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CONTACTMike Hart, Senior Vice President, National Director – Data Management & Technology Operations, JLLTHE SCOOPI had a great chat with Mike recently who heads JLL’s tech initiatives. We spoke about JLL’s plans to continue to invest in new startups and solutions for their professionals. Mike and I had a good conversation about where he thinks we are in the CRE tech sector and what he thinks the future holds for the industry. It was really interesting to get the perspective of …
REthink
A customer relationship management system or CRM can be a critical tool in not only the growth and success of an individual agent, but also the growth and success of the overall office. It is incredibly important when choosing and implementing a CRM in a brokerage that you can achieve total buy in. With all brokers utilizing the new tool, the best results will be achieved. 4 Tips for Big-Box CRE Brokerage Tech Roll-Out REthink
Michael Beckerman
As anyone who reads my blogs or follows me on social media knows, I am a huge believer in the power of content marketing as the single biggest marketing trend I have witnessed in my almost thirty years in the real estate PR/marketing world. The ability for a brand or professional to tell their story, position themselves as thought leaders and build a dialogue directly with their target audiences is an amazing bi-product of the decimation of the traditional media sector.With thousands of sources …
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When RealMassive’s founder needed to find office space for a previous venture, he was shocked to find zero accurate listings online. Fast forward and RealMassive is now disrupting and modernizing a $15 trillion industry by connecting every person and place in the global commercial real estate (CRE) marketplace. They leverage big data to provide CRE pros with intuitive property list and search tools, digital marketing capabilities, and real-time performance analytics. RealMassive’s digital market…
Digsy
Digsy AI Introduces Native Email Sync, Contact Importing & Custom Email Templates Sales Productivity Software Provider Releases Power Features to Help Close More Deals Fullerton, California: Digsy AI, the sales productivity software platform for CRE & B2B sales teams has launched three new features to help agents and sales reps automate their workflow and convert more prospects into customers. Among its users are agents and sales reps at CBRE, JLL, Colliers International, NAI Capital…
Regency Centers
The CRE community is watching for impactful technology trends in retail, especially as the release of 2017 first quarter reports spurs another hefty round of Wall Street exchanges. "We will see more disruption in the next 10 years of retail than we did in the previous 1,000,” said Doug Stephens, founder of Retail Prophet. 3 Tech Trends Set to Impact Retail in 2018 Regency Centers
Michael Beckerman
Introducing Fifth Wall Ventures… $212 million dollars raised…the largest ever fund dedicated to real estate technology!!!HOLY SHIT!When I alluded to a big announcement in my teaser blog yesterday, I wasn’t kidding. I had the pleasure of meeting Brendan Wallace and Brad Greiwe, the Co-Founders of Fifth Wall, and their amazing teammate Natalie Bruss last week to learn about their new fund. As I mentioned, I was blown away by their vision, their insights and the amount of capital they raised. But, …
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The votes are tallied and results are in! Our distinguished judges panel examined the REMAS submissions to identify the very best in real estate content marketing. Real estate professionals are executing excellent work that is pushing the field forward. Congratulations to all the winners and honorable mentions.Best Overall Real Estate Company Content Marketing ProgramWinner: Regency CentersRegency Centers owns and operates local, grocery-anchored retail centers across major U.S. markets. T…
Fifth Wall Ventures
Last year, we set out to build something completely new: a venture capital fund to act as the connective tissue between the world’s largest owners and operators of physical space and the entrepreneurs redefining how the world interacts with their environments. Today we’re thrilled to announce Fifth Wall Ventures has raised its first fund: $212 million to invest in transformative technologies for the Built World, the largest ever fund dedicated to real estate technology. We’re in the early inni…
Michael Beckerman
I was fortunate to meet up last week in NYC with a few folks who literally blew me away. Just about the most impressive people I have met in my five or so years in real estate tech.Wicked smart. Highly educated at prestigious schools. Big time track record of success in tech. Deep knowledge of commercial real estate tech. Hard working. And most important to me, humble and very generous in spirit. My kinda people.I have been writing a lot lately about how I think we are in a period of transition …
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