Podcasts Every Marketer Should Listen on the Way to Work Do you have to drive to work? Do you take a bus or a train? If you have a commute—long or short, then you lucky to enroll commuter college. You may spend your time unwinding by listening to music or…
AEC Firm Website Update – Part #3
In part three of this series, I address the “elephant in the room” when it comes to redesigning your website — schedule and costs.
AEC Firm Website Update – Part #2
In this second part of my AEC Firm Website Update series, I get a little more technical. I dig into the differences between design and development, user experience, and more.
Updating Your AEC Firm’s Website? Read This First.
If you’re planning to update your A/E/C firm’s website, read this first. Going through this many times, I give you some advice and lessons learned.
12 “Great” Reasons to Give a GO Decision for an RFP
I have must have sat in hundreds of Go/No-Go decision meetings and reviewed just as many Go/No-Go submission forms over my decade in this industry. While they bring good discussion and heated debates, there has been a theme to the pleas I get from Project Managers, Business Developers and Principals…
DIY Plans Part Two: Corporate Marketing Plan
This is the second of a two-part DIY series. In the first part, we discussed market/office specific business development plan. In this article, we discuss the corporate marketing plan. Corporate Marketing Plan Even if you are a single marketing department of one, it is imperative that you develop a corporate…
21 Most Recommended Books for Your Business Development Library
The 21 most recommended books for your professional development as an A/E/C marketing or business development professional.
Is there a career path in AEC marketing beyond the marketing coordinator role?
If you’ve been a marketing coordinator for more than 2-3 years, you may begin to wonder what’s next for your career. Is there a career path beyond proposals?
Questioning Your Way to the Top
Why, how, when you should be asking questions When I first started out, I was completely overwhelmed with the information I needed to learn in a such as short period of time–everything from reading RFPs to understanding roadway design and drainage design to finding the appropriate resumes and relevant projects.…
Rule the Rehearsal Roost
Your firm has been shortlisted. Congratulations! Now the real work begins to prepare the presentation. Not only are you responsible for capturing your sales message and complex technical information into graphically appealing slides or other visual displays, but you are also responsible for organizing all of the rehearsals and corralling…