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5 Easy Website Improvements To Build Your Professional Land Surveying Business

November 28, 2011 in Associate Membership, Business, Business Practices, Continuing Education, Geomatics, Land Surveying, Marketing, Premium Membership, Professional Land Surveyor Practice

5 Easy Website Improvements To Build Your Professional Land Surveying Business

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Your professional land surveying company’s website is often the first point of contact your potential customers have with you, your company, and your professional land surveying services. First impressions matter – so, what impression is your website making?

First, if you don’t yet have a website for your professional land surveying company – believe it or not, I see this (or not) all too often – then you need to get a website up and running as soon as possible.

Without a website for your professional land surveying company, you’re losing work due to missed opportunities and you’re missing out on building lasting relationships with your customers. Please contact me if I can help you in creating and setting up a website for your professional land surveying company.

Second, it’s important to understand that you shouldn’t setup your website once and then forget about it forever. Instead, you should think about your company’s website as a process of continuous improvement and ongoing customer relationship building.

Outdated information and a stagnant website content sends a clear and unwanted message to your customers, new and old, about your professional land surveying firm that I know that you don’t want to convey. With all this in mind, here are 5 Easy Website Improvements To Build Your Professional Land Surveying Business.

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5 Tips For Working as an Independent Solo Surveyor

June 13, 2011 in Associate Membership, Business, Business Practices, Independent Solo Surveyor, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Premium Membership, Professional Land Surveyor Practice

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I’ve now been working as an independent solo surveyor for a few years, and I can’t imagine going back. In large part, this is  because of financial issues involving: hard economic realities, reduced overhead, greater efficiencies, and greater professional freedom.

What does Independent Solo Surveyor mean to you? For me, independent solo surveying involves using specific high-tech land surveying equipment (think robotic total stations and GPS), but more importantly, employing a range of tools and techniques to effectively and productively provide superior professional services.

Along the way, I’ve learned a few things about what works best working as an Independent Solo Surveyor.

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Professional Land Surveyor News-Topcon Introduces QS Robotic Total Station Series

November 9, 2010 in Associate Membership, Business, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, News, Topcon

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Professional Land Surveyor News-Topcon Introduces QS Robotic Total Station Series

LIVERMORE, Calif. – November 8, 2010 – Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) introduces its new generation of robotic total stations, the QS Series (Quick Station).

The QS Series – featuring the X-TRAC 8 prism tracking technology – is designed to “provide unprecedented power and speed to dramatically enhance productivity and save time and money on every job,” said Denny Welch, senior vice president of the TPS survey business unit.

Welch said, “The QS Series can be summed up in four words: Faster. Smarter. Farther. Stronger.

“With the new X-TRAC 8 technology, strong tracking and quick prism re-acquisition in any work site condition is assured. The QS represents around-the-corner design and technology that provides increased performance in even the most obstructed sites. Topcon continues to be an industry leader with long-range power (2000m / 6500 feet reflectorless EDM technology). The QS is built to withstand the most adverse working conditions and the toughest job site locations,” Welch said.

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Professional Land Surveyor News-Spectra Precision Introduces Additions to its Optical Survey Solutions and New Field Software Features

October 8, 2010 in Associate Membership, Business, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, News, Spectra Precision, Spectra Precision, Surveying Software

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Professional Land Surveyor News-Spectra Precision Introduces Additions to its Optical Survey Solutions and New Field Software Features

COLOGNE, Germany, Oct. 5, 2010 — Spectra Precision introduced today several additions to the Spectra Precision® FOCUS® 30 line of optical survey solutions and new features for the Spectra Precision Survey Pro™ field software.

The announcement was made at INTERGEO 2010, the world’s largest conference on geodesy, geoinformatics and land management.

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Professional Land Surveyor News-Leica Viva TS15-Robotic Imaging Total Station World Premiere at INTERGEO 2010

October 5, 2010 in Associate Membership, Business, GNSS, GPS, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, Leica, Leica, News, Surveying Software

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Professional Land Surveyor News-Leica Viva TS15 – Robotic Imaging Total Station World Premiere at INTERGEO 2010

5 October 2010, (Heerbrugg/Cologne) Leica Geosystems is pleased to announce its new robotic Imaging Total Station, the Leica Viva TS15. This state-of-the-art total station provides advanced imaging functionality combined with dynamic tracking capabilities for one-person surveying. Furthermore, Leica Viva TS15 features the easy-to-use Leica SmartWorx Viva onboard software.

The Leica Viva TS15 adds a high-resolution camera to further enhance total station productivity. Traditional robotic operation is significantly improved with imaging features through Image Assisted Surveying and Documentation.

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Professional Land Surveyor News: Sokkia Releases the Series 50RX Reflectorless Total Stations Featuring Enhanced Environmental Durability, Increased Speed and Expanded Functionality

February 23, 2010 in Associate Membership, Business, Land Surveying, Land Surveying Equipment, News, Sokkia

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Sokkia Releases the Series 50RX Reflectorless Total Stations Featuring Enhanced Environmental Durability, Increased Speed and Expanded Functionality

OLATHE, Kan. – Sokkia Corporation releases the new Series 50RX reflectorless total stations with a breakthrough environmental durability, increased measurement speed and an array of new features.

Expanded Operating Temperature Range
The high-temperature models are newly added for use in the heat of up to +60°C (+140°F) without compromising the lowest operating temperature of -20°C (-4°F).

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Professional Land Surveying Business – 5 Steps to Get More Work

November 12, 2008 in Associate Membership, Business, Business Practices, Land Surveying, Marketing, Premium Membership, Professional Land Surveyor Practice

In these tough economic times new work is harder and harder to come by. While cost cutting is so very important, you shouldn’t cut back too much on your marketing efforts, if you can afford it. Some of the following strategies to get more work, however, cost very little and can be implemented quickly.

  1. Call Your Existing Clients: Call your existing clients to see how they’re doing and ask if Read the rest of this entry →
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