cool graphic that lists their 35+ web sites that are syndicated.

In my listing presentation, I tell my potential sellers that we list all of our listings on over 40 different web sites. Besides being enhanced on Realtor.com and my RE/MAX site (which is free and I get 15-20 leads a week) we have your listings on these sites as well. “The Internet is like a needle in the haystack, the more needles the more likely they will find you.” “Most local Realtors still advertise in the newspaper like they did 20 years ago and since the Internet has over 80% of the buyers searching for homes, doesn’t it make since to spend my marketing dollars on the Internet? They always say yes.

When Point2 announced they were going to charge $9.95 for the free site we struggled with keeping it. I started to search for alternatives. All of my current listings were told that they would be on over 40 web sites so we were stuck. We already have virtual tours for all of our listings with Tour Factory that now syndicates to zillow etc plus was easier to move over to craigs list.

I found postlets which could also do it for free and listhub which sucks the listings from the mls, like Realtor.com I had my Broker sign up with listhub, thinking it would save us time from inputting them. I now regret telling my Broker about listhub because now all of the RE/MAX agents will be on 40+ sites. Listhub is not yet compatible with our mls, and hopefully they will not get approved.

In my search for an alternative to Point2, I ran into Busy Agent Pro less than three months ago. We signed up for the Newburgh exclusive territory ($67 Mo). Two weeks into BAP we actually watched the sales webinar for BAP. Prior to watching the webinar we already knew we had stumbled upon something huge.

We dropped Top Producer, which we had for over 5 years, after moving all of our contacts to BAP’s contact manager. We had just signed up for Facebook and LinkedIn when we joined BAP. You can now post to all of the social sites from BAP. We are now on 20+ sites. My post on Xanga for instance, is on page one of Google with one of my keywords.

After participating in their live webinar on BAP we bought a second exclusive market for Evansville ($57 Mo). [b]You can view a live webinar tomorrow Tuesday, May 5, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT.

This is by far the best investment we have ever made in our real estate career. Since joining BAP we have dropped TopProducer – (BAP has integrated contact manager), HomeFeedback - (we can do our own feedback on BAP), We are going to drop Tour Factory – (BAP is adding cool video capabilities), Point2 – (BAP is adding syndication for listings) and RealEstateChampions 365 Club – (the platinum training content, video, audio and printed material on BAP is superior to anything we have run across).

This post is taking way too much of my time, that is why I have not been on agentsonline for awhile, but I have one more point to make. One idea that Point2 came up with was to establish you as an expert in an exclusive neighborhood. With BAP, I have an exclusive city, actually two, and can have unlimited exclusive niche websites. I am going to have niche websites for every subdivision “neighborhood”, single property websites for every listing, and eventually special niche websites for every possible niche I can think of. (I.E. HUD Homes, Condos, First Time Homebuyers, Expired Listings, Stealth FSBO site, Homes with Pools, Foreclosures, Relocation, Luxury Homes, etc.)

I didn’t even mention what else you get by consolidating everything you need into one seamless interface with 1 login. Unlimited Lead Capture Sites, SEO Supercharged Blogging, Video/Audio Streaming with Webcasts and Podcasts , Automated Custom Follow Up Campaigns, Drip Email Marketing Campaigns, Direct Mail Marketing Campaigns , Customized Marketing Plan, Real Estate Web & Business Systems, Mastermind Forums, Coaching, Automated Email, Desktop Printing, Print Follow Up, Posting to 30+ Social Networking Sites & So Much More! On top of that; No Contracts Ever – No Setup Fees Ever – 30 Day Money Back Guarantee.

Web 2.0 = Busy Agent Pro

Don't take my word for it. You owe it to yourself to check out all that BAP has to offer. You can view a live webinar today Tuesday, May 5, from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM EDT. Sign up here Free…

There are two things to consider here. Busy Agent Pro offers many tools to help you advance your real estate career. But what many people overlook is the education you can gain from a valuable resource like BAP.

Everybody talks about websites, blogs, etc. BAP has that and more. There are newsletters, there are tested promotional materials, there are campaigns, there are marketing systems. Somebody said to try it for 30 days. There is so much there that it would be hard to absorb all of it in 30 days.

If you try it for a few months and find that it is not for you, then you will have invested in a small amount with a huge benefit. When you exit you will no longer have access to the site. But what they can't take away from you is all that you would have learned in those few months. And the private forum will be another learning opportunity as you review recent posts and those from the past.

Plan on blocking out a few days just to review the wealth of information there. You know that not everything there will fit your personality or marketing objectives. But there will be some things there that will. Once you have tried it and seen what it has to offer, I doubt that you will be leaving anytime soon.

