Many of you have probably already read this article posted to Salon.com this past Saturday. There have also been a few similar articles written in the New York Times and WSJ. Is our profession really experiencing an all-out “meltdown”, or are we no worse than most other businesses and industries trying to survive the most […]
Recruit Your Clients to Help you Better Serve your Clients
Starbucks Coffee Co. has built a website dedicated to the interaction with their customers. It’s called My Starbucks Idea. Have an idea that will improve the Starbucks customer experience? Drop them a line at their website. The best ideas are actually implemented in Starbucks stores throughout the world. Check out the website here: mystarbucksidea.force.com How […]
TED
One of the best sites on the web…TED.
Beyond Your Website
I enjoyed participating as a panelist today, discussing How Businesses Can Use “New Media” to Grow. The event was coordinated by the Westchester County Association. Nancy Shenker, founder and President of The ON Switch, did a superb job as moderator. My fellow panelists, both much more knowledgeable of the subject than I, were Lena West, […]
Big Firms or Small, Everyone Should be Online
This past Wednesday evening, the AIAWMH Practice Management Committee discussed websites and their relevance to architects. As I have posted before and have been preaching for years, I think being online is critical to business success. My belief is that if you’re not online, you don’t exist. I presented my ideas to the committee, visited […]
Designing Your Firm’s Website
As a follow up to my post earlier week on the importance of architects being online, Architectural Record online has an interesting article on what to consider when designing your firm’s website.