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Author Archives: Paul Brockmeyer

Paul heads up the technology end of things at Catylist.

Building a better source for Commercial Real Estate news

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 [...]

Data Portability and Commercial Real Estate

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, but [...]

So what is this RSS Feed thing?

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 [...]

Tech Tips to Boost Your Commercial Sales

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 databases are coming [...]

New Listing Presentations, Demographics and Market Statistics

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 attachments upfront (no more “View [...]

More Exposure for Listings, Usability Enhancements

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), and other [...]

Market your Listings EVERYWHERE

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 details’ section
Added a new [...]

Google Export, Mobile Access, and Quick-Edit Listings

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 [...]