The Design and Construction Report — Summer issue

Today, we published the latest issue of The Design and Construction Report, a comprehensive online publication focused on marketing and business development for the Architectural, Engineering and Construction Industries. The Design and Construction Report is produced in co-operation with The Design and Construction Network. You can view the magazine in page turning and PDF format [...]

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Design and Construction Report: In Print

We’re getting ready for the fourth issue of The Design and Construction Report. This time, we’ll be publishing two editions, a general issue focusing on the overall AEC community and a special issue specifically for Canadian readers. You can see the current and earlier issues at the Design and Construction Report website. If you wish [...]

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Blogging success: Design and Construction Report published

The new issue of Design and Construction Report is online. Our online magazine, produced in co-operation with the Design and Construction Network, can be viewed either with page-turning software or downloaded as a PDF file for printing in your office. The highlight of this issue is the extensive coverage of the Best Construction Blog competition [...]

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“Referral Sale” results

Yesterday, I tried an experiment in linking some marketing concepts that I’ve never before seen combined.  The idea:  Appeal for referrals advertising features in  The Design and Construction Report with a time-limited coupon offer to double the usual compensation, including a potential $500 cash rebate. The sale lasted 12 hours from 8 a.m. to 8 [...]

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The Best Construction Blog competition: An update

Here are the latest Best Construction Blog competition results. (This table is updated in real-time, so you can keep pace with new votes.) // Yesterday, close to 200 people voted with many contributing enlightening comments.  Devon and Michael Stone encouraged their Markup and Profit newsletter followers to vote — and this encouraged Bobby Darnell (Building [...]

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Is it good manners to ask for referrals? (2)

Yesterday, I reported that I would try an email experiment to discover if readers would be able to direct some referrals for advertising feature profiles in the Design and Construction Report. The early results:  Failure. I sent the email to readers who had asked to receive the bi-weekly Construction Marketing Ideas Newsletter, along with some [...]

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The Design and Construction Report: Some thoughts

This video provides some history, perspective, and observations about how we decided to start publishing The Design and Construction Report, the electronic publication which will report on the results of the Best Construction Blogs and Forums Competition (you can vote for your favorites until Feb. 28.) You can participate in this (and other) publications, in [...]

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What is the best way to communicate?

At the recent Design and Construction Networking event in Washington, several guests enjoy posing for this picture.  I want to be sure I have every one’s name correct before identifying the individuals  in this group, however. In a recent blog posting, Ford Harding asked:  “Are phone calls obsolete?” Twice in recent weeks I have been [...]

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The secret of breaking in — Creative ‘risk’ taking

In 2000, I decided to expand my business to the Washington DC area.  At the time, our Canadian business had some profitability, but certainly we weren’t rolling in dough.  In fact, after deciding we could make the move, but before moving forward, I experienced some real business scares.  Then, the business didn’t have proper systems [...]

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