Oh and all of the facts for anyone interested are available about BAP for the asking:

http://busyagentpro.com

or feel free to contact me directly if you like, I really do answer my e-mail and phone unlike a whole lot of companies out there:)

Does Busy Agent Pro work? This is an easy question for me to answer. I signed up for the service a few months back, and quickly saw the benefit, and grabbed a total of five exclusive markets.

I am a total novice to blogging and SEO, and had no idea where to begin. Brian and Rich have taken the time to answer all of my questions, personally and repeatedly. Now, after just about two months, all 5 of my exclusive markets keywords are showing up on page 1 of Yahoo or Google, often both!

One of my markets has the top 3 spots! I don't mean its showing up on the top three pages, I mean it is the top three spots of page 1 of Google!

Do you know how powerful that is to show a listing prospect that my area specific websites are at the top of search engine results? Literally, today, an older agent in my office asked me if I would co-list 6 listings, because his sellers wanted a robust internet marketing plan and he had seen my results and wanted me in.

In addition, I got another listing appointment directly off of an expired campaign that was available for free on Busy Agent Pro that I have been working for all of 2 weeks.

I think next I need to tackle FSBOs, Foreclosures, etc...

I won't minimize any additional expenses for people in a tight spot, but I'm constantly amazed at how inexpensive Busy Agent Pro is for what I get.

ANYWAY.....
"Does it work?"
I just checked my Google placement for my HUD homes website status. My site is about 60 days old, I've made a couple of dozen (at most) BAP blog posts to support it.
Of the 10 sites on page 1 of Google for the keyword search terms I have blog posts in postitions 5 & 6. My site is in position 7 on page 1.
So yeah, it works!!
With no advertising to drive traffic to the sites, I get about 6 leads weekly from the blog posts or the HUD homes website.
My record is 56 leads the week of Easter when I had a Craigs List ad running that advertised some of the HUD homes in my area.

Thanks everyone

I signed up yesterday for this service and am finding my way around it. The thing that I really respect is when a company puts a way to quit the service right on the website. And BAP does. I'm not thinking of stopping the service. I'm thinking of quitting my Point 2 agent account and can't find any such thing and I'm even having a hard time finding a number to call. And I suppose I'll have to argue with them to get them to disable my account.

I had to look hard to find their number but found it I'll pm you with it.

Don't disable your present account right away if it is bringing some results and being found on the search engines. Most people want some overlap so that the old system can produce some results while you learn your way around the new system.

I only had point 2 agent for about 2 weeks so it isn't a big deal. I have another site the I was going to replace, but I'll keep that going for awhile.

The people behind BAP truly care and that is one of the reasons I continue to refer them to others. Brian and Rich have always been there to help when it was needed. I have been a member for 2 years now and I'm not going anywhere else. You are not just a number with this company. The tools are outstanding and I am constantly amazed at their forward thinking.

Here is our contact information for the person who asked or anyone for that matter:

Support/Billing: support@busyagentpro.com

Support Billing Toll Free phone: 1-800-604-1828

And my direct contact Information

Brian Rodgers
brian@toolboxu.com
Direct Phone: 620-662-6449

I'm interested in the search terms everyone is using to proclaim their site is #3 - 1st page etc. Also how you determined that was the best terms to use.

I won't argue with closings - if BAP has a better mouse trap that's really cool.

Also - No one seems to be talking prices - why not? How much does BAP cost?

Kudos to BAP and those using it - if it works - there is no better endorsement.

It costs $67 a month.

Hey Don,

Brian and Rich taught us how to do keyword research. It takes a little bit of time to do, but picking the right keywords and blogging effectively is well worth the time spent.

Loveofcreed68 is correct. It is $67 a month. Once you sign up you are locked in at that rate and it never goes up.

I wouldn't say we necessarily built a "better" mousetrap but it is definitely different than anything else out there when you look at it as a whole.

We have members ranking high on just about every search term out there. Obviously we aren't going to give it away and create competition as BAP only accepts one person per market but here is one example for a member I just got off the phone with so it is fresh in my mind and is in a huge, competitive market:

San Diego Short Sales


A BAP site is in the top 3-4 on page 1, maybe higher for this search term. That is pretty great considering that market:)

Again, there is one example, there are hundreds upon hundreds of examples posted in our community and more posted every single day.

Sounds very interesting for sure - I guess I'll look into it too

I would have thought general terms like 'San Diego Real Estate' would be better but long tail keywords are great if they're working.

Well, this particular search that I posted is no where near a long tail keyword, there are over a million competing sites and a lot of searches going on for it. You can also see all of the people competing for that term with PPC, that is a sign that that is a rem you want:)

Also, we do have tons of members getting results for terms just as you suggested, their market real estate and many others, I was just giving one example, there are thousands of other examples.

Last, SEO, websites, blogging etc. are just part of what is in BAP, it is not what BAP is all about, there are many, many other things that make up a BAP membership.

