Sumter, SC · Member since 2013 · 105 posts · 10 votes
I am looking to invest in one of these 2 website companies to start my online marketing but I don't know which is better. What do you prefer between the 2?
Investor · Roseburg, OR · Member since 2014 · 141 posts · 149 votes
11y
Hey Matt! Thanks for taking a look at InvestorCarrot!
The coolest thing about this thread is the support the community has thrown our way :-) Thanks guys! Means a lot.
Anyhow, LP is a solid product, and I don't know Danny but it looks like he's out to do the right thing and he'll keep innovating on his product, so it keeps us on our toes :-)
Our prices aren't the lowest and never will be, but the long-term ROI that people are getting are insanely high.
But the main reasons people join InvestorCarrot and the reason people stick w/ us...
Our Focus On Results (SEO and Conversions) Over Everything Else: Since day 1 we made the conscious decision to focus on results over all else. In the past the real estate investor website companies would let you choose between a bunch of templates... let you customize them... and throw you out into the wild. In 2014 our members attracted almost 1million visitors to their sites and are converting over 13,000 leads per month through Carrot. So we have a lot of data and every month we're running between 10-30 tests on customers sites finding ways to improve conversions. When we do, we roll those changes out automatically.
We don't focus on just making a pretty site, we focus on the #1 reason you need a website... to help you get leads and build credibility. That's it. Scott Costello has a great post on his blog about how his Carrot site converts about 5x more leads than his non Carrot site that may help you look into that aspect of our service.
So when you setup a motivated seller website... you don't get to choose between different templates. We have 1 that works. Then from there you can tweak the design to make it more unique to you. We have a whole array of different "content packs" we rotate through on sites and we do some cool SEO automation things to help give you a jumpstart on the SEO.
Carrot sites have more page 1 and #1 rankings than any other website system: Carrot is just over a year old and because of some of the SEO automation built in... and our training... our customers hold more page 1 rankings (and #1 rankings) in markets across the country than any other single platform. It's a combo of our platform, the tools in the platform, the data science built into our platform, and our training / support.
Fanatical Support: One of the main ways we reinvest back into the platform and customers is w/ our support. We have great email support and live chat... + a robust online help center and weekly live mastermind calls for our Content Pro members w/ me every Tuesday. Where you can have me personally dive into your site on that call and I'll diagnose how you can rank better for specific keywords, improve your own conversions, grow your business. Basically like a free coaching program as part of the membership. We love that side of the business. It's one of the most fun parts. It's a lot of work, but fun.
Integrations: At the beginning we decided that we likely will never build our own fully robust CRM into Carrot. Sounds weird, but we're focusing the majority of our efforts on being the best online lead generation tool on the market first. Everything "post conversion" we've built integrations so you can use other systems to do your email marketing, CRM, etc. Tons of investors use Zoho and Podio now... which our system directly integrates with both really well.
Anyhow, we'd love to connect w/ ya and see if it's a fit.
We have some really cool innovations coming out over the next several months that you'll love.
Hit me up if you have any questions.
As a last tidbit, what we found when we started InvestorCarrot was that our best customers are the ones who value and understand the long-term ROI really well. They tend to get the best results and implement what we teach. Our pricing when we launched was about half what it is now... but we found that high achieving investors cared more about real results and personalized help than they did about that extra few bucks a month. So we beefed up our product and support even more, added that weekly mastermind call, added our Content Marketing System... and have focused on investing more money back into our customers success. Our prices are higher... but long-term ROI for customers who leverage the tools and resources we have is much higher than the alternatives.
Good luck on your decision and whatever way you go you'll be in good hands!
Real Estate Investor · San Antonio, TX · Member since 2010 · 328 posts · 182 votes
9y
@Erik Trefzger Glad to hear you are interested in our platform. Just so you are aware, we are releasing what is basically "reimobile 2.0" this fall. It'll be renamed too because I just never really liked the name. :) You can PM me if you want more info.
Investor · Philadelphia, PA · Member since 2016 · 73 posts · 43 votes
7y
Curious to hear an update from those, who picked either company. Mainly, which plan works best for you, how much time you're spending, what is your average ad budget, how many leads per month convert into actual deals? I know it's market specific, but those data points would be helpful to start.