What's New

Home > What's New

New & Updated

For more details about any of the following, please contact your CIE administrator, or the Catylist Help Desk.

2/27/2008 Version 6.5 - New Functionality

New National Website – Commercial IQ powered by Catylist
Catylist is pleased to announce the launch of our new National CIE – Commercial IQ, www.commercialiq.com

Screenshot

Commercial IQ offers all the great functionality and integrated marketing tools as our local CIE websites and will be heavily promoted to investors, users, tenants and commercial real estate professionals across the country to provide your listings with increased marketing exposure.

Listings and professional profiles of full-access CIE members will automatically display on Commercial IQ.

Screenshot

CIE Website Overhaul
Based on your feedback, we have made some significant changes to your CIE Website, including more intuitive navigation, a wider screen width, and easier access to commonly used functionality.

All NEW My CIE
We‘ve completely revamped the “My CIE” section. Log into your CIE website and immediately access everything you need to search, market and close deals faster than ever before.

Screenshot

From MY CIE, you can:

  • Add and edit property listings
  • Perform local and national searches
  • Save searches and catalogs
  • Manage your account info, edit your professional profile, email preferences, password and more
  • Access various marketing tools at special CIE member rates, including Catylist CRM (Customer Relationship Management), Cmail Marketing (Email Marketing Network), Custom Brochures & Flyers, Floor & Site Plan Cleanup, Company & Property Websites, and Much More
  • Enter listings one time and send to Catylist partner websites, including: Commercial IQ – Catylist‘s NEW National Exchange!

New Search Interface
As a first step to our major search engine redesign (launching soon), we‘ve combined the various searches under a single set of tabs. We‘ve even added an “Add A New Listing” link directly from the search page.

Screenshot

Listing Overview Revamp
When you click on “view details“, the page will expand to include all listing detail as well as links for all file attachments. Additional links and custom CIE links, i.e. Assessor data, can be found under ‘View all Attachments”.

Integrated CIE Listing Management
In an effort to simplify the listing process, members adding or managing their listings may now do so directly from the CIE instead of going to market.catylist.com. To manage your listings from the CIE, simply log in and click the “My Listings“ button that appears in the navigation bar under the header. Also, members may edit their account and profile directly from the CIE. To do this, log in and click the “My Account” button in the navigation bar under the header.

Bulk-edit Interface
We‘ve replaced the existing quick-edit functionality with a more functional online spreadsheet. You can now customize which fields show up on the spreadsheet, and save these preferences for future use.


10/12/2007 System Enhancements Version 6.0

More Exposure for Your Listings
Screenshot
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 distribution points that are specific to your local market.


Make Sure Your Listings are Getting Maximum Exposure

  • Go to http://market.catylist.com
  • Login with your username/password.
    Click Manage Property Listings*
    Click Promote* next to the listing you want to send.
    Click Find Out More* to distribute your listing to the appropriate website.

TIP: These symbols make it easy for you to identify the status of each distribution website.

  • yes Listings is being promoted on the website.
  • no Listings is not being promoted on the website.


Specify Display Order of Attachments & Lease Suites
Screenshot
You can now change the order in which uploaded listing attachments (including images) as well as suites for lease appear.

How it Works:

  • Click the appropriate link under CIE Content Manger.
  • Use the corresponding arrows to move the document higher or lower on the list or drag and drop to the desired position.


NEW Printable Comparison Report
Screenshot
We‘ve added a new report that mimics the “compare” feature of the site. You can generate a printable PDF report that compares up to four properties per page in a side-by-side format. Just a reminder: You be logged in to create reports.


Lease Pending for Suites
Screenshot
You now have the ability to mark individual suites as lease pending.

How it Works:

  • Click Manage Property Listings.
  • Click Edit Listing.
  • Click Space tab.
  • Click Lease Pending link next to the appropriate suite.


Auto-Populate Property Location
When adding a new listing, just enter the postal code and we‘ll auto-fill the city and state.


Have Questions?
Contact the Help Desk at 877.595.5478 or help@catylist.com


7/12/2007 New System Enhancements (Version 5.9)

Single Search for local & national listings

From your CIE website, you now have the option to include national listings in your search criteria.

