EntreArchitect

AUGUST 16, 2018

EntreArchitect: Behind the Design is a weekly blog series where we feature work designed, developed and/or built by small firm entrepreneur architect members of The EntreArchitect Community. If its a development project, what is the marketing strategy to sell it? This was a development project. With clients?

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 16, 2018

EntreArchitect: Behind the Design is a continuing blog series where we feature work designed, developed and/or built by small firm entrepreneur architect members of The EntreArchitect Community. We rely on word of mouth from previous clients. With clients? They had a full-time super on site. Project Name.

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Landscape Architecture Magazine

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

A past national president of ASLA (1987–1988) and Rome Prize recipient, Barton was appointed in 2004 to the board of the San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission, a California state agency. She plans to increase her activism in estuary protection and promoting investments in natural resources as capital assets.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

It wasn’t helpful for me to site next to a guy selling monocles and another guy creating an app to help lazy people get their overpriced food delivered faster. Running the numbers on business development. But when it comes to business development specifically, I realized it might just be my secret weapon.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 5, 2018

If it’s a development project, what is the marketing strategy to sell it? This allows us to educate future clients on what is important to us, how we work, what we are working on, what we’ve recently completed, what is available, etc. Our business development process is primarily through social media and online publication.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 21, 2018

If its a development project, what is the marketing strategy to sell it? This client is the older brother of a childhood (and current) friend. Do you have a regular business development process (pipeline) that you use to acquire the leads for the next project? Withheld at clients request. With clients? Among team?

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EntreArchitect

JULY 19, 2018

With clients? The clients had a wonderful trust in me and I was able to maintain the design intent throughout the process. How involved was your client throughout the design process? We had weekly site meetings to check in an answer questions. Were there any conflicts with clients or contractors during the process?

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 26, 2017

To complete the development of a standard residential additions and alterations project, it takes several months of focus and dedication. The time and effort required to properly develop a design and complete a thorough set of construction documents is difficult for most anyone outside the profession to understand. Forget about profit.

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EntreArchitect

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

Imagine a new school or community development that can help plan itself with information collected from Big Data. This is where artificial intelligence (applied Big Data) can be used to inform the development and design of future cities and communities. Yes, parts of new developments today include plans for movie theaters.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 30, 2016

This month, the #ArchiTalks topic is “Back to School”, so I am encouraging my fellow small firm architects to go back to school themselves and learn what they need to know to find the work they want and live a life they’ll love. As small firm architects, how do we get noticed by those prospects? Back to School.

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

The result is an oeuvre of sensitive, site-responsive architecture that synergize form and function with landscape, resulting in highly meaningful and resilient places. ” Designing across a variety of scales and media, the eighteen person team emphasizes highly collaborative approaches to project development. .”

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 15, 2015

They’ve read all my posts on launching a new firm. They’ve developed a business plan , created a network and have the proper savings in the bank. They’re developing a new website to share their work with the world, but they have no work of their own to show. You have what your clients want and you should tell them your story.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 4, 2021

More importantly, nearly the same number of respondents admitted they will eliminate a firm from consideration, because of their website. Increase your firm’s visibility (online). The first goal of your marketing efforts should focus on increasing your firm’s visibility online. Ideally, you should approach these as case studies.

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EntreArchitect

JULY 18, 2017

Systems are the sound structure of a successful architectural firm. They establish the discipline required for financial success and the freedom to develop a portfolio of highly developed architecture. Every firm, with any experience, has many of these processes already in place. Create systems for success. Tweet This! ).

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Archmark

MAY 13, 2022

Set Up and Use Your Linkedin Profile to Find, Attract, and Connect with Your Ideal Architecture Firm Clients Archmark's Definitive Architecture Firm Marketing Guide to Perfecting Your Linkedin Profile. Have your clients or prospects ever made any of the following statements?: “We Sorry, but it’s true.

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Deezen

JANUARY 26, 2023

It is even harder for small firms to compete on salaries." "One Our contractors quite often mention that skilled labour is in shorter supply, which leads to less quality on site and higher prices for labour." Salaries have risen.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 2, 2018

How do I get noticed when I am first starting an architecture firm? I have no portfolio of my own to show clients. I’ve shared articles at this blog in the past on how much it may cost to start your own firm and how Annmarie and I launched Fivecat Studio with no clients and very little money. Be Certain. Make a Plan.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 20, 2021

If you’re on the higher end, your client is likely expecting a tonne of value. Develop processes that make teamwork easy. When work is transparent and visible, fewer mistakes are made, less rework is needed, fewer disputes arise on site, and millions of dollars are saved! Sound familiar?

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 20, 2013

In Session 002 , we developed our business and personal life plan. Every potential client starts their search for an architect with a very specific list of expectations and assumptions. The better and more focused the reputation and the greater the visibility within the target client group, the more valuable the brand.”

