How a branded app helped Agent on Tube Academy build trust and drive 10x ROI
Overview
Sabby Bagga, founder of Agent on Tube Academy, entered a crowded market where prospects were skeptical and overwhelmed by lookalike offers. By launching a branded community app with Circle, he gave members a place to connect, share wins, and prove his value before a single sales call. The result: stronger credibility, warmer leads, and $60,000 in new business within three months.
Being able to say ‘download our app’ completely changes the perception. Everybody has a website — but not everyone has an app. That instantly set us apart as a serious, professional business.
— Sabby Bagga, Founder, Agent on Tube Academy
Before
Turning YouTube expertise into a new business model
Sabby knows how to grow online audiences. He’s built multiple YouTube channels into the hundreds of thousands of subscribers. When he saw the demand from professionals eager to replicate that success, he realized the formula was simple: choose the right niche and package his expertise as a service. He chose real estate, an industry where visibility directly translates into opportunity. His idea was to help agents use YouTube to build authority, grow a following, and generate warm leads. That’s how Agent on Tube Academy was born. The business model was straightforward and effective. Sabby’s team managed editing, SEO, thumbnails, and posting, while clients focused on creating content. For real estate agents, the upside was clear — one strong video could generate thousands of local views and turn directly into leads and closed deals. That potential ROI for his clients gave Sabby the confidence to charge premium prices. But the opportunity came with a challenge. The market was crowded, and agents were pitched daily by other editors and marketing companies making the same promises.
Challenge
Winning credibility in a crowded market
Even with a proven track record, Sabby often found himself starting from behind, spending the first part of every conversation proving he and his team knew what they were doing. Prospects weren’t sure who to trust, or whether his offer was any different from the dozens of similar pitches they’d already received.
When you’re selling something online, people come in wary. They don’t know if you’re just another company making promises. That was the wall I was hitting.
Calls frequently began with hesitation, forcing Sabby’s team to spend valuable time proving their legitimacy, justifying pricing, and differentiating from competitors.
Before, I had to spend most of a sales call just proving we were credible. That’s a difficult place to start.
In such a crowded market, establishing trust and projecting professionalism wasn’t optional, it was essential.
Solution
A community that builds trust, and an app that signals authority
To break through the noise, Sabby launched a community on Circle. It gave prospects a chance to see client wins, ask questions, and hear directly from other members before ever booking a call. That shift changed everything.
One prospect once asked, ‘This service costs $10K — has anyone seen real ROI?’ Before I could even answer, my clients jumped in with their stories. That prospect signed up the next day. It’s happened multiple times. My community does the selling for me.
But Agent on Tube Academy wasn’t the only business with a community. Competitors began building their own and Sabby needed another way to stand out. That’s when he took the next step, launching his own branded app with Circle.
Having a community was powerful. But being able to say ‘download our app’ completely changes the perception. Everybody has a website — but not everyone has an app. That instantly set us apart as a serious, professional business.
With Circle, Sabby didn’t need a developer or a complex build. He kept it simple and strategic:
Warm leads: A short onboarding form asks new members if they’d like to learn about his one-on-one services. If they say yes, the system automatically books a call.
Social proof: The branded app extended the credibility his community had already built. Without changing a thing, all the client win stories and peer conversations that proved his value on the web, now lived in a modern mobile app, putting his community directly in prospects’ pockets.
When someone joins, they fill out a form. If they say they want to learn about our services, we book a call automatically. That means they’re asking to meet with us, not us chasing them. It completely flips the dynamic.
Transformation
From proving credibility to closing with confidence
In just three months, the branded app delivered results that were impossible to ignore:
Our mobile app really puts me in my prospects’ pocket. With high-value clients, one deal alone covers the cost of the app for the year. It’s become essential to how we do business.
The app didn’t just generate revenue, it reshaped the way Sabby ran sales conversations. Instead of starting every call trying to prove his credibility, prospects now arrived already convinced. They had seen wins, peer testimonials, and real conversations inside the app.
Before, I had to spend half the call explaining why we were credible. Now, people come in excited and ready to talk. The difference is night and day.
And perhaps the biggest shift? Sabby realized the community wasn’t just about his business — it was about his members.
At first, I built the community to help me close deals. But now I see members saying, ‘What a great community, I’m so glad to be here.’ That’s when it hit me: it’s not for me, it’s for them.
What began as a sales tool quickly became something bigger. Agent on Tube members rely on the community for advice, celebrate wins together, and stay motivated to grow their businesses. For prospects, it’s more persuasive than any pitch and offers instant credibility. The branded app makes that value accessible anywhere, turning trust and engagement into a daily habit. It also signals to the market that Agent on Tube Academy is building something professional, lasting, and worth being part of. For Sabby and his team, Circle’s branded community app has become central to how they win business and build lasting trust.
