Fly through the turbulence of AEC marketing and have your career take off
Why, how, when you should be asking questions When I first started out, I was completely overwhelmed with the information I needed to learn in a such as short period of time–everything from reading RFPs to understanding roadway design and drainage design to finding the appropriate resumes and relevant projects. I knew the fundamentals of [...]
Focus on ideas to move you towards your goals and away from your pain points. Do you ever go to a conference or even a program and come back with your head spinning with tons of great ideas to implement? Then you get back to the office the following day and don’t know where to [...]
Why I keep my vacation day balance at zero and you should too! When I was pregnant with my second child, I had been working for the same firm for nearly four years. When I was reviewing the maternity leave policies and figuring out my schedule, I realized that I had almost 150 hours of [...]
This is part of the Setting Yourself Up for Success series. This series helps marketers in the engineering/architecture/construction industry navigate the proposal turbulence and have their career take-off! In the Grammar & Proofreading episode, we explore the differences between writing and editing guidelines and why it is important to have them for your firm. I [...]
The holiday season is busy for all of us. There are personal and professional social events, endless to-do list, and, oh yeah, your work responsibilities. Even though you might want to pass on all those holiday invites, don’t. Whether you are looking for a new job or trying to expand your network, the holidays are [...]
Your firm has been shortlisted. Congratulations! Now the real work begins to prepare the presentation. Not only are you responsible for capturing your sales message and complex technical information into graphically appealing slides or other visual displays, but you are also responsible for organizing all of the rehearsals and corralling the egos to deliver a [...]
Marketers Take Flight presents its Marvelous Marketer series featuring Hope Wilson, CPSM. She is the Principal of Wilson Business Growth Consultants. With more than 18 years of experience, she is an international award-winning business strategy and communications professional. In today’s video she shares her background, how she became an AEC marketer as well her advice [...]
Do you feel like you have been stuck in your current position? Have you been working as a marketing intern, assistant or coordinator for a year or two or even three and don’t see any change in the recent future? You know that you have excelled at your position and supervisors are happy with your [...]
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