One other thing about long tail keywords. they can be very powerful. I think where many SEO experts that don't understand our business fall short is they group all long tail keywords together as one.

That just isn't the case because of the local aspect of our business.

A long tail keyword in one market may be one of the top primary keywords in a different market.

To illustrate this example, keeping in mind the search above, try this:

Type in:

Hutchinson Kansas Short Sales

This is one of my own personal markets. You will see that not only do I have the first 4 spots in Google, I have not one, but two all important double listings and am dominating that search for that term.

But, also notice there aren't too many PPC ads for that term and only like 30K competing sites.

So, in my market, this is definitely a long tail keyword, a very powerful one that generates me some great leads and has resulted in several closed transactions. But, in the one above, San Diego, it is much closer to a primary keyword.

So, although the strategy is exactly the same, the power of searches do vary from one market to the next.

Brian,

I know there is someone from Louisvill, KY that has your program. Does he have Lexington, KY as well? I'm interested in you program. I need something that can allow me to do multiple sites and that allows for blogging the is embedded in the site. I saw were the gentleman from Louisville has several sites and he just posted a market update on each site specific to that site. I think that is great. How can I get a sales pitch on everything to see if it fully meets my needs? Also, if I already have a website up and running, should I keep that. How hard is it to switch the domain name over? I currently have Ihouse.

Thanks,

Hello

I'm using BAP, I have been for the past two years. Its a great system, everyone is there to help you, check out the Forum. Take a look at the desktop, thats offered for free and you could take a look at the system for 30 days. I'm currently trying out the blog system, and its very easy. BAP has so many great systems to try...www.busyagentpro.com - It also has training videos and much more

Michael McCulloch

i'm waiting for the email reply, i dont really see why people are saying stuff like its a gimmick/mouse trap. how much money have we spent on things that never brought anything in? this is ganna cost 67$ and if you arnt happy u cancel it after that month.

67$ isnt all that bad if you ask me .... (if it is something really good) 2$ a day coffee cup that ull have at home. problem solved lol

I would hae to agree. First try out the gold account, its free, then upgrade once you have a look at everything it has to offer. No contract, try it out for a month. If you like lead capture pages and drip e-mail, blogs and the list goes on, not to mention the library it has.

good luck,

Just FYI for everyone, we have also added a great feature to BAP which is over 1,000 executive book summaries. I know it doesn't really have anything to do with all the technology, etc. but it rocks!

I was flying home from San Diego a few weeks ago and saw an ad for 8 page business book summaries. Since I have at least 5 books going at any one time, i thought this would be perfect for me. i signed up, it was like $200 per year and I was absolutely hooked when i received the first few summaries!

They come in many formats including text, mp3, powerpoint, mindmap, html, etc. so you can get the summaries delivered in whichever learning modality fits you best.

Anyway, I was so impressed, I called the company and made an offer for an enterprise version of their service where all BAP members could get the membership for free and they accepted the offer! So, this is another addition to BAP as of yesterday and our members are loving it!

Hi Everyone. I don't spend too much time posting anywhere but I did a google search and found this thread. I am with BAP going on 3 years. It's changed a lot since I joined.

I was #1 for Cedar Rapids Real Estate for a time but I have dropped off this past week so I am hoping its a google quirck or something but I am on top three position for Cedar Rapids Realty which is a common search phrase. For the search term Cedar Rapids homes one of my websites is at position 4 and the other is at position 6. Positon 4 for cedar rapids realtor page 2 for cedar rapids rent to own and page 1 for cedar rapids distressed homes.

Not too bad realy.

I hope this helps anyone who has questions.

Rick Hernandez
Rick@bestiowahomes.com

Alright, so I have signed up with BAP on a platinum account and have requested an exclusive market. Back on the 29th of June I asked for it and was told it was available. I responded and said, I'll take it. Today, I get another email saying it is available but that someone else has also requested my market and that I needed to sign up on a platinum account to get it.

Excuse me? I already signed up and requested the darn thing. So I've tried calling into the 1-800-604-1828 phone number provided in an email, no answer but a voicemail all three times. No response either on email and I've sent that twice already with an urgent and return reciept attached. I think the platform looks wonderful and would be a great asset but if I can get this straightened out, I'm going to drop it quickly.

Try writing Brian from here and ask your question. I'm sure he'll be along soon to answer your question. It took them a few days to get mine all set up also. And you had the 4th of July to work around also. I hope they get it set up for you. They should be able to look at the system and detirmine who signed up first for your market.

Hi Wade,

You can do everything mentioned above and much more with BAP. Feel free to contact me and I can check to see if we can find you a market.


Support/Billing: support@busyagentpro.com

Support Billing Toll Free phone: 1-800-604-1828

And my direct contact Information

Brian Rodgers
brian@toolboxu.com
Direct Phone: 620-662-6449

Thank you Brian for getting the situation resolved. I appreciate your help.