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The Power of Blogging as a Small Firm Architect

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The blog is still one of the most effective tools a small firm architect can use to foster community. Small firm architects are busy people. Small firm architects often ask me how they can find new projects. The Power of Blogging for Architects. The goal when writing a blog is to gain an audience.

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Conversion Rates for a Small Firm Architect

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The confidence level of our clients has been riding the roller coaster of an uncertain, unpredictable economy. I know this as fact, because I track my firm’s Prospect to Project Ratio. Every year since Annmarie and I launched the firm in 1999, we’ve had a full workload. The bottom was 2008. Prospects and Projects.

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A Simple Sales System for Small Firm Architects

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Originally published in 2013 as Part 4 of the original EntreArchitect Academy Blog Series, this final article of our month dedicated to Business Development shares my firm’s simple sales system. When we present our initial schematic designs to our client, we are selling. A Simple Sales System for Small Firm Architects.

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Launch a Blog and Convert More Clients

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This past week on the Entrepreneur Architect Podcast, I shared my original 2006 business plan for Fivecat Studio. Though cross-linked with fivecat.com , I wrote the blog as a personal project without a direct reference to the firm. They’d feel as though we’d met without ever having such a meeting. Do you blog?

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The 21 Rules for Success in Architecture

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DON’T GET CAUGHT UP IN “OLD GUARD” FIRMS. Firms need to embrace the ideas, energy and enthusiasm of young people. Make sure emerging professionals are valued in the firms you are interviewing with for full-time employment. DON’T GET UPSET BY CLIENTS THAT THINK THEY KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT ARCHITECTURE. Be patient.

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How to Craft an Effective Blog Post in 90 Minutes or Less

EntreArchitect

The blog is one of the most effective tools a small firm architect can use to foster community. Small firm architects are busy people. Committing the day before allows me to develop the idea in my mind as I complete my many other responsibilities as the owner of a small firm architecture studio.

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5 Cost Estimating Mistakes You’re Probably Already Making

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There’s an irony in the fact that everything else can go right on a construction project, but if your cost estimates are off, it can still wind up costing your firm time, money and reputation. Accurate construction estimating is essential for your firm to prosper. You see the consequences, but not the causes. Going Forward.