Why do we do one thing as Customers and another as Marketers?

David Meerman Scott , author of ‘The New Marketing and PR ’ often begins his talks with a question:… [more]

Why do we do one thing as Customers and another as Marketers? Why do we do one thing as Customers and another as Marketers?

Linkedin Workshops for Construction Professionals

Do you have a Linkedin account but don’t know how to use it? Have you been invited by clients or colleagues… [more]

Linkedin Workshops for Construction Professionals Linkedin Workshops for Construction Professionals

Jacksons Fencing and Security Factory Tour and @Gate_Safe Summit

I'm working with Jacksons Fencing and Jacksons Security to help them work better with architects and… [more]

Jacksons Fencing and Security Factory Tour and @Gate_Safe Summit Jacksons Fencing and Security Factory Tour and @Gate_Safe Summit

Social Media the big subject at Kalzip TeamKal Conference [Video]

It was great to be invited to speak to the Kalzip TeamKal conference, not least because the audience… [more]

Social Media the big subject at Kalzip TeamKal Conference [Video] Social Media the big subject at Kalzip TeamKal Conference [Video]

Looking back and looking forward with purpose

It has been an interesting twelve months for me, to say the least. This time last year I was in the uncertainty… [more]

Looking back and looking forward with purpose Looking back and looking forward with purpose

Building a Better Architecture Business with Social Media

Friday’s RSAW Conference with architects in Wales was an excellent opportunity for practitioners from… [more]

Building a Better Architecture Business with Social Media Building a Better Architecture Business with Social Media

Green Vision in Leeds – Retrofit Reality (including the Empire State Building)

On Thursday 1st December I’ll be joining Martin Brown (@fairsnape) in providing live blogging for the… [more]

Green Vision in Leeds – Retrofit Reality (including the Empire State Building) Green Vision in Leeds – Retrofit Reality (including the Empire State Building)

How is Architectural Practice changing? Join me in Cardiff on 9 December

This year the Royal Society of Architects in Wales (RSAW - @ArchitectsWales) autumn Conference is called… [more]

How is Architectural Practice changing? Join me in Cardiff on 9 December How is Architectural Practice changing? Join me in Cardiff on 9 December

When will the UK construction sector finally embrace Social Media Marketing?

I noticed this question on Quora yesterday – here it is in full: Will the UK construction sector… [more]

When will the UK construction sector finally embrace Social Media Marketing? When will the UK construction sector finally embrace Social Media Marketing?

[UPDATE] Linkedin Workshops for Construction Professionals

Thanks for your interest in the workshops I’m planning to run to help construction professionals use Linkedin properly. After two days, here is a quick screenshot of the response so far: Blue markers are single people, red are between 2 and 5, and yellow are more than 10. There are clusters beginning to develop around [...]

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Why do we do one thing as Customers and another as Marketers?

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David Meerman Scott , author of ‘The New Marketing and PR ’ often begins his talks with a question: In the last 1-2 months, privately or professionally, in order to research a product or service you might want to buy, raise your hand if you have: Answered a direct mail advertisement? Consulted mainstream media – [...]

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Linkedin Workshops for Construction Professionals

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Do you have a Linkedin account but don’t know how to use it? Have you been invited by clients or colleagues to join Linkedin and don’t know where to begin? I shall be running a special workshop for you – find out more here. On my recent travels around the country I’ve spoken to many [...]

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Jacksons Fencing and Security Factory Tour and @Gate_Safe Summit

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I’m working with Jacksons Fencing and Jacksons Security to help them work better with architects and specifiers, and spent a good day with them on Tuesday talking about the issues. Here’s a slide show of the factory tour I took with Helen from Zest and Marcia from Jacksons business development, who also runs their CPD [...]

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Social Media the big subject at Kalzip TeamKal Conference [Video]

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It was great to be invited to speak to the Kalzip TeamKal conference, not least because the audience of construction businessmen in their forties and fifties was always going to be skeptical about the value of Social Media to their own work. That made it a challenge, but also an opportunity, and I was pleasantly [...]

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Looking back and looking forward with purpose

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It has been an interesting twelve months for me, to say the least. This time last year I was in the uncertainty of hospital tests, but by April I had a 100% clean bill of health and could make plans. By the end of the summer those plans were set and I’ve spent the last [...]

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Why don’t we network with our relatives?

I’ve been enjoying reading Andy Lopata‘s new book, Recommended: How to Sell Through Networking and Referrals, in which he guides the reader through creating a referral culture through networking. I’m also learning a great deal from his video tips – and thought I would share one with you. In this video clip Andy describes how [...]

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Building a Better Architecture Business with Social Media

Friday’s RSAW Conference with architects in Wales was an excellent opportunity for practitioners from across the country and beyond to get together and think about running their practices. As promised, here are the slides from my presentation. You can view them here simply by clicking on the deck below, or you can ‘view on slideshare’ [...]

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Green Vision in Leeds – Retrofit Reality (including the Empire State Building)

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On Thursday 1st December I’ll be joining Martin Brown (@fairsnape) in providing live blogging for the next seminar in Green Vision Yorkshire and Humber’s autumn networking series on eco retrofit – aka #GVis2011. GVis2011 is a unique series of events hosted by Leeds Metropolitan’s Centre for Knowledge Exchange and the Construction Sector Network, which bring [...]

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How is Architectural Practice changing? Join me in Cardiff on 9 December

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This year the Royal Society of Architects in Wales (RSAW – @ArchitectsWales) autumn Conference is called “Practice Makes Perfect”. We’ll be looking at how the practice of architecture is changing in the UK. The current recession is dragging on and it is now three years since the first swathe of redundancies in UK Architecture, and [...]

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