Craig Procter has the right ideas to grab the leads in advance. And I do mean advance maybe up to 2 years out in the future or more.  Is that a bad thing?

It is if you can't follow up until they hatch.  You do have to pay him $150/ mo or more just for the site,(but he'll give you 3 months for the price of one to try it out) then you have to use ppc or some type of advertising to get the clicks.  In my market you will need to spend another $500 or more per month to get on the first couple pages for PPC, or maybe be on the first position for a few days and work those leads. For me this has been a learning process and Craig Proctor's sites teach a lot.  But you do have to realize there are 1000's of agents using his sites, and I'm sure you'll get more bad feedback then good. 

But that's the same as agents  that make it in Real Estate vs fail. Of course is $4mil per year making it or not, it really depends on what you need and what motivates you. In Charlotte
one of the top agents is Holly Pasut and she made the Wall Street Journal top 200 list and she uses Craig Proctors site.  She uses about anything you can think of to advertise so I'm sure his site has worked for her.

I'm tempted to try out his site every so often again, but have resisted, for think with the right web designers and follow up system you can do the same for yourself.  In my case time will tell!! And I'll let you know and maybe tell you who my web designer is too!!!  Just might partner up with my web designer and sell Craig Proctor look-a-like sites for less, who knows.

Gary L Mitchell
garysells@carolina.rr.com

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"Mike Royce" "  wrote:


I would like anyone who  can tell me the pros and cons of investing into
Craig Proctor's website  etc. Looks interesting. Thank you.

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I went to one of Craig's seminars a few years ago. It was extremely
overwhelming, IMO all they want you to do is invest your money in
everything else they were selling.  There were some good ideas he had, but
he had Talking House, his website, his coaches, an 800# company, tapes, I
can't remember everything there but it was sell, sell, sell!  So if you
did sign up for his website, I'll bet you'll be getting tons of email for
his other services.  I don't believe he is about helping out us agents, he
is about Craig Proctor.

I'm sure anything he can offer in his website, you can get the same thing
with Point2 and probably better customer service.

Sandy Auer
sandyauer@montaguemiller.com

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What's funny is that many of the more "credible" marketing  gurus &
companies will tell you that many of us spend too much  on things like
coaches, and they can offer you suggestions on how they  can help you
reduce those costs.
Guess it depends on which sales  pitch hits you the right way.

Bill Keegan

Bill to expand on  what Todd means is that he feels we spend too much on the "fluff". I am sure he  HIGHLY agrees we should spend $ on coaches as he also offers coaching  himself.

He is a fan of low cost marketing pieces with effective messages  and not fancy, eloquent designs that is a waste because you do not have the  right message for people to call you.

I like to send out 5."5 x 8.5"  color on both side post cards, he feels we should save money and send smaller  and color on one side(but we can go bigger if we want). The word I keep hearing  from his free weekly calls is "MESSAGE" 
If your message is not good, no one will  call you no matter what your marketing pieces look like. I have picked up many  good ideas from his free calls that I have implemented and seem to work so I am  highly considering to buy his whole  system.


Michael  Trinchitella

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Have you ever committed to a goal and as the deadline looms in front of you, you wonder what were you thinking when you set that that large, now seemingly impossible goal?

As I work with my coaching clients, I encourage unrealistic goals. They are much more fun, borne of passion and possibility. Too often we see ourselves capable of only the small, manageable, ordinary goals. It makes us very uncomfortable to say we'll do something that we have no evidence we can do. Yet, there is an excitement in pushing ourselves beyond what seems possible. I believe, in fact, one of my jobs as a coach is to see my client BIGGER than they see themselves. The people who have inspired me most in my life did that for me and I am eternally grateful. So, in Napoleon Hill's words, "If you can conceive it, you can achieve it."

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So, what has this all to do with me and my goal and you and yours? I will share with you what it has to do with mine and my hope is that you can use this to finish your year where you want to be or find something here to empower and motivate you to be outrageously intentional in getting your goals for 2007.

The deadline for my goal is December 31, 2006. We have raised or have committed pledges that total $19,225.41. So...that leaves us $80,774.59 short. It would be easy to say, "Oh, well, raising $20,000 will make an incredible difference (It is enough to send 400 girls in Afghanistan to school for a whole year) and that's the best we could do." But, I am crazy enough to approach this from the standpoint of, maybe this is a good place for me to walk my talk. It's easy as a coach to tell others they can achieve whatever they can conceive and to go for it as their life depended on it, but when the rubber meets the road, am I willing to put everything to test? Am I willing to pull out the stops, even if it means some people are tired of hearing about this and wish I would shut up?

So, if you will indulge me, I intend to GO FOR IT! I want to prove, in spite of the odds...miracles can happen and I know I need to stir up some cosmic dust to do that and am willing to work to pull this off. I know the power of community and many of you have already, generously given support. When I called it the WebWomenGivingCircle, I envisioned the thousands of people that 20 of us could reach with all the communities we were related to. But, I know there are also people who don't realize that $10 can make a BIG impact or think they wouldn't make THE difference. If each person who reads this donates $10, we will make our goal and if you can donate more, all the better(Heck, if you have $80,000 or know Bill Gates..that'd be ok too!)

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Are you in????? Can you help me prove a seemingly impossible goal can be achieved? I need your help for it to happen, but together, I KNOW Miracles are possible!!!

Joanne Fossland 
http://joeann.realtownblogs.com/

 

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Thanks Chris and to all the other responses.  I really spent some time on
this, and after hearing many sad tales from realtor families, divorces, etc.
I thought it would be appropriate for the public to know just what it is
that we do.

With the consulting class I'm teaching, this is a big issue.  Don't work
with those who don't appreciate you. Get paid for what you do, work only
with those that you like and who trust and appreciate you.  With that said,
don't ignore your family or friends.....one day will come when you need them
and if you have ignored them for 20+ Years, you will not have their love.
It is too easy to backburner life for real estate, what is more important is
to make real estate a backburner to your life.

Just my ..05 ( yeah, I charge more now ;-) lol) but for those who are in the
midst of doing their 2007 business planning, and want to incorporate work
and family/personal time, you may want to consider a coach.  I can recommend
two that I know personally can help you grow as a person, a business, and a
family.  One is Joeanne Fossland, http://www.joeann.com/ and the other is
Rossi http://www.rossispeaks.com/

I've also heard good things about Matt Ferrara and I had the chance to
listen to Darryl Davis at the NAR convention in Orlando a couple years ago,
and I think he is fabulous as well.

Whatever you do, while planning on how to change your business in 2007, it
may be a good idea to browse for a coach and get some help on what you want
to do to get you where you want to be.  A lot of people view this as an
"expense".....I view it as an investment in your future.  Sometimes it takes
someone else to hit you over the head. 

I recommend taking a few minutes out of your day and thinking about what you
want to do next year.  What did you do last year? How much did you make? Do
you want to make more, spend less?  How will you make that happen? Do you
have a wicked market that is very competitive? If so, how can you stand out?

It is now time to think of this, and if you need some help, hire a coach.
The money is well worth it if you get on track and do more deals, or if you
just get more free time to spend with your family.

I have my plans all set for next year. I know where I'm going, and I know
how to get there, but it wasn't without a lot of help from others.

Think about it: insanity is doing the same thing, but expecting different
results.

Paula Bean
Orlando, FL

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