So, you’re apped-out to the hilt at work. You’ve figured out what CRM application makes you more productive, what document storage app is the easiest to use…. but, what about when you go home? I recently moved to a new place and took the opportunity to splurge on some new technology I’ve been eyeing for [...]
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I must admit something. I am addicted to email. On any given work day, I probably check my email accounts (I have 4) 100+ times. I have no idea why. Since I opened my first email account in 1998 (Hotmail!), I cannot recall one email where my life was in danger because I didn’t read [...]
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Inbox Zero Now that you have that shinny new Google Apps Gmail inbox set up for your corporate address, it’s now time to learn how to manage it properly. I doubt any of you leave unread (snail)mail in your mailbox because it would fill quickly and your post office couldn’t deliver any new mail. What [...]
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Because none of our reviewers are in property management, we haven’t had an opportunity to used Building Engines Mobile. Even so, many of our readers are property managers. For this reason, we thought it would be good to post some information on the application. What does Building Engines Mobile do? This mobile platform allows property [...]
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I referred Visual Lease to someone yesterday and realized I hadn’t posted anything on it yet. The main reason is simply that I haven’t had the opportunity to use it. It looks pretty good. From the Visual Lease website: Build any report, anytime, in minutes Visual Lease is the only lease administration system that was [...]
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Commercial real estate continues to be dominated by CRE dinosaurs. What is a CRE Dinosaur? You might be a CRE Dinosaur if: You regularly ask that documents be faxed to you You just bought another BlackBerry “smart” phone You ask your assistant to “MapQuest” directions for every offsite meeting When you say, “I need to check [...]
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Some of CRE’s most relevant bloggers continue to pin articles on how they’ve leveraged their social media network and contacts. Here are a couple great posts on the topic: 16 Ways I Use LinkedIn for Commercial Real Estate Duke Long, March 27, 2011 Twitter Appears to be the Social Media of Choice for CRE Service [...]
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Users of kykloud’s iPad Survey App see 40%-60% time savings and efficiency gains according to the company’s website. Their iPad survey app enables surveyors to survey 2 built assets per day when it typically takes 1-3 days per building using traditional data collection methods. How do they do it? Linking directly into your asset model, kykloud has [...]
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After a recent blog post on CRM for CRE, I dug a bit further into Insightly. For anyone who is not familiar with Insightly, it is a cloud-based CRM add-in for Google Apps. This means you’re going to need to use Gmail for your email provider. But using Gmail, does not preclude you from using [...]
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As voice recognition virtual assistants become more prevalent (i.e. Siri and its Android alternatives), what’s the next step? With Google Now, Google appears to be making the attempt to leapfrog apps which solely focus on improving the quality and reliability of the recognition software, by building an application which anticipates what you need. In other [...]
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