Trying to keep up with current industry news is tough, even with handy tools like feed readers. We’ve wanted to add news streams with current commercial real estate headlines to our sites for quite a while, but were having trouble deciding which source was best (most relevant, most current, etc). Eventually, we realized that being [...]
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Data Portability and Commercial Real Estate
July 5, 2008 – 11:06 AM
We hear it everyday: “I hate having to enter my data into multiple websites”. It seems like such an easy problem to solve, but when it comes to data, why is it so hard to share? Information is the key currency of the commercial real estate industry. Having the right data is essential to success, [...]
So what is this RSS Feed thing?
June 14, 2008 – 8:38 AM
You’ve seen the little orange icons everywhere, but what’s the deal with this “web feed” stuff? You probably subscribe to a couple magazines and newspapers, delivered right to your door. It would be very inconvenient to drive around to multiple places to pick them up. RSS is a technology that allows you to subscribe to [...]
Tech Tips to Boost Your Commercial Sales
June 13, 2008 – 12:31 PM
Dustin gave an interview over at Real Estate Cyber Radio: Download Podcast Targeted Marketing for Commercial Agents In the past, commercial practitioners did not do much targeted marketing; now recipients of commercial real estate marketing are expressing a strong desire to get information that matches their preferences, so the shift is toward targeted marketing. CRM [...]
New Listing Presentations, Demographics and Market Statistics
May 20, 2008 – 2:49 PM
We’ve just released some enhancements! Listing Overview We’ve updated the Listing Overview page to provide added context: View contextual Demographics and Market statistics right on the listing page (for Full Access Users) See the property in fullscreen Google Street View (where available) with links to Microsoft Bird’s Eye aerials We now show all details and [...]
More Exposure for Listings, Usability Enhancements
October 12, 2007 – 12:00 AM
More Exposure for Your Listings In addition to Google, REBusinessonline.com, CIMLS and the Zana Network, you can now display your listing information on Lyco/Oodle, one of the Web’s largest classifieds networks. We’ve also changed the “Promote” listing page to display logos for local distribution channels, including: France Publication regional websites, Economic Development websites (where applicable), [...]
Market your Listings EVERYWHERE
May 30, 2007 – 12:00 AM
Add and Edit Listings Easier We’ve replaced Property Profiler with a streamlined interface to add listings. Our new tabbed format lets you enter the most relevant information quickly. Changes include: Improved location mapping Easier interface for adding photos and attachments Reduced the number of property fields – by moving infrequently used fields to the ‘additional [...]
Google Export, Mobile Access, and Quick-Edit Listings
December 20, 2006 – 12:00 AM
Listing Quick-Edit A new option has been added to the ‘Manage Listings’ section of CIE Manager allowing users to select several listings to “quick-edit”. The new interface will display common fields from the selected listings side-by-side, and allow the user to click to edit any given field. We hope this will speed up the process [...]