And do you use any special software for e-newsletters?

I am wanting to start a database of my contacts but wondering what's the best program (and cheapest, or better yet, free) to use. Thanks for any advice!

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Liane Jamason, Realtor
Keller Williams Realty
Tampa FL Homes|Free List of Tampa Short Sales & Foreclosures|TampaRealEstateGeek.com

Liane Jamason is a Realtor in Tampa Bay servicing St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Tampa, Carollwood, Westchase, Ybor City, South Tampa, Davis Island, Brandon, Riverview, Apollo Beach, Ruskin and beyond!

My CMS is Top Producer. My home warranty company provides my newsletters.

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Steve Castaneda, Realtor
Keller Williams Realty
The MyHomeHouston Team

Specializing in Houston Real Estate. Feel free to visit my Houston Real Estate Blog or read about Real Estate Technology for agents.

Moving from Top Producer to Outlook BCM now... and never been happier.

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Drew T. Nichols
Greenville SC Real Estate

Not the cheapest but the best, TOP PRODUCER.

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Dallas Office Space - San Antonio Real Estate - Dallas Real Estate

Top Producer is great if you like a third party company having your client database, and paying $39 per month for the privledge. Their letters are kind of old school and needed to be modified for my taste.

I use Outlook with business contact manager.

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Dan Connolly
Atlanta Georgia
Atlanta Georgia Real Estate
Atlanta Foreclosures
Search for Atlanta Real Estate

What features of BCM persuades you to migrate from Top Producer? I'm curious about switching myself.

I'm not worried about the contact info though - there is an export feature of TP.

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Steve Castaneda, Realtor
Keller Williams Realty
The MyHomeHouston Team

Specializing in Houston Real Estate. Feel free to visit my Houston Real Estate Blog or read about Real Estate Technology for agents.

I use Brian Rodgers BAP or Busy Agent Pro. It includes a databaset management system, unlimited websites and landing pages, drip email and a whole lot more. The price is pretty good.

I have never used TP, but many in my office do and seem to like it. I just like the whole package from BAP.

Rick Hernandez

Another good one is 360agent.com. I'm familiar with BAP and it is nice from the unlimited websites, lead generation sites, and drip email side, but I don't think it's as robust on the CRM side as 360agent.com or TP.

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Calum MacKenzie
Tampa Real Estate | Wesley Chapel Real Estate | Sun Valley Real Estate

Once again Morgan, When is REW going to develope a comprehensive Contact Management System!!!!!!!!!!

I use the open-source version of SugarCRM

It's web-based, free, with a thriving support/development community. I can get a customization to fit any need I want for generally less than upfront or 1yr cost of any other CRM.