September 10 2011
September 10th, 2011Posted by Renée van Staveren
Global Site Plans is offering a 6-month to 1-year internship opportunity for contributing bloggers for topics related to business, marketing, design (website, graphic, and print), internet marketing, and content strategy. If you are a student with a passion and talent for writing about any of the aforementioned topics, then Global Site Plans wants you as a contributing blogger. We [...]
June 23 2011
June 23rd, 2011Posted by Shelley Rekte
Where is your focus when you step outdoors? Are you automatically checking personal email and texts, or surfing the Web on your mobile device? Or are you deeply breathing the fresh air and enjoying the sun upon your face? Just recently, in my hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska, the air temperature hit triple digits on a [...]
June 10 2011
June 10th, 2011Posted by Renée van Staveren
We’re happy to announce the first of many website critiques regarding design, functionality, and usability. If you would like to include your company or agency in the pool of candidates for a website critique, please add your information here. Our first website review is for the City of Compton Community Redevelopment Agency in Compton, California. [...]
June 09 2011
June 9th, 2011Posted by Shelley Rekte
What do you consider when you think about humanity’s carbon footprint? Do you applaud those that drive an electric car? Or do you commend those who commute by bicycle or public transit? Maybe the fuel-efficient home is more desirable than keeping the thermostat low on cold days while wearing an extra layer of clothes? When [...]
March 29 2011
March 29th, 2011Posted by Barrett Lane
One of the most hotly anticipated products launched this year was Apple’s iPad 2. As CEO Steve Jobs launched the product earlier this month, he noted many of the updated product’s new features: a thinner body, a longer-lasting battery, built-in camera, faster processor, and a slick updated OS to go along with it. Interestingly enough, [...]
March 03 2011
March 3rd, 2011Posted by Jessica DeVries
Many individuals looking for architecture jobs can start to breathe easier as the economic situation becomes more positive. In the recent State of the Union address President Obama proposed the ‘Better Buildings’ Initiative, aiming to increase energy efficiency in commercial buildings by 20 percent in the next 10 years, which could mean a lot more [...]
February 01 2011
February 1st, 2011Posted by Renée van Staveren
Global Site Plans can create a budget-conscious website utilizing template customization. The process includes choosing between numerous website template designs, choosing the one that is right for your company, and then customizing the template with your company text and images. This is especially cost-effective because it does not take time to create a custom-designed look [...]
January 24 2011
January 24th, 2011Posted by Renée van Staveren
Global Site Plans develops blog-integrated websites, utilizing the WordPress format. WordPress is one of the most popular blogging tools available. Many people do not know that WordPress is a powerful Content Management System (CMS) that can be used to build a blog, a website, or both – a blog-integrated website (The Global Site Plans website [...]
January 17 2011
January 17th, 2011Posted by Renée van Staveren
Global Site Plans develops content rich and visually appealing html website designs. HTML website design is especially useful when designing text-rich websites, supported by images. Such website design is particularly useful for environmental non-profits, architects, engineers, landscape architects, and urban planners who desire a site that is search engine friendly (Google, Yahoo!, etc.), rich in [...]
January 10 2011
January 10th, 2011Posted by Renée van Staveren
Global Site Plans develops creative and innovative flash design websites. Flash design is particularly useful when displaying numerous images, as would be in the case of architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, and urban planning sole proprietorships, companies, and graduate student portfolios. Flash utilizes vector based graphic presentation that can present images in a continuous movie-type format. [...]
November 11 2010
November 11th, 2010Posted by Renée van Staveren
When you purchase a vehicle, you plan on maintaining it, correct? Well, just like a well maintained car, your website will need a maintenance plan in order to continually run successfully. Website maintenance will ensure that your website attracts, educates, and expands your client base, while generating revenue for your business. This means that even [...]
November 11 2010
November 11th, 2010Posted by Renée van Staveren
When a potential client, searching for an architect or architecture company or firm, sits down at the computer and searches (Google.com) either terms, “architect listing” or “architecture company,” they are likely to find several sites that offer architect and architecture company directories. I sat down today and performed such a search. What I found were [...]
August 15 2010
August 15th, 2010Posted by Renée van Staveren
Redesigning Your Site or Need to Drive Traffic? If you have a architecture, engineering, landscape architecture, urban planning consultancy firm, or an environmental non-profit and your considering redesigning your website or trying to drive internet traffic, the most effective option is a WordPress website. WordPress websites are the easiest for Google and other search engines [...]