Feedback on software used for cold calling/texting by VA's

[Christaye Foster]

Hello bp community: we're revving up our wholesale business and getting things started with startvirtual.com...  They seem great but I've got to decide on a SMS (for bulk texting) and wondering what others are using...  And btw, the startvirtual advisor said going w/ batchdialer and batchleads is good since they are integrated as a dialing system and a CRM respectively so that's I'm looking into also...  If anybody has any recommendations I'd be much obliged :))  Thanks so so much from a mom in the sticks of NorthEast Texas :)

[Duane Alexander]

I really like batchdialer, but I use reireply for texts. Their follow up systems, triggers, etc is awesome. I've made so much money off of reireply it's insane. I wouldn't call batchleads a crm. You prob want to look at podio, resimpli, freedomsoft, etc for that. You're also probably paying way too much for your VA's if you're using startvirtual. No shade to them, I really like their course on training, hiring, and building a great company culture based on VA's. You'll probably be better off just buying that course and hiring your own va's directly or through a cheaper VA managing service. For example I only Pay 6 bucks an hour for my va managing/training service. These guys that are charging 10-16 bucks an hour for VA's are caking it up!