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Ayo Abbas

Oops! Did I Do That? Ayo Abbas Spills the Tea on the Top 5 Architecture Marketing Mistakes

Ayo Abbas is an award-winning marketing consultant and founder of Abbas Marketing, specialising in marketing for architects and engineers.

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Ayo Abbas · Abbas Marketing
Current role
Founder
Practice
Abbas Marketing
Location
United Kingdom

Conversation

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Episode 0237 · Architecture Social

Oops! Did I Do That? Ayo Abbas Spills the Tea on the Top 5 Architecture Marketing Mistakes

Top 5 Mistakes in Architecture Marketing with Ayo AbbasIn this episode, the host welcomes Ayo Abbas of Abbas Marketing to delve into the common mistakes made in architecture marketing. They discuss the top five errors, including misconceptions about marketing's role, underestimating the importance of storytelling, and the need to keep up with social media innovations. Ayo shares her career journey from construction PR to becoming an award-winning marketing consultant. The conversation also touch

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  1. 01:23 · Why marketing matters ↗
  2. 02:46 · Common marketing mistakes in architecture ↗
  3. 04:54 · The role of storytelling ↗
  4. 10:07 · Strategic marketing versus the colouring department ↗
  5. 13:54 · Keeping up with social media innovation ↗
  6. 23:58 · What community means online ↗

About

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The person behind the work.

Ayo Abbas is an award-winning marketing consultant and the founder of Abbas Marketing, where she specialises in marketing for architects, engineers and built environment firms. She holds a business degree with a marketing specialism and began her career in construction PR before moving into in-house marketing roles with leading engineering firms and consultancies.

Today she advises practices and built environment businesses on marketing strategy, content creation and copywriting, and is increasingly focused on content creation, podcast production, speaking and training. Ayo hosts the Built Environment Marketing Show podcast and runs Buildup, a networking group for marketers in the built environment.

In this Architecture Social Podcast episode with Stephen Drew, Ayo sets out the five most common marketing mistakes architecture practices make and how to avoid them.

The practice

Abbas Marketing

Abbas Marketing is Ayo Abbas's consultancy helping architects and engineers with marketing strategy, content and training across the built environment.

Architecture practice · Greater London

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Current role
Founder
Practice
Abbas Marketing
Location
United Kingdom
On the podcast
1 episode · 2025

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