Users who are logged in can choose to:

  • Search listings from ALL sources nationally
  • Search local CIE member listings only

Improved Tracking & Lead Generator

The graphs and stats now use a more descriptive site name instead of a URL, and we‘re tracking hits that come specifically from third party partners, including:

  • Google Base
  • MyNextDeal
  • REBusinessOnline.com
  • Zana Network

We‘ve added a new section that allows you view a list of members who have shown some level of interest in your listing. The list is compiled using the following criteria:

  • Who has viewed the listing?
  • Who has emailed it?
  • Who has it cataloged?
  • Who‘s searching with parameters that match the listing?

Only members who are logged in will be included on the list.

Time-Out Feature Added

To avoid losing unsaved data when editing a listing, you will now receive a notification that your session is about to time-out. Please make sure to save your changes often.

Redesigned Broadcast Emails

We‘ve created a new HTML broadcast email template. The new version includes a cleaner layout, more records per page and improved subject lines.

Easier Listing Exposure

You can now opt in ALL of your listings to a distribution channel (Google Base, MyNextDeal, etc.) instead of one at a time.


RSS Feeds

Track an RSS feed from any listing search you run on our sites. To access the feeds, click the “Feed” link at the top right of searches and add it to your favorite news reader. As new listings come on, the feed will automatically update.

Miscellaneous

By popular request, you can now enter zip codes when running searches rather than choosing them from a list. Multiple zips can be entered, separated by commas.

We‘ve added character counts for most of the text entry areas in Market.Catylist so you know how much room you have left. We‘ve also made several of the areas wider, where possible.


5/30/2007 VERSION 5.8 - New Functionality

Name Change and Website Restructuring

  • We‘ve updated several portions of our website, including our national CIE and CIE Manager
  • Your user login, listings, and profile are exactly the same
  • Our national CIE website address is: www.catylist.com

Catylist.com is our newly updated website for all listings, data management, and marketing tools.

The site is divided into two primary sections:

  • SEARCH: Find and compare over 225,000 commercial properties for sale or lease.
  • MARKET: Create listing presentations and market via web, email, and print. Quickly edit your property listings and professional profile. (Previously CIE Manager)

The changes described above apply to real estate professionals. Company administrators and Catylist CIE administrators may continue to use CIE Manager (ciemanager.catylist.com) to manage their organizations.

Free Basic Membership Available at Catylist.com
Catylist.com offers Basic Membership to add listings and search member listings. Basic member listings are available only to full members. Registration is free, and open to everyone. Catylist CIE subscribers receive complimentary Full Membership to Catylist.com.

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 details section where you can create your own data fields to help in describing your property

The end result: it‘s a lot easier to add and edit listings.

Market Listings Efficiently
Access the most commonly used functions directly from the manage listings page:

  • Edit: Build customized listing presentations with over 100 fields of detail and unlimited photos and documents
  • Promote: Publish your listings to your company website, numerous online listing services, media publications, email networks, and more
  • Track: View traffic statistics, measure your progress, generate qualified leads, and close your deal

Market Listings Everywhere
We are increasing our efforts to help real estate professionals market listings in as many places as possible. We‘ve improved the Promote page to include three distribution tabs: web, email and print.

Web: Send your listing to multiple websites

  • National CIE – search.catylist.com
  • Local CIE
  • Your Company Website (SiteLink required)
  • CityFeet.com and 50+ media partner sites (Passport required)
  • Google
  • MyNextDeal
  • France Publications: REBusinessOnline.comComing Soon!

Email: Create and send broadcast email

Print/Export: Design professional quality marketing materials and export your listings in three common file formats

  • Generate customized Print Brochures
  • Create postcards and order other marketing materials with REBackOffice
  • Export your property listings in XML, XLS, or CSV format

Friendlier Lead Generation
Inquiries coming from Catylist CIEs will now contain more information®making it easier for you to know which listing is being referenced.

Sitelink Clients: Showcase Your Featured Listings!
You can now highlight company listings on the main search page of your SiteLink listing engine. Select specific featured listings or let SiteLink choose them at random.