The Prospector
Blackbaud's Prospect Research Blog

July 2009 - Posts

Free ResearchPoint Trainings...

I knew I would get your attention with my favorite four letter word...FREE of course!! If you are one of our ResearchPoint clients, you may or may not know that ResearchPoint comes with free trainings. On top of that, you may or may not know that just this week we added more free trainings!

The new cast of characters:  

Target Analytics Review Section: 
ProspectPoint Overview 

Getting Started Section:
Configure Mapping

Manipulating Data Section:
Research Groups, Queries, and Selections Part 1
Research Groups, Queries, and Selections Part 2
 
Export Data
Mapping with Microsoft Bing Maps

Now what do you need to do?? Go check them out! Don't know how? I've got you covered Wink

  1. Log into ResearchPoint
  2. Go to your Home page by clicking the House icon on the top left
  3. Select the Training option
  4. Put in your username and password for Blackbaud.com (same login you use to access Knowledgebase and this blog)
  5. Select ResearchPoint eLearning Library and start learning!

Quick Tip: Don't feel like you have to watch the whole training in hopes that you remember it all. Have ResearchPoint up while you're going through the training and follow along in your database. The trainings have a Pause button for a reason...use and abuse whenever necessary!

Knowledge is power. So go ahead and start conquering those ResearchPoint trainings!
**Any training that is grayed out is one that we are currently creating.

Happy Prospecting!



 
WealthPoint's Newest Addition - Fidelity Data Services

As you may have heard, we are now using Fidelity Data Services for real estate searches in WealthPoint. What you might not have heard is what is Fidelity and why did we feel Fidelity was the best choice for you?

Let's tackle the "what" first. What is Fidelity?

Fidelity Data Services (FIS Data Services) is the #1 provider of integrated real estate and property data and analytics solutions to mortgage lenders as well as the leading provider of data and technology to the banking industry. FIS utilizes the largest property database in the U.S.which includes over 94% of all U.S. property owners to provide unparalleled insight into trends and behaviors that drive real estate investment strategies.  Through FIS Data Services, Target Analytics exclusively provides estimated property value and confidence level data to its nonprofit clients.

Now the "why." Why did we feel Fidelity was the best choice for you?

Over the last eight months many of you let us know that you experienced difficulty viewing and making decisions with real estate data due to the multiple assessment, mortgage and deed records returned for individual properties. This feedback brought us to action and let us know that we needed to work to provide the best real estate solution for you, our clients. Our research and testing led us to Fidelity.

Our use of Fidelity Data Services for real estate really is the best of both worlds for our clients! In addition to providing all of the benefits you've always gotten from our real estate data and resolving the difficulties previously experienced, Fidelity also provides us with some additional benefits. 

  • 75 additional counties of data, increasing our geographic coverage
  • Address only matches for www.wealthpoint.com are now available on property address or owner mailing addresses.
  • Stand-alone mortgage, deed and assessment information rolls up to a single property line, ensuring ease of use for our researchers

We hope you are as excited and happy as we are about the move to Fidelity Data Services! Happy Prospecting!