by markitecture | Dec 5, 2017 | AEC Industry, Branding, Marketing for Architecture Firms, Residential Firms, Social Media for Architects
So you’ve spent hours preparing your design award submission, hoping to win and receive the praise of design peers and potential clients alike. You’ve hit the submit button, off it goes…now what? Whether you win the award or not, the value of your effort...
by markitecture | Mar 1, 2016 | AEC Industry, Branding, Just For Fun, Marketing for Architecture Firms, Residential Firms, Uncategorized
In a recent marketing presentation on metrics, I opened with a slide titled “We Don’t Deliver Pizza, But We Do Deliver Loyalty.” Coupled with a few bullet points and a screengrab of a popular pizza delivery app, the slide drew some chuckles and it began an important...
by markitecture | Sep 11, 2014 | AEC Industry, Architecture Firm Websites, Business Development, Marketing for Architecture Firms, Residential Firms, Social Media for Architects, Uncategorized
While helping architecture and engineering firms develop their marketing plans, we look at a number of factors that determine the tactics we will use – target audience, budget, business goals, etc. For the record, I always say ‘tactics come last,’...
by markitecture | May 23, 2014 | AEC Industry, Architecture Firm Websites, Marketing for Architecture Firms, Residential Firms, Social Media for Architects, Uncategorized
One of the biggest struggles that firms seem to have with their website is where to draw the line with the portfolio – specifically, determining how many projects should be included. Designing and building a website should result in a site that can “scale up” easily,...
by markitecture | Mar 21, 2013 | AEC Industry, Architecture Firm Websites, Marketing for Architecture Firms, Social Media for Architects, Uncategorized
Shhh…don’t tell your designer friends I said this. When it’s time to upgrade your firm’s website, the truth is…you don’t always have to build the whole thing from scratch. Before the hate-mail starts pouring in from professionals of all disciplines, let me provide a...