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10 Ways An Architect Can Make More Money

This is an edited repost from deep in the archives. Originally published on the week of this blog’s relaunch on December 12, 2012, this article has been the most popular week in, week out. Leave a comment below or post your thoughts over that The EntreArchitect Community Facebook Group and share your tips and tricks. How […]

How To Make Your Social Media Content More Shareable

Many (if not all) of us are using social media on a daily basis. Some of us restrict our time online to personal social interactions, while others use these powerful networking platforms to help promote our architectural businesses. Social media can certainly be a powerful tool, but if not carefully and intentionally managed, our time […]

Limit Their Stress By Limiting Their Choices

When performing our Design Development phase with clients, we typically assist them in selecting all their finishes, plumbing fixtures and lighting. It’s an Additional Service, but one that most clients are happy to have us complete. The process of selecting is completed most efficiently when we discover and learn, through questionnaires and images, what our […]

How To Build A Powerful
Email Newsletter For
Your Architecture Firm

Years before launching EntreArchitect, I published a quarterly newsletter for my own residential architecture firm, Fivecat Studio. Without much effort, I acquired hundreds of subscribers through links on a few social media profiles. The newsletter was part of my marketing plan and every few months I half-heartedly scrambled to send something out. Even without the […]

How To Measure Your Financial Performance as an Architect

 The material for preparing an annual budget, an annual profit plan, developing project fee budgets, and calculating billing rates—is the stuff of financial planning. Each is a type of forecast that serves as a benchmark for financial management. Annual profit plans and annual budgets are your firm’s financial goals expressed in dollars—your vision of what […]

7 Steps to a Happy Work Week as a Small Firm Architect

A Structured Monday Leads To A Happy Work Week As the new year quickly approaches, we hear the annual recommendations for planning our year ahead. Every magazine and blog is running an article about how to plan for 2018. Although stating long term goals and planning for their success is important, I suggest that planning […]