» Monthly Archives: December 2010
Saint Replay: Changing landscape for real estate development strategy: Part 3 think outside the box
By P. Michael Saint, Chairman and CEO, The Saint Consulting Group
Business strategists constantly urge executives to “think outside the box.” And these days many retailers, hospitals, mall owners, and other business owners are doing just that.
In the past, competitive strategy was limited to what was inside the box. You competed on price, merchandising, customer service, product ...
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Saint Replay: Changing landscape for real estate development strategy: Part 2 using new weapons
(Understanding the changing landscape for real estate development strategy is a natural topic for Mike Saint, who founded The Saint Consulting Group in 1983 and has led its growth to become the world’s largest political land use consultancy. This week The Saint Report continues a series on this changing landscape)
By P. Michael Saint, Chairman and ...
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Saint replay: Changing landscape for real estate development strategy: Part 1 David and Goliath
(For the holiday season, The Saint Report is republishing a five-part series on understanding the changing landscape for real estate development strategy by Mike Saint, who founded The Saint Consulting Group in 1983. This is a natural topic for Mike, who has led Saint Consulting's growth to become the world’s leading political land use consultancy)
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Social Media tips for developers, Part 3: focus on Quality, not Quantity
(Editor’s Note: Seth Cargiuolo, our chief knowledge officer, says developers can use social media channels like Twitter and Facebook to reach out and attract community support for their projects. Here’s part three of a three-part series)
By Seth Cargiuolo, Chief Knowledge Officer, The Saint Consulting Group
We know the topic of Social Media can cause consternation, confusion ...
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Social Media Tips for developers, Part 2: Be real, don’t be faceless!
(Editor's Note: Seth Cargiuolo, our chief knowledge officer, says developers can use social media channels like Twitter and Facebook to reach out and attract community support for their projects. Here's part two of a three-part series)
By Seth Cargiuolo, Chief Knowledge Officer, The Saint Consulting Group
Last week we opened the topic of Social Media with a ...
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Transparency can work – quarries, mines work to dispel worries
By Christopher Hopkins,
Senior vice president for aggregates and mining, The Saint Consulting Group
One of the public outreach strategies advocated by Saint Consulting is providing tours of your quarry operation.
Conducting these tours will educate the public about the quarry operation and go a long way to dispel the rumors and myths that ...
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NIMBY Wars: The Politics of Land Use KINDLE Edition now just $9.99 on Amazon
Not long ago, few places ever said no to new real estate development. Growth meant jobs, tax revenue and progress. Smoke a cigar with the building inspector, pick up your permit, and invite the mayor to the groundbreaking photo. Then came smart growth, anti sprawl, environmental movements, historic preservationists and ...
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Three (Simple!) Social Media Tactics Developers Should Be Using
By Seth Cargiuolo, Chief Knowledge Officer, The Saint Consulting Group
Social Media: two words that, more than just about any other two we can think of cause consternation, confusion and even outright panic in the minds of many real estate developers we’ve talked to.
Sure, we all know what it means – it’s all that Tweetering and ...
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