Frequently Asked Questions - Information Technology
Most everything you need to know about this free Designee-only member benefit can be found at http://www.ccim.net.
If you want to get your mail on the web, http://mail.ccim.net.
If you're a brand new Designee, you'll receive information about your CCIM.NET email account within two weeks following your designation.
In general, you can reach CCIM's IT staff through an email to webmaster@cciminstitute.com. That's the address to use for questions about CCIM MailBridge, CCIM.NET email, login problems, broken web pages, etc. You can also call us at +1-312-321-4460 or 800-621-7027. We prefer email, because it gives us time to do a little research, if necessary, before getting back to you.
For help with Site To Do Business, other than logins, please contact STDB support via email at sasupport@stdbonline.com or +1-469-232-2615.
There are three main ways you get mail from the Institute:
1) Designee or Candidate mailing lists.
These lists are used to send the Tuesday Digest newsletter and other email from Institute staff or Leadership. We believe these messages have value to all members of the Institute. You can remove yourself from the lists, but you may miss important information about improvements in member benefits, meetings, and other CCIM news.
2) CCIM MailBridge property messages
These messages are sent by CCIM Designees. You can fine-tune what messages you get or choose to get none at all by logging on the MailBridge website.
3) Upcoming CCIM events and courses
These messages are sent to targeted demographics (e.g., students who have taken 101 but not 102) by our Marketing Department. If you wish to remove yourself from such marketing messages, please email membership_email@cciminstitute.com.
The short answer is: You don't.
CCIM MailBridge is a preference matching system. Let's assume you have a property in Illinois for sale. Within MailBridge, you'd create a US HAVE message and describe your property. On the list of states, you'd select "IL".
Why not select ALL the states? Because members who use MailBridge set preferences. Those interested in properties in Illinois will have selected IL as one of their preferences.
When you send your message having set IL as the state, it will go to everyone interested in properties in Illinois. If you checked all the states, it would go to members not interested in Illinois properties -- who would then regard your message as spam.
To learn more about CCIM MailBridge, read the user guide. To set your preferences for incoming mail or to send a CCIM MailBridge message, visit http://mailbridge.ccim.com.
Let your CCIM profile lead people to your Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn pages. Your CCIM Member profile now allows you to enter links to these sites, and we’ll display them on your Professional Resume.
The first thing is to gather the information.
- If you use Facebook, you'll need to create a username. This page has instructions on how to do that. Once you've created a username, your Facebook link will be http://www.facebook.com/username (for example, http://www.facebook.com/sdstern).
- If you use LinkedIn, edit your profile. Your URL appears next to "Your Public Profile". If one is not yet set, create it. Your Facebook like will be like http://www.linkedin.com/in/username (for example, http://www.linkedin.com/in/sdstern).
- If you use Twitter, your link is http://twitter.com/username (for example, http://twitter.com/sstern_at_ccim).
Now that you have these links, edit your CCIM member profile and click on Websites & Social Networks. Just fill in the fields like above.
After you click SAVE, the links will appear in your Professional Resume.
Your computer probably came with Internet Explorer (IE). It's the standard browser that ships with Windows.
The CCIM IT staff strongly recommends that you install Mozilla Firefox and use it as your default web browser. The evidence suggests that it's more secure. In addition, there are many, many add-ons and themes that allow you to customize it to work exactly as you like.