Last week I published a podcast episode titled, Success in 2016 with Just ONE Goal, where I shared my thoughts on goal setting. For years I have set numerous goals, in every part of my life, with all good intention and desire to achieve each goal by the deadline set. Does that sound familiar? I suspect that my success with goal setting is similar to yours. I would come out of the gate in early January, excited and enthusiastic, focused on making progress on each of my targets. Each week I … [Read more...]
How To Start an Architecture Firm Without a Portfolio
Anyone who has started their own architecture firm from scratch knows this dilemma well. We are full of enthusiasm, full of ideas, fully prepared. We quit our job (or working throughout the night on the side). We planned our launch and created a new website to share our ideas with the world… but we have no completed projects to show. We can’t complete any projects without a firm and its tough to start a firm without any projects. How do we start a new firm without a project portfolio full of … [Read more...]
How to Earn (or Win) an Extra $10,000 in 2016
Competitions are a integral part of the architecture experience. Since architecture school and throughout our careers, design competitions have provided a vehicle for architects to promote our talents and showcase our skills. Several architects have built their firms around the results of competitions, allowing them to leapfrog years of marketing strategies, accelerating their brands and business development. It’s a business plan strategy that has succeeded for many. Business plans are … [Read more...]
A Holiday Challenge: Full Media Blackout
The holidays are a beautiful time of year. We are invited to slow down and spend time with family and friends. Stories of love and giving are everywhere we look. We are reminded at this time that every day throughout the year, we are blessed. But, as we enter the final month of the year and the holiday season quickly approaches, our days get shorter, our task list gets longer and the demands on our time often result in us feeling overwhelmed. Cold weather is approaching and threatening open … [Read more...]
From My Table to Yours
This post is my contribution to an international blog series called #ArchiTalks. Each month, dozens of architect bloggers publish a post on a specific topic simultaneously on the same date. This is a bonus edition of #ArchiTalks, with a Thanksgiving theme, “From An Architect’s Table”, where each architect blogger will share a favorite holiday recipe. Scroll to the bottom for links to posts written by all of my #ArchiTalks friends. Time Flies When You’re Having Fun It starts in early … [Read more...]
What Not To Wear (As a Small Firm Architect)
Several times each week, I post a question to the EntreArchitect™ Facebook Group and we have a discussion among the 500+ group members. This past week, I posed the question, “Formal? Casual? Or something in between? What do you wear when meeting with clients?” We always have a big response and this question was no different. About 20 small firm architects posted their response and the answers were mixed, but certainly leaning toward the casual. That was not a surprise to me. Small firm … [Read more...]
Our First Architecture Project [#ArchiTalks]
This post is my contribution to an international blog series called #ArchiTalks. Each month, dozens of architect bloggers publish a post on a specific topic simultaneously on the same date. Scroll to the bottom for links to posts written by all of my #ArchiTalks friends. This month, the #ArchiTalks topic is "My First Project", so I decided to repost a 3-part article I originally published back in 2013. It's not only the story of my first project, but the complete story of how my wife and … [Read more...]
Hard Work + Consistency = Success
100 Days, 100 Photographs This past Saturday marked 100 Instagram posts in a row for my son James. He’s a talented photographer and one hundred days ago he decided to launch an account on Instagram, dedicate it to fine artful photography and post every day. Each morning he rises at 5:00am, edits his selection and uploads before heading off for the high school bus. James is seeing results from his effort. In the past 100 days he has gained more than 160 followers, piqued the interest of many … [Read more...]
The Future for Architects Is Here, And It’s Social
This is a guest post written by my friend, Enoch Sears, the founder of Business of Architecture. Coming up on this October 29th and 30th, the Business of Architecture Summit is the premier online event for small firm and solo practitioners who want to run a better business. I presented at the Summit last year and it was a great experience. I need to sit this one out, in order to focus my energy on the upcoming launch of EntreArchitect 2.0. Enoch and his crew have organized a fantastic line … [Read more...]
12 Rules for Hiring a Powerful Team
You started your own firm. Congratulations. Whether it was a planned life strategy or an involuntary response to the miserable “downsized” economy, you’ve made the right choice. In this profession, being an Entrepreneur Architect is the single best decision you will ever make. Your future is now up to you. Your success or failure is in your hands… exactly where it should be. It’s not going to be easy though. Success doesn’t happen without a tremendous amount of hard work, dedication and … [Read more...]
21 Rules of Online Marketing for Residential Architects
Each of our prospects come to us with a story in the minds. It's their understanding of who we are as architects and a definition of what we do. That story may have been placed their by friends or family or from experiences as a child. Its likely, at some level, that story was placed there by HGTV. The story of who we are already exists. Marketing is the process of replacing that story, which is often inaccurate or just plain wrong, with your story. As small firm residential architects, the … [Read more...]
Managing Your Client’s Happiness
One of the keys to success for small firm architects is client satisfaction. Keep the client happy throughout the project and that happy client will lead you to more happy clients. Our clients don’t like surprises. They want to be fully informed and up-to-date throughout the process. Expectation Management is an important practice that must be included in the overall management of every project. Our clients want to know what to expect, when to expect it and what it may cost them when the … [Read more...]
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