All Forum Posts by: Scott Costello

Hi @Chris Hoffman,

That price increase really pissed me off as it took a NO BRAINER purchase to a This is going to hurt purchase. At the end of the day you have to evaluate whether it's worth the cost to your business. Most other CRMs for REI run between $50 to $300 a month. None of them are as flexible as Podio/Globiflow are.

I've heard that FusionMint can do some of the things that GlobiFlow can do, so that might be worth a look.  For me though, if I really thought about how useful GF was to my business I would really have to consider it at $120/mo.  The bonus at that price is you get unlimited actions, while in the Old GF model your actions where limited to 25/hr for the $9 plan and 50/hr for $15 plan.  You'd use those up pretty quickly if you had some larger flows setup.  

It still makes me sick to think that it used to be $9/mo for entry level though...Which is EXACTLY what new investors need.

@Karen Morgan  I have not really needed to do that just yet.  With GlobiFlow you could probably do it by pulling in all the different contact items based on a reference, then storing the email addresses in a variable.  Then use that variable in the TO: field for an email.  At least that is how I would try and do it.

Alternatively, depending on  your Podio setup, you might be able to create a calculation field that says something like...

You'd put that calculation in the Lead Item that references the contacts app that you are using.  You can then reference that calc field in globiflow.

@Edgar U.  I've never used InfusionSoft before so I'm not sure what you can do with it...sorry

@Steve G.  Here is the direct link 

https://strugglinginvestor.com/podio-tutorial-dire...

hopefully i'm alloud to post this link.  If not go to my blog and search for "Podio Direct" and it should come up near the top. There will be 2 posts about the topic, 1 is the "about" that describes the process and my thinking.  The other is the video tutorial.

 That is exactly my feeling as well.  

@Steve G.

Unfortunately GlobiFlow is really the only way to go for Custom Workflows.  There is a service called FusionMint but from what I hear is no where close to what GF is.  With that said though it might work for you.

My guess is that your offers for GF subscriptions for $9 to $27/mo are from people who have their unlimited plan and are taking advantage of being able to add users to that plan.  I've heard of at least one person using this strategy.  It's an interesting concept, but I'm not quite sure Podio/Globiflow will be to happy if it gets more popular.  Though I'm sure it would drive GF/Podio to start offering lower level subscriptions again.

The risk you run by signing up with one of those subscriptions is that it could get pulled from you at any time and with out warning.  That would be tough to deal with if I where depending on the GF workflows that I was creating in that plan to run my business.  To much risk for me.

If you really want GF I'd come up with the $120/mo to get it.  It's a business expense that you can write off right?

@Steve G.  Check out my blog.  I've written a complete tutorial on setting that up in Podio/Globiflow

Hi Kris,

The Apps are fairly useless unless you have globiflow to create all the flows and processes that go along with them.  On my blog I have a post where I put together an excel spreadsheet that lists the fields and apps that I have. 

@Sean Dolan I really didn't do much to my site to get it to rank.  I've read research that suggests only about 20% of webpages need to be unique in order for it to avoid duplicate content.  So that's about all I changed for each page.  You also have to consider that each page is unique in that it uses your target market, phone number and business information.  So there really isn't much you have to modify to reach 20%.

I'm sure I'm sounding like I work for the company (I am an affiliate though) but that is just because I love their sites and the message Trevor and their company promote.  They have been nothing but honest, transparent and proactive in helping their customers get the best results for their site (weekly mastermind calls with customers).  Trevor even recommends that you reword the content just in case google cracks down.  

What they do provide you out of the box are they top keywords to target and very good articles that are written around those keywords. Much easier to reword an article then write one from scratch.  They interlink the content on the site very well.  They follow all the rules about above fold content, opt-in boxes to promote higher conversion rates. They know that 2 step opt-in forms work better then 1.   

Another aspect you have to really consider with websites is the conversion rate.  The investor carrot sites truly out converted a custom built site that I made (and got ranked in the top 3) 5 to 1.  Converting visitors to leads is arguable more important then getting traffic.  Though cart before the horse if you know what I mean.

Sometimes you can't concern yourself with "Fluffing" and that is exactly what claiming to be 1 of 50 certified SEO companies is.  The SEO is just a small part of what makes Carrot websites good.  

I do not like that they use templates but if they wrote custom content for you, that would cost you A LOT more that is for sure!  I also don't like that they "own" that content and if they ever go under you've lost your website.  Even with those concerns I went with them over continuing my own website.  And I haven't regretted it for a second.

The bottom line for me with regards to what you are worried about is...You are throwing a HUGE cast of doubt over investor carrot because the SEO company they use claims to have a certain certificate (that I'm sure was just bought or got through some weekend training program...like you said).  You are paying no attention to their results or the way they go about getting those results (which is legit from my view).  You also should actually be concentrating on what users are saying about the websites, their experience and their success.  I RARELY hear anyone say anything but great things.  

I understand what you are saying...I really do.  I'm always a skeptic at first as well.  I think all companies are out to try to steal my money.  Investor Carrot are good people or I wouldn't be backing them like I obviously do.  

Wow I said a lot here.  Sorry about that.  

Shoot me a private message if you want to discuss more about this.  

@Sean Dolan Hopefully you get the answer you are looking for regarding the SEO company they use.  

Duplicate content was a concern for me as well before I signed up but it hasn't been an issue at all.  I've even asked Trevor about it and they are aware of the possibility but have not seen any indication that it has affected anyones website ranking.

When I first got my site I went through the provided content and just rewarded some of it. 

If you want proof of my "Claims" you can do a google search for...

We Buy Houses NJ & Sell Your House Fast NJ.  My Site (SellYourNJHouse.com) comes up 2nd in both of those searches.  You will admit that those keywords would be highly competitive right?  The site that is in first (mine used to be up until recently) is also an investor carrot site.