What’s your current marketing strategy? Does it involve spending lots of dollars on advertising and fancy brochures? What if I said you might be completely off target? And that I’ve been in your shoes. Spending much of my efforts pushing…
As discussed in our previous article, the key to successful marketing for architects and contractors is to make sure potential customers find you—usually via Google search—when they need you, rather than targeting them with annoying (and expensive) ad campaigns. This…
With customers constantly asking you, “When’s it going to be ready?” it’s tempting to find shortcuts on your construction projects. And one place that foremen and supervisors can cut corners? The daily reports. But skipping daily reports increases the risk…
There’s so much software out there that’s too complex! These programs have too many features, making them more confusing than they are useful. Example: That’s why at ArchiSnapper, we prioritize simplicity—in both our business practices and our software. Simplicity on…
I’ve always been interested in personal development. I’ve tried many things and I kept doing the ones that worked for me. In this article I’m sharing “the wisdom” I’ve gathered during the years by reading a lot and by practicing…
Let’s start with some statistics from OSHA (US Occupational Safety and Health Administration) to stress the importance of improving safety on construction sites: Out of 4,693 worker fatalities in private industry in calendar year 2016, 991 or 21.1% were in construction…
“Would you like to be a starving architect or a profit-first architect?” – Mark Lepage, founder of EntreArchitect As architects, we graduate with romantic ideals and dreams of making meaningful designs. Profit isn’t the first thing we think about because,…
We all know how dreadful the final walk-through with a client can be. But, just in case you don’t, picture this: It’s 8:55 a.m., and the final punch list meeting starts in five minutes. Six people are waiting for you…
When asked for the most valuable things in life, many highly successful people all rank the same thing at number one: time. Unlike material things, you can’t lose time and get it back again. You can’t spend time and go…
If you drag around stacks of floorplans and other documents to your worksite… If you use pen and paper to make notes… If you have to use a cable to transfer your pictures to a PC in order to place…
