April 12 2012
April 12th, 2012Posted by Ashley Roberts
It is pretty well acknowledged that the Internet has changed the world, with easy, universal access to information and instant communication across the planet. But how has it impacted the daily life of an architect? Has it changed the way they work? And is the full potential of the Internet being utilised? Habits are changing. [...]
March 22 2012
March 22nd, 2012Posted by Benjamin Ha
A “build it and forget it” method may not be the wisest of decisions for an urban planner when creating a website. It is a myth that a website can sustain itself after it’s developed. In fact, similar to your business, a website must be constantly maintained if you want it to continue to thrive. [...]
December 15 2011
December 15th, 2011Posted by Benjamin Ha
Designing a website to use as advertisement to expand an urban planning sole-proprietorship or architecture company is a beneficial investment; however, simply having a customized website design and optimizing it for search engines cannot be expected to continually rank well. If left undeveloped, you may lose the business your website initially produced; therefore, website maintenance is [...]
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 14 2010
November 14th, 2010Posted by Renée van Staveren
While most urban planners and urban designers won’t be sought out by individuals, but rather business to business (B2B) because of the nature of their work, there are consultants who can benefit from advertising on the “good-ol’ Internet.” And, if you’re trying to discover ways to drive traffic to your urban planning or urban design [...]
November 13 2010
November 13th, 2010Posted by Renée van Staveren
When a potential client is searching for an engineer or engineering firm, they may find themselves sitting in front of the computer and Googling (Google.com) the following terms: “find a structural engineer,” “architectural engineer,” “civil engineering,” “civil engineer,” “civil engineer firm directory,” and/or “civil engineer firm.” And that’s the exact search I sat down to [...]
November 12 2010
November 12th, 2010Posted by Renée van Staveren
Discovering the most cost-effective way to promote your landscape architecture or landscape design business, through a marketing plan, should always include the Internet. And if you’re trying to discover ways to drive traffic to your landscape architecture or landscape design business and website that are free, you’ve come to the right place. I searched Google.com [...]
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 [...]