Subject: [NEXTEL-1] BuildLinks Announces Web-Based Project Scheduling And Wireless Access; Custom Homebuilders' Interest Produces Record Sales

From: Marcel <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 17:52:30 -0500

BuildLinks Announces Web-Based Project Scheduling And Wireless Access; Custom
Homebuilders' Interest Produces
Record Sales

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers/Real Estate Writers

RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 2003--BuildLinks, a digital Web-based tool
that manages collaborative scheduling, options-selection, change-orders, and home buyer
communication, announced today that its sales at the recent International Builders Show
set company
records.
BuildLinks posted dramatic year-over-year sales figures at the recent 2003 International
Builders
Show. BuildLinks' user base, which includes builders with upwards of 400 starts, has
nearly doubled
in the last 12 week to over 2,500 housing starts on the system. Today, BuildLinks is in
the elite class
of "best selling" software systems in the residential homebuilder sector.
At the International Builders Show, BuildLinks also demonstrated two new product
enhancements:
An enhanced Web-based project scheduler and wireless access to BuildLinks.
BuildLinks new Web-based scheduling module is a simple, intuitive, calendar-based tool
that
allows anyone working on a house to clearly see what others are doing, and when. Builders
can look
at tasks, events, and to-dos for any project or group of projects, and choose which tasks
or events
to share with their clients and subs. Messaging can be automatically triggered from
calendar events,
preventing errors and saving costly missteps due to miscommunications or bad information.
The
scheduling information can be accessed through any Web browser or from the field using any
Nextel
or Web-enabled phone.
"BuildLinks has always been focused on solving the 'pain points' of the local and custom
home
builder. The recent $2 million investment into our company allowed us to accelerate the
introduction
of these new BuildLinks modules, and we are very encouraged by the market response," said
C.G.
Gillooly, BuildLinks' president and chief executive officer. "Builders are practical
people. They want
business solutions that are affordable, can be up and running in a day, and do not require
a computer
expert to use. We offer all of that, and more."

About BuildLinks

BuildLinks is an easy-to-use digital tool, accessed over the Web, for managing
collaborative
scheduling, options-selection, approval deadlines, change-orders, and home buyer
communication.
Designed for small to medium-size homebuilders, BuildLinks automatically creates a new,
unique
Web page for each new home under construction. Using a login accessed through the
builder's
company Web site, the builder, subs, new home buyers, sales agents, and banks or mortgage
centers
can obtain-or, only when allowed by the builder-change information about the home building
process.
Using BuildLinks new wireless module, action to update information can be taken from the
field using
any Nextel or Web-enabled phone.
BuildLinks is affordable, requires no special hardware or software and can be up and
running in a
single day. BuildLinks was developed by incorporating "best practices" gathered from focus
groups
of builders, marketing companies, and land developers. BuildLinks has offices in Atlanta,
Raleigh, and
Sacramento, and recently announced it has joined the Intuit resellers network. For more
information
please visit www.BuildLinks.com.

http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/f_headline.cgi?bw.021103/230422349
--
    "NEXTEL-1 IT'S NOT JUST NEXTEL"
  Note The New address
Subscribe to Nextel-1: http://www.groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/NEXTEL-1

  "NEXTEL2 FOR iDEN SOFTWARE DEVELOPERS"
Subscribe to Nextel2: http://www.groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/NEXTEL2

  "WIRELESS FORUM HOMELAND SECURITY GROUP"
     The Complete Resource for Wireless Homeland Security.
Subscribe to WFHSG:  http://www.groups.yahoo.com/subscribe/WFHSG

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ 

BW2349 FEB 11,2003 9:43 PACIFIC 12:43 EASTERN

( BW)(NC-BUILDLINKS) BuildLinks Announces Web-Based Project Scheduling
And Wireless Access; Custom Homebuilders' Interest Produces Record
Sales

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers/Real Estate Writers

RALEIGH, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 2003--BuildLinks, a
digital Web-based tool that manages collaborative scheduling,
options-selection, change-orders, and home buyer communication,
announced today that its sales at the recent International Builders
Show set company records.

BuildLinks posted dramatic year-over-year sales figures at the
recent 2003 International Builders Show. BuildLinks' user base, which
includes builders with upwards of 400 starts, has nearly doubled in
the last 12 week to over 2,500 housing starts on the system. Today,
BuildLinks is in the elite class of "best selling" software systems in
the residential homebuilder sector.

At the International Builders Show, BuildLinks also demonstrated
two new product enhancements: An enhanced Web-based project scheduler
and wireless access to BuildLinks.

BuildLinks new Web-based scheduling module is a simple, intuitive,
calendar-based tool that allows anyone working on a house to clearly
see what others are doing, and when. Builders can look at tasks,
events, and to-dos for any project or group of projects, and choose
which tasks or events to share with their clients and subs. Messaging
can be automatically triggered from calendar events, preventing errors
and saving costly missteps due to miscommunications or bad
information. The scheduling information can be accessed through any
Web browser or from the field using any Nextel or Web-enabled phone.

"BuildLinks has always been focused on solving the 'pain points'
of the local and custom home builder. The recent $2 million investment
into our company allowed us to accelerate the introduction of these
new BuildLinks modules, and we are very encouraged by the market
response," said C.G. Gillooly, BuildLinks' president and chief
executive officer. "Builders are practical people. They want business
solutions that are affordable, can be up and running in a day, and do
not require a computer expert to use. We offer all of that, and more."

About BuildLinks

BuildLinks is an easy-to-use digital tool, accessed over the Web,
for managing collaborative scheduling, options-selection, approval
deadlines, change-orders, and home buyer communication. Designed for
small to medium-size homebuilders, BuildLinks automatically creates a
new, unique Web page for each new home under construction. Using a
login accessed through the builder's company Web site, the builder,
subs, new home buyers, sales agents, and banks or mortgage centers can
obtain-or, only when allowed by the builder-change information about
the home building process. Using BuildLinks new wireless module,
action to update information can be taken from the field using any
Nextel or Web-enabled phone.

BuildLinks is affordable, requires no special hardware or software
and can be up and running in a single day. BuildLinks was developed by
incorporating "best practices" gathered from focus groups of builders,
marketing companies, and land developers. BuildLinks has offices in
Atlanta, Raleigh, and Sacramento, and recently announced it has joined
the Intuit resellers network. For more information please visit
www.BuildLinks.com.

--30--SL/ch*

CONTACT: Wagner Public Relations
John D. Wagner, 919/264 8319
[email-masked]

KEYWORD: NORTH CAROLINA
INDUSTRY KEYWORD: E-COMMERCE INTERNET REAL ESTATE
BUILDING/CONSTRUCTION
SOURCE: BuildLinks

©2003