Tag Archives: PR

Construction, CRM and social media

‘Enterprise social networks’ and ‘enterprise collaboration’ are terms being increasingly associated with customer relationship management (CRM), and may change face of construction sales, marketing and customer service. On Tuesday, I attended a London seminar organised by m-hance concerning its Microsoft … Continue reading

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Content marketing, SEO and an expert wiki (again)

In a recent guest post (Two elements of BIM for manufacturers), I talked about the creation of BIM objects and about how content marketing could help construction product manufacturers and suppliers reach specifiers. Content marketing – according to its trade association, the CMA – … Continue reading

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Two elements of BIM marketing for product manufacturers

The BIM bandwagon is not slowing down. Instead, it appears to be accelerating as we head towards the UK Government’s initial target of “Level 2″ adoption by 2016, and with more specifiers likely to seek BIM information, product manufacturers need … Continue reading

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CAPSIG backs IBP Communication and PR Awards

CAPSIG, the construction and property special interest group of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, has teamed up with International Building Press to sponsor its new awards. The IBP Communication and PR Awards will shine the spotlight on the contribution … Continue reading

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SpecifiedBy.com launches, and doubles up its blogs

After my November 2012 blog post about SpecifiedBy, I did a follow-up interview with Darren Lester for my ExtranetEvolution tech blog in February, and have since had a closer look at the site following its Beta launch at Ecobuild in … Continue reading

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DesigningBuildings: a content marketing and advertising opportunity

As regular readers of this blog will know, I have been interested in the potential use of wikis in the construction industry since the early 2000s, and have long regarded them as collaborative tools, with people collectively creating and improving … Continue reading

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CIOB-backed Designing Buildings Wiki

Some coincidences…. First, the Chartered Institute of Building magazine, Construction Manager, recently published an article by me looking at some of the latest examples of construction-specific social media tools (see It’s Social, but it’s still media). Next, on Wednesday evening, … Continue reading

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Too many people who do PR still do not understand Wikipedia

Another “Wikipedia edited by PRs” scandal… this time affecting PR folk at RLM Finsbury (a subsidiary of WPP plc).* Today’s Times newspaper reports that Finsbury staff were anonymously editing the English Wikipedia article about billionaire Russian oligarch (and Arsenal FC … Continue reading

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Find me a photographer! – The power of Twitter

After a mix-up in communications ahead of a major client event yesterday, I suddenly found myself without a professional photographer to cover the visit of a government minister and a carefully planned photo-opportunity at the launch of the Association of … Continue reading

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