Eric Colburn, PLS

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  • Professional Land Surveyor LinkedIn Group Tops 8000 Members

    Professional Land Surveyor LinkedIn Group Tops 8000 Members I’m proud to announce that within the past few days the Professional Land Surveyor group on LinkedIn has topped 8000 members!

  • Professional Land Surveyor LinkedIn Group Tops 5000 Members

    Professional Land Surveyor LinkedIn Group Tops 5000 Members I’m proud to announce that within the past few days the Professional Land Surveyor group on LinkedIn has Topped 5000 Members! For all of you who’ve joined, I want to say THANK YOU! If you’ve not yet joined the Professional Land Surveyor group on LinkedIn, you can do so…

  • The Professional Land Surveyor Podcast Episode 4

    The Professional Land Surveyor Podcast Episode 4

    The Professional Land Surveyor Podcast (PLSP) Shownotes – Episode 4

  • Professional Land Surveyor Premium Post Updates

    Professional Land Surveyor Premium Post Updates

    Professional Land Surveyor Premium Post Updates I was just updating the Premium Membership Specials page by adding a list of all the Premium Posts I’ve published to date. I did not realize that they now add up to over 40 premium posts, how time flies when you’re having fun (and I am!). To sign up,…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup February 12, 2012

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup February 12, 2012

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: Congress Told LightSquared Network Would Cripple GPS Air Traffic Navigation System William J. Beitler, PLS Named Pennsylvania Society of Land Surveyors’ (PSLS) Surveyor of the Year Topcon Precision Ag TV Spot Video New Rugged Trimble Juno Series Puts GIS Field Work in Your Pocket Autodesk Technology Makeover Contest for Small…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup February 5, 2012

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup February 5, 2012

    Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup: Professional Land Surveyor Weekly Roundup February 5, 2012 LightSquared Causes Falcone’s Harbinger Hedge Fund 47% Loss in 2011 Trimble MX8: Inside Look Video Create AutoCAD Civil 3D Parcels From Objects Video National Museum of Surveying: A Tour of the Only Museum of Its Kind Video Linkedin Poll: In 2012, What…

  • Linkedin Poll: In 2012, What Is Your Land Surveying Company’s Employment Outlook?

    Linkedin Poll: In 2012, What Is Your Land Surveying Company’s Employment Outlook?

    Today, I created a poll on Linkedin asking: In 2012, What Is Your Land Surveying Company’s Employment Outlook? Share with our industry what you see the employment outlook is in 2012 for professional land surveyors. Following the links in this post, you’ll be directed to the poll on Linkedin, where you’ll find the following choices: Hiring…

  • 4 Ingredients for a Successful Professional Land Surveyor Business Web Presence

    4 Ingredients for a Successful Professional Land Surveyor Business Web Presence

    4 Ingredients for a Successful Professional Land Surveyor Business Web Presence I was speaking with a fellow professional land surveyor about a property survey he is conducting for land next to a property I recently surveyed, when he said, “Later, I’ve got to ask you what is your secret?” Are you struggling to build a…

  • Professional Land Surveyor LinkedIn Group is Now an Open Group

    I am pleased to announce that, as the owner of the Professional Land Surveyor LinkedIn Group, I have switched this professional networking group to an open discussion group. All future discussions will be fully visible, searchable, and shareable on the Web. All past discussions are now closed in a members-only archive. Please keep in mind…

  • Visualize Your LinkedIn Network with InMaps

    LinkedIn, the business-oriented and world’s largest professional social networking site (over 90 million members), has unveiled a cool mapping tool called InMaps. This online mapping tool uses color coded associations to map your entire LinkedIn social network. Being able to visualize your professional LinkedIn network allows you to identify your prime connectors and areas where you…

  • 5 Tips For Marketing Your Land Surveying Company Using Videos

    5 Tips For Marketing Your Land Surveying Company Using Videos

    In this Premium Membership post we’ll discuss, as the title says, 5 Tips For Marketing Your Land Surveying Company Using Videos. I think using videos is a fantastic way for you to connect with your existing customers. At the same time you’ll be throwing open the doors for new customers to easily learn about whom…

  • Marketing Your Land Surveying Business Online-A Few Thoughts

    Marketing Your Land Surveying Business Online-A Few Thoughts

    In this Premium Membership post, Eric D. Colburn, PLS shares a few thoughts on Marketing Your Land Surveying Business Online. He touches on social media, social media marketing, and press releases including a thought provoking comparison to the early days of email. Closing out, he gives you 5 tips on how to start using social…

  • Social Media, Old Media, and the Professional Land Surveyor

    Social Media, Old Media, and the Professional Land Surveyor Yesterday I was doing my usual routine of checking into the various social media communities I frequent, like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter, and I came across a link to an interesting forum post by the administrator of Land Surveyors United about why other surveying publications and…

  • The Professional Land Surveyor Podcast Episode 2

    An Introduction and Welcome to The Professional Land Surveyor Podcast. Contact Me If You Are Interested in Supporting This Podcast And Be A Sponsor. Twitter Tweepout Facebook Fanaticus Focus Linkedin Land Surveyor Lookout Professional Land Surveyor News University of Maine Proposed Survey Engineering Technology (SVT) Program Budget Cuts Professional Land Surveyor Marketing Tips

  • EricColburn.com The Professional Land Surveyor Source Turns Two!

    Yesterday, it just occurred to me that this site, EricColburn.com the Professional Land Surveyor Source, has turned two. Well, it actually happened on last Saturday, and I really didn’t start writing regularly here until the first week of July, 2008, but you get my point. So I wanted to take a moment to recognize this…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Survey-What is Your Favorite Social Networking Site?

    In this week’s PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY I’m asking the question: What is Your Favorite Social Networking Site? In the last two or more years I’ve seen more and more professional land surveyors, engineers, AutoCAD users, and designers using social networking sites like Facebook, Land Surveyors United, Linkedin, MySpace, Twitter, and Tumblr. These are just…

  • The Professional Land Surveyor Podcast Episode 1

    An Introduction and Welcome to The Professional Land Surveyor Podcast. Contact Me If You Are Interested in Supporting This Podcast And Be A Sponsor. Twitter Tweepout Facebook Fanaticus Focus Linkedin Land Surveyor Lookout Professional Land Surveyor News In Memory of Three Professional Land Surveyors A Short Discussion of, Fascinate: Your 7 Triggers To Persuasion and…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Journal March 30, 2009

    It’s nearing the end of March and finally winter is ebbing and spring is slowly setting in. To me, it seemed like a long cold winter and I glad it’s over. I look forward to spring and the rebirth of nature after the dark, cold, snowy winter. It’s amazing how just a few warmer sunny…

  • Professional Land Surveyor Journal March 20, 2009

    Welcome to the first Professional Land Surveyor Journal. In these posts I’ll write about the events, happenings, and trials and tribulations, in my world as a professional land surveyor. Not so much diary as more general discussion. A New Approach Recently I’ve been finalizing an over a year long reorganization of my professional land surveying…