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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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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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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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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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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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GoogleMap of Architects Designers and Construction Consultants – Latest News and over 30,000 views

Since last week’s update the map has snowballed and we’ve been getting thousands of views every day. Popularity has its downsides though, we’ve had to make some changes! Here’s a run down of what’s been happening and how you can get involved and make the most of the map. Map goes Regional – how to [...]

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Update: Googlemap Architects Designers and Consultants on Twitter

Here’s an update on the Google map of Architects, designers and construction consultants. Now that we’ve reached 200 placemarks I thought I’d show you some screenshots to show how the map is filling out. Time for a bit of exploration I think. Once you zoom in there is plenty of space and collections of twitter [...]

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Map of Architects on Twitter – Part 3

The map shown here is a google map of architects, designers and consultants who use the social networking platform Twitter. View Architects, Designers and Consultants on Twitter in a larger map UPDATE: the map above is now a master map; read the latest post for details. All the users on the map have uploaded their [...]

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UK Construction People Crowdsourced to help rebuild after riots – #RiotRebuild

Following the riots in cities across England over the last few days, two architecture graduates, Lee Wilshire and Nick Varey have set up a venture to put property owners and tenants in touch with construction people willing to volunteer their help with informal advice, materials or labour. RiotRebuild, which has a blog/website, facebook page and [...]

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