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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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RICS members: Twitter’s not about “what I had for breakfast”!

[Warning: rant] If RICS wants to help building surveyors use social media effectively, they should invite conference speakers who know what they are talking about. I attended the RICS Building Surveying conference in London yesterday* and sat through a couple … Continue reading

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Meeting mumtrepreneurs

On Friday afternoon, I took time away from business-to-business PR and marketing, volunteering to do some one-to-one advice sessions at a “Mumtrepreneurs” coffee afternoon at a primary school in nearby Welling. Around a dozen businesses took part, getting an overview … Continue reading

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CIPR events offer perspectives on SEO

Last Thursday, I attended two CIPR events in London: the first a free breakfast briefing at CIPR’s Russell Square HQ (sponsored by Glide Technologies) on search engine optimisation (SEO); the second an event at the Building Centre organised by the … Continue reading

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@ContractJournal – now the voice of its crowd

When UK construction magazine Contract Journal shut down in November (see post), I lamented Reed’s decision and wondered what would become of some of its ancillary online outputs. As previously mentioned, Brian Green’s Brickonomics blog was resurrected courtesy of Building … Continue reading

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Time to switch from internet advertising to social media?

On Wednesday this week I attended a free half-day seminar organised by Reed Business Information (publisher of Contract Journal and many other B2B titles), entitled What Works Online. Targeted at B2B marketers, this was a useful reminder of the range … Continue reading

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Should every business have a blog?

I was reading one of Chris Rand’s steady stream of posts at Online marketing: An article a day last week in which he suggested that, just as almost every business now has to have a website, now “every business should … Continue reading

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