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 13, 2015

As small firm residential architects, the most effective and least expensive way to accomplish this process is to start online. What are the best ways to place your firm in the minds of your potential clients? Develop a strategy and write it down. What is the one thing that sets your firm apart? Who are you?

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 14, 2018

In my professional opinion, one of the best practices to apply in advance of providing a client with a proposed fee is to always invest the time and expense required to develop a Project Fee Budget. My preferred best practice method for developing a project fee is the “Top-Down, Bottom Up” approach to fee budgeting.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 16, 2012

To complete the development of a standard residential additions and alterations project, it takes several months of focus and dedication. Most sole proprietors and small firms I know, struggle to meet the minimum requirements of operation. Many of us work long hours, long into the night, through weekends and holidays.

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EntreArchitect

AUGUST 8, 2017

During my interview with a potential client, I answer many questions. Tired of watching our best projects be built by others and frustrated by the fact that the contractor earns significantly more money on each project than the architect, I developed an additional proposal and a new integrated process of construction.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 17, 2018

So many people call themselves architects: the software developer, the campaign manager, the author, the enterprise strategist – so on and so forth. So why can’t the industry develop into something else? Architects play a vital role in developing technologies which can aid in the reduction of energy wastage. Significance.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 4, 2017

Originally posted on February 22, 2007, this was the seventh entry on the site and was the first full length article I shared. Many years ago, before Annmarie and I started our residential architecture firm, I was a project manager with Kaeyer, Garment & Davidson Architects in Mt. My First Assignment. We wanted white windows.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 30, 2013

Many small firm architects and sole proprietors have declared Repositioning a failure before it has even begun. We’ll decide to learn what we need to know to make our own small firm successful, then teach others to do the same. We must find our strengths, develop them with pride and share our knowledge with others.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

In this former job everyone was so disengaged and there was absolutely no benefit in staying there, in fact that office was toxic for my development. Your Interns Could Be Your Future Clients. What if you viewed your junior staff as one day they might be your future client? That’s a scary thought. Help Strengthen Our Profession.

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EntreArchitect

DECEMBER 5, 2017

With more than 5,000 subscribers, I have built a strong community of like-minded small firm architects who look forward to my letter and respond in kind with thoughtful communication. This consistency will allow you to stay “top of mind” and will encourage word-of-mouth conversations about your firm. Feature client testimonials.

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EntreArchitect

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Since dedicating all my waking moments to growth at Fivecat Studio , the development of Entrepreneur Architect and all its associated support mechanisms, the duration of those waking moments have become unreasonable and quite unhealthy. This site has become a daily resource and inspiration for hundreds of architects.

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EntreArchitect

OCTOBER 12, 2014

With more than 3,000 subscribers, I have built a strong community of like-minded small firm architects who look forward to my letter and respond in kind with thoughtful communication. This consistency will allow you to stay “top of mind” and will encourage word-of-mouth conversations about your firm. Feature client testimonials.

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EntreArchitect

APRIL 10, 2018

Almost 40 tips for Starting an Architecture Firm. After obtaining my license as an Architect in New York, I brainstormed several long term goals and decided to start a personal blog, develop design projects, and learn everything that I could about starting an architecture firm. Develop a strategic plan for your business.

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EntreArchitect

JUNE 21, 2016

With more than 5,000 subscribers, I have built a strong community of like-minded small firm architects who look forward to my letter and respond in kind with thoughtful communication. This consistency will allow you to stay “top of mind” and will encourage word-of-mouth conversations about your firm. Feature client testimonials.

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EntreArchitect

MARCH 28, 2012

I shared our website URL (which is in the midst of an upgrade from our original site to a new one). Here is my original post: In addition to our website at [link] , below are the other places I spend my time online (and with my spare time, I’m a very involved Dad to 3 and I run an architecture firm). Fivecat Blog: [link].

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Life of an Architect

MAY 20, 2018

It all started when the client for the cabin project ( see winter photos here ) we completed last year asked if we could figure out if a table she wanted to buy could actually be moved through the house to get to its final destination. Since we are a small firm, we don’t spend much time with post-production work on our renderings.

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EntreArchitect

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

For me, Twitter is better for connecting with other professionals than for finding my next client. I put most of my social media efforts toward connecting with other architects, but Facebook is fantastic for connecting with potential clients. Check out what my friend Jes Stafford is doing at Big Time Small Firm.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 26, 2014

One of the requirements of becoming a licensed architect is the intern development program which logs on the job training under certain tasks which is then signed off by a licensed architect. In this former job everyone was so disengaged and there was absolutely no benefit in staying there, in fact that office was toxic for my development.

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EntreArchitect

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

Again, to launch your new firm, keep your equipment expenses to a bare minimum. As you grow, you will upgrade and purchase the items you need to efficiently service the clients you serve. When Annmarie and I launched Fivecat Studio, we did it without any clients. This site is hosted at Blue Host. Marketing Start Up Costs.

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