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6 Reasons Why Every Architect Should Write a Blog

Running a blog that complements your architectural practice can have a significant impact on the success of your business. Approaches may vary in format and choice of platform, but writing combined with designing can help you build a strong online presence, reach new audiences and gain useful feedback from your clients. Writing about architecture and […]

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Content Marketing for Architects: How to Attract More Leads for Your Architecture Firm

You might be asking yourself why content marketing for architects is so important. You think that your aesthetically attractive built projects should be bringing in new work and clients of their own accord, right? This is what we’ve heard so many architects say, especially those from older generations.  Well, let us summarize why content marketing for […]

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How to Use Social Media to Market Your Architectural Business with Claudia Lorusso

Welcome back to “Archipreneur Insights”, the interview series with the architectural, design and building community’s movers and shakers. The series highlights people who have an architectural degree but have since followed an entrepreneurial or alternative career path in the field. This week’s interview is with Claudia Lorusso, Architect and Social Media Manager from the beautiful Bari, Italy. […]

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We’re going 100% digital

I want to tell you some of the changes that my team and I are making regarding our E-Commerce business. Also, tell you what we’re focusing on and why. The reason I’m telling you this is because I’ve been in this industry for 6 years, and I’ve seen many things change. I’ve seen how the […]

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My story

Long story short 3 years ago, I made a decision I was fed up with my situation back then, Managing a traditional local architecture studio, In an apparently successful situation employing 7 people and making quite a good business Customers were fluent, with increasing work, money was flowing I was only 29 years old But […]

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6 Types of Content You Should Be Sharing on LinkedIn

Discover 6 types of content that spark engagement on LinkedIn: blog posts, industry news and research, quick tips, in-depth how-to guides, photo updates, and company updates. LinkedIn is a popular, business-to-business (B2B) social networking channel for professionals. Over 1 million publishers contribute more than 130,000 posts a week. About 45% of readers are company managers, VPs, CEOs, […]

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Going extinct: why corporate giants die

The average company lifespan has shrunk to 17 years – and even the most successful firms can succumb Who wants to live forever? For those of us who don’t, a long, healthy life – of 90 years, say – is enough. In the mid-1920s, 90 years happened to be the average lifespan of a leading […]

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www.YourFirm.com

When I launched our firm’s website back in 1999, there were few architects online. We started Fivecat Studio with no clients and no cash. A few friends commissioned us to design small residential, retail and restaurant projects. We photographed them, launched Fivecat.com and the rest is history. From those early projects to this day, the majority of our leads have been […]

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Why Should We Consider BIM As An Important Part Of The Construction Industry?

In the past few years, technological advancement has revolutionized every segment of our life. The construction industry has also not remained untouched from this revolution of the introduction of new technology, which has helped in making the AEC industry more efficient in the way it works. BIM, or Building Information Modelling, is one such technology […]

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Why is BIM Clash Detection important in the construction projects?

BIM adoption is booming in the construction industry due to its benefit of identifying the clashes at the very early stage in the construction process which makes the project model for the contractors and owners much easier and less time consuming. Clashes in the construction process occur when the parts or components that make up […]