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Jan 26 2015

Public Relations – Are You an Innie or an Outie?

Dale Walker is the Director of Communications at Francis Cauffman, a Philadelphia and NYC based architecture firm that has supported its clients since 1954 with innovative architecture, planning, and interior design services. With close to three decades of experience in marketing and communications for the AEC industry, Dale’s expertise includes marketing and proposal strategies, positioning, […]

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Doctor in the Haus

Jan 23 2015

Lost in Translation

  Dear Doctor, I just started working at an architecture firm, after spending many years in the financial industry. It’s been an exciting career change. As part of my business development activities, I have been attending rehearsals with the partners and project teams as they prepare for interviews. Since I’m a newbie to this industry, […]

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Doctor in the Haus

Nov 1 2014

Building from Scratch

  Dear Doctor, I am an architect with ten years of experience who recently opened my own architecture firm with three colleagues. Each of us comes from large, well-known firms with very high profiles, so getting press for our projects was relatively easy.  Now that we have our own firm – although we have strong […]

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Oct 31 2014

Who’s Afraid of Social Media?

The scary truth about using social media is that it’s not as hard as you think. It’s up to you to decide how you want to use it and which platforms suit your firm best. Social media is an essential tool for successful marketing efforts. Design professionals can share their work and ideas in real […]

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Oct 28 2014

Bad communication is frightening! How to banish it for good

What frightens you most? Creepy crawlers in the night, werewolves howling at full moons, haunted houses, or skeletons in the closet? Well, we’re scared of all those things, too, but what really frightens us is how some people communicate. You may laugh, but it’s true! We have so many ways to communicate these days (some […]

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Sep 30 2014

Use SEO Strategically to Raise Your Firm’s Online Visibility

This month we’ve heard from guest bloggers Brad Feinknopf on investing in good photography and Jessica Wyman on tips for designing an effective website. Now that you’ve got a great website with gorgeous photography, how do you actually get visitors? The answer is SEO. Search engine optimization (SEO) improves a website’s visibility in online search […]

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Sep 18 2014

Image ROI: When you invest in good photography, you invest in your future success

                    This month, we’re giving AEC industry professionals tips on the best ways to improve their websites. In our first installment, nationally recognized architectural photographer Brad Feinknopf offers insight on investing in good photography. The Columbus-based photographer has been shooting architecture and commercial related images for over 25 years. His images have been published worldwide […]

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Aug 25 2014

Writing a Book to Help Build Influence

In this month’s series of posts, we’re exploring the effectiveness of materials outside of photography. We’ll give you tips on how to increase your outreach using materials from different mediums ranging from visual to printed. Take a look in the following post to see how investing the time to write a book can improve your integrated communications program and help you […]

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Aug 6 2014

Using Drawings to Promote Your Projects

Last month’s theme explored the importance of incorporating a broad range of strategic tools to communicate about your firm. Another effective approach to promoting your projects is to use drawings, renderings, diagrams, and other visual representations. You probably have lots of drawings, elevations, site plans, and diagrams you’ve created for projects to show to clients […]

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Jul 31 2014

Effective Strategies for Communicating Your Firm: Pitch Perfectly

Brien McDaniel is the Director of Communications and Senior Associate of FXFOWLE Architects, a firm committed to innovative design inspired by urbanism, technology and sustainable strategies. He has over 20 years of communications, media relations, and special event management experience for higher education and cultural institutions, and architectural practices by Brien McDaniel Now that you’ve […]

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