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]

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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]

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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?

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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Sole Construction Consultants – what do you need? #constconsult

The day after I let our clients and consultants know I was setting up a freelance marketing and business development consultancy, I got a call from a project manager colleague who wanted a chat. He pointed out that after spent fifteen years as a lone construction consultant he remained frustrated at the way his breadth [...]

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

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I noticed this question on Quora yesterday – here it is in full: Will the UK construction sector finally embrace Social Media Marketing in 2011 and what will be their strategy? What Social Media platforms do you think, apart from the obvious Twitter, Blogs, YouTube & possibly Facebook do you consider suitable. Quora? Behance? I [...]

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Construction Magazines and Journals – Online or hard copy?

When I recently spoke at the CIMCIG conference on specification our chair was Chris Ashworth of Competitive Advantage, who presented some very interesting research into the habits of architects and other specifiers. Now Chris and his company are conducting some more research to learn how people working in the construction industry are changing from reading [...]

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RIBA Housing Conference Live Blog – please take the survey

I’m just back from the live blogging of the #RIBAHousing conference in Cambridge today and would like your help. If you have viewed the live blog, either whilst it was going or since, please take a minute to complete the short survey below for me. It will help me work out how to blog better, [...]

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Workplace Trends Conference 2011 – Property is a People Business

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On 20th October I’ll be live tweeting/live blogging the Workplace Trends conference from the Royal College of Physicians in London. The Workplace Trends conference is dedicated to up and coming ideas about workplace design and operation, and the event has some great speakers including Michael Pawlyn who will speak about Biomimicry in sustainable design, and [...]

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RIBA Conference: Housing: Creating designs for life

Next week (Thursday 13th October) I shall be at the RIBA Housing conference in Cambridge and shall be live blogging the event using CoveritLive. This will be my first outing with CoveritLive, a service which allows visitors to read about an event and participate in a discussion through an interactive console. The system has been [...]

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The Foundation Works – Learning about Letting Go

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Yesterday I was at the Norwich Property and Construction networking event, The Foundation Works, as a guest of the organisers, Daniel Connal Partnership Surveyors in Norwich. This was the second event that DCP have organised and I can see why they are having so much success. For me the key to the value of the [...]

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Talking to Architects: CIMCIG Seminar: The Changing Face of Specification and Selection: Slides and White Paper

Last week I was honoured to speak to an audience of construction product marketers at the Building Centre in Store Street in London, about the role of the Architect in the specification process. I’m grateful to Ross Sturley and the folks at CIMCIG for giving me the opportunity, and for making an ideal forum for [...]

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