Hello and welcome to Marketing In Times of Recovery, the bi-weekly built environment marketing podcast. And I’m your host Ayo Abbas, founder and director of Abbas Marketing. 

Welcome to the first of my very special three-part series that will look at Marketing Models: Different Ways To Get Your Marketing Done.  In this first episode we take a look at group and online programme by interviewing Nikita Morell and Sara Kolata who share why they think this is the marketing model for the future.

The idea for this mini-series came from the fact that many built environment practices think the only way to get your marketing done is via someone in-house or an expensive agency. 

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Nikita Morell's Site Smart programme - enrollment closes 1st April

Sara Kolata's 7 Day Challenge

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Hello and welcome to Marketing In Times of Recovery, the bi-weekly built environment marketing podcast. And I’m your host Ayo Abbas, founder and director of Abbas Marketing.  We are back after an extended end-of-year break.

This episode is the trailer for a special mini-series I'm running over the next three weeks which will look at Marketing Models: Different Ways To Get Your Marketing Done. 

The idea for this mini-series came from the fact that many built environment practices think the only way to get your marketing done is via someone in-house or an expensive agency.  In this series of episodes, we look at three other ways which are group/online programmes, consultants/freelancers and collectives.   

The episodes will go live weekly from next Friday.  Then we'll be back to our usual bi-weekly interview format. 

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Welcome to a very special episode of Marketing In Times of Recovery.  I'm your festive host, Ayo Abbas, Founder and built environment marketing consultant at Abbas Marketing. 

My podcast during 2021 has had many many inspirational guests so this special episode is a zippy round-up of some of their best truthbombs and marketing advice that I hope will inspire your marketing efforts into 2022. 

And this roundup features:

• Susie Lober, Lo Marketing,  Episode 15
• Emily Binning, WSP, Episode 16
• George Bradley, BVDS, Episode 17
• Nikita Morell, Dave Sharp and Amy Edwards,  Episode 19
• Rebecca Snow, Stiff + Trevillion, Episode 20
• Stephen Melville and James Solly, Format Engineers, Episode 21
• Vivi Korama Kala, Jestico and Whiles, Episode 22
• Danielle Regan and Dave Hendy, Mace, Episode 23
• Iben Falconer, SOM, Episode 24
• Magnus Strom, Strom Architects, Episode 25
• Helen Kettleborough, Gleeds, Episode 26
• Trudy Lewis, Colinear, Episode 27

If you've liked this episode and the series throughout the year please do give us a Christmas share on social media so that more people get to hear about the show.   

Have a lovely break and I'll see you in Feb 2022. 

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Hello and welcome to Marketing In Times of Recovery, the bi-weekly built environment marketing podcast. And I’m your host Ayo Abbas, founder and director of Abbas Marketing.  

Today my guest is Trudy Lewis from Colinear.  Trudy is a communications consultant, an exec coach and a podcaster so there was a lot of topics for us to talk about. I’ve known Trudy from when we both worked at Mace so this interview was a fun one to do. 

We look at:

•  how construction firms can strengthen what they do internal comms wis
• delving  into what leadership consulting entails and how it can help leaders to excel
• podcasting and how it can supercharge your business.  

This episode was recorded on 16 November 21

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Calm Edge Rebels 

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Hello and welcome to Marketing In Times of Recovery, the bi-weekly built environment marketing podcast. And I’m your host Ayo Abbas, founder and director of Abbas Marketing.  

Today my guest is Helen Kettlebrorough from Gleeds. Gleeds is a company whose marketing has caught my attention in the past few years for being smart, distinctive and colourful.  

In our conversation, we cover how Gleeds marketing is:  

• moving towards being more strategic and customer-focused
• taking a sector-focused and campaign led approach
• having a clear brand and tone of voice that is both professional and playful 
• using LinkedIn to drive relationships and business

This episode was recorded on 26 October 2021.

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Gleeds

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Hello and welcome to Marketing In Times of Recovery, the bi-weekly built environment marketing podcast. And I’m your host Ayo Abbas, founder and director of Abbas Marketing.  

Today my guest is Magnus Ström from Ström Architects who design one-off high-end houses.  

Magnus takes a laser-focused approach to marketing and in this interview, we touch on how: 

• the practice focuses on a very specific niche and the challenges surrounding finding and working with one-off, private clients 
• they approach the media and awards 
• social media and digital has played a huge role in their business. 

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This episode was recorded on 08 October 2021.

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Ström Architects

Dave Sharp – Instagram is dead - MITR podcast

Hufton + Crow  Photography

James Silverman Photography

John Pawson

Gino Wickman

Greg McKeown – essentialism

Seth Godin – This is Marketing

The Business of Architecture podcast 

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of Marketing In Times of Recovery.  And I’m your host Ayo Abbas, a built environment marketing consultant who delivers strategy, awesome content and campaigns for leading built environment firms.   

I first heard today’s guest on a podcast last year and she has been on my wishlist ever since. She is Iben Falconer from SOM and she’s based in New York.

In this fascinating interview we touch on:

• how large firms handle and manage marketing and BD,  
• her quest to demystify business development and how she’s working on a long-term strategy to embed BD across their global firm.  
• how she leads their global marketing and BD team and what it’s like to start a new role during a global pandemic. 

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This episode was recorded on Thurs June 03 2021

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SOM

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of Marketing In Times of Recovery hosted by  Ayo Abbas, a built environment marketing consultant and founder of Abbas Marketing.

It's part two of my interview with Danielle Regan and Dave Hendy from Mace.  If you've not checked out part 1 make sure you do before hitting play here.

In our discussion, we talk about:

• The process Mace took to set their new 2026 business strategy including how internal staff feedback led them to take the leap to be bolder in their strategic ambitions. 
• How website traffic grew 70% in the last year and what steps they're taking to drive traffic and the data they're using to drive their content strategy. 
• How they're navigating the hybrid event conundrum.  

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This episode was recorded on July 01 2021.

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of Marketing In Times of Recovery hosted by  Ayo Abbas, a built environment marketing consultant and founder of Abbas Marketing.

It's part one of a two-parter with today’s guests are Danielle Regan and Dave Hendy from Mace. 

In our discussion, we talk about:

• The role of the business partner as the glue that joins the marketing team with the business. 
• The McKinsey Framework that helped support Mace’s business strategy through the pandemic
• How the role of internal comms became more open and transparent. 

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McKinsey Framework - Beyond coronavirus: The path to the next normal

This episode was recorded on July 01 2021.

The next episode is live now if you want to find out more about how Mace tackled internal comms and purpose.

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Hello and welcome to the latest episode of Marketing In Times of Recovery hosted by  Ayo Abbas, a built environment marketing consultant and founder of Abbas Marketing.

It’s April 29 2021 and today’s guest is Vivi Koroma Kala who does the marketing at architectural firm Jestico and Whiles.  

In our discussion, we talk about their work as an employee-owned practice, how they tackle digital marketing and social media and events.  We also touch on our mutual love for all things career development related by Amazing If.

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Abbas Marketing

Amazing If

Build Up

The Architecture Marketing Forum 

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