I know we have all heard the hype about Evernote.

Many of us have downloaded the free app, took a spin and never looked again. Others have given it a try, created a few notebooks, added a few to-do lists and found no use.

I know I did the same thing.

This week on the EntreArchitect Podcast, I will share 12 Ways To Quickly Get Started Using Evernote.

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The Ultimate Guide to Evernote for Architects: 7 Steps to Get Started Now (blog post)

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How to Manage Your Architecture Projects Using Evernote (blog post)

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12 Steps to Take Control of Your Email (blog post)

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Each month, a group of dedicated architect bloggers, lead by my friend Bob Borson over at the Life of an Architect blog, participates at an online event called #ArchiTalks. Bob assigns a specific topic or theme and we each prepare a post written in response to that specific subject and we all coordinate our posts to go live at the same time.

A few topics that we have explored are:

Bob is busy running his Life of an Architect Playhouse Competition, so my friend Marica McKeel of Studio MM grabbed the reigns and took control of #ArchiTalks for this month.

Marica selected the topic; Favorite Place.

Scroll down to see more #ArchiTalks posts.

I really love the #ArchiTalks series. We now have about 2 dozen or more architects participating and it is so interesting to see how each of us responds to a few simple words. When a theme is announced, there is no background. We have no influence on what to write. We simply receive the theme.

In the past, I have participated by using my platform on the podcast or here at the blog. This week, on the EntreArchitect Podcast, I will share my thoughts on this month's topic, Favorite Place.

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Stephen Ramos – BUILDINGS ARE COOL (@sramos_BAC)

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Tara Imani Indigo Architect (@Parthenon1)

Jes Stafford MOD Architect (@modarchitect)

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In addition to developing a sales system, the concept of Target Market is the one thing that I most credit for the success of my small firm, Fivecat Studio.

Every day I see architects’ websites stating that they “specialize” in residential, commercial and institutional. Specialists in everything specialize in nothing.

Your customers want you to be the best at what they will hire you for. If 9 firms are generalists (great designers, but no focus) and one firm is an expert focused on being the very best at designing restaurants, who will receive the first call when the local celebrity chef is looking to open her next trotteria?

This week on the EntreArchitect Podcast, I will share my thoughts on Your Target Market.

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This past recession has been tough on the architecture profession. For the past several years many of us have been struggling to survive. We've taken the work we could get and reduced our expenses to the absolute minimum.

As we crawl out from the darkness, the warm sunshine of a recovering economy feels so good. Even though our boards are beginning to fill, the pain of survival is lingering. Many small businesses, including many small architecture firms, after years of finding ways to keep the doors open are succumbing to the years of economic instability and calling it quits.

For those of us who have made it through the storm have emerged with a new perspective. The days of pre-recession spending are unlikely to return any time soon. Money is short, debt is heavy and recovery is the primary focus. We're spending only what needs to be spent to build a stronger firm and much sacrifice remains.

Many of my friends are evaluating their professional priorities. If they feel an expense is unnecessary or not earning them a significant return on investment, it's being cut from their budgets. One such investment seeing the axe is their long-time memberships to the American Institute of Architects (AIA).

I think that’s a mistake.

I think there are many advantages to membership and this week on the EntreArchitect Podcast, I will share 7 benefits to AIA Membership for Small Firm Architects.

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