| 1. PUT UP A SOAPBOX. Guy Kawasaki, the tech venture
capitalist, writes a great column in the current issue of Forbes
(June 15, 1998) on how to develop an effective corporate web
site. … “Build an on-line community that will foster
communication to the point of anarchy: employees, customers,
venture capital sources, sales prospects, industry experts and
even competitors, all interacting unfettered.” … Who’s going to
be the first in commercial real estate?.
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2. WEB SUCCESS—CLARK FACILITATES ALBUQUERQUE RFP. ...
Todd
Clarke, a broker with Grubb & Ellis-Lewinger Hamilton Inc.,
maintains a database of over 115,000 apartment units in New
Mexico and publishes a large web site, the NM Apartment Report.
… Earlier this year he conducted a feasibility study and helped
the City of Albuquerque prepare an RFP for a downtown housing
development. … Based upon his research, the city is “talking
about prices $2/sf to $10/sf (depending on the site/project)
over their original goals.” Check out the RFP posted at his
site. … Do you have a Web Success story? … Send me e-mail. … For
hyperlinks to this week’s story, use the URL below: L
below:
http://www.pikenet.com/cgi-bin/webc/go.webc?to=WebSuccess07
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3. KNOWLEDGE BASE—FINDING MARKET STATISTICS FROM CUSHMAN &
WAKEFIELD Cushman & Wakefield publishes market statistics for
office and industrial space, including vacancy rates, average
rents, absorption and construction activity for major
metropolitan areas, and, together with BOMA, International
publishes the MarketIntelligence Report downloadable from the
BOMA site. … For step-by-step instructions, look in the
Knowledge Base under the Property and Market Information
section, or use the URLs below:
http://www.pikenet.com/advertising/advertising.html<
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4. QUESTION? … POST TO THE NEW QUESTION BOARD.
I receive many
messages each week asking where to find real estate information
on the web or elsewhere. … Often I think that there may be
PikeNet visitors that know the answers. … So I’ve launched the
PikeNet Question Board. … Post your questions here or answer
other visitors’ questions. … Use the link below, or just click
the hyperlink below the PikeNet logo on the home page. … Thank
you!
http://www.pikenet.com/cgi-bin/WebX?
href="http://www.realestateforcharities.com/">www.realestateforcharities.com has produced numerous inquiries and
assignments for properties donated to various
charities around the country. My strategic
alliance partners send prospects to my site for
an overview. When these new clients contact me
they already have my resume, plus programs and
services we provide. It has cut down on the paper
shipments and looks great in hard copy for
multiple board presentations. The next generation
of the site will include direct consulting
billing on VISA and an interactive chat room. The
brokerage community is benefiting from my
programs because most of our assignments are
referred out to local agents with whom we
cooperate." ... Do you have a Web Success
story? Send e-mail to ppike@pikenet.com or use the following
URL:
http://www.pikenet.com/cgi-
bin/webc/go.webc?to=WebSuccess09
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5. NEW MARKET TOOLKIT SEATTLE.I added a Toolkit for the
Seattle market, which joins Chicago, Los Angeles, New York and
San Francisco. … Remember that each Toolkit features links to
the best market research and listing information available on
the web. … Note that The Boulder Group in Chicago and Evergreen
Title in Seattle have bought Toolkit Mini-Banners for those
markets. … I’ll run multiple Mini-Banners over each Toolkit. …
To visit the Seattle Toolkit, click the Seattle hyperlink in the
PikeNet Billboard on the home page, or use the following URL:
http://www.pikenet.com/cgi-bin/webc/go.webc?to=TK_WA_Seattle
6.
PIKENET TOP 10 SITES FOR MAY. ... The
The top ten sites visited
from PikeNet in May were as follows (in descending order):
Marcus & Millichap, Allocate Demographics, REIS Reports,
Colliers International, Realty Information Group, CB Richard
Ellis, Office Buildings Magazine, AMB, Julien J. Studley, and
the Korpacz Real Estate Source Directory. … For the current Top
50 Sites for the month of June, click the hyperlink at the top
of the PikeNet home page or use the URL below:www.realestateoutlook.com or call 310-285-5327.
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- --Peter
Pike
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