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The world’s best-selling book for law firm associates. On sale now. We’re eliminating our inventory of the best-selling “THE ULTIMATE LAW FIRM ASSOCIATE’S MARKETING CHECKLIST: The Renowned Step-By-Step, Year-By-Year Process for Lawyers Who Want to Develop Clients.” We’re selling them…
Bios for nonbinary professionals might seem tricky. Some simple considerations. I was interested to read that a partner at a prominent AmLaw 100 law firm recently came out as “non-binary.” That is, this individual identifies neither as male nor female…
Slogans/Tag lines are 5-word novels. (2021 update. Blog post 2 of 3) Tag lines are hard – a small handful of strategically selected words that encapsulate everything you stand for and want your target audience to know about…
Your firm’s best marketing investment could be a CBO. [This is the second half of a blog post arguing that law firms that want to charge higher rates, enhance their business development, and improve their lateral hiring should hire a…
“Firm Names and Letterheads” Rule 7.5 of the pre-2018 ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct discussed the ethical use of firm names and letterheads. Lawyers are required to ensure that any use of firm names or letterheads is truthful and…
Imagine your neighborhood is devastated by a flood. You fled with just the clothes on your back. Your business was destroyed, and your health is in doubt. You’re concerned about your family, your friends, your finances, your future. It’s horrific….
Are you getting pressured to cut expenses? When business is declining or the marketplace is starting to panic, firms start making decisions they hope will protect them. Months or years later, some analyze the efficacy of these choices to see…
Law firms need Chief Branding Officers. In Law and every other profession, the firms with the strongest brands charge higher rates and generate greater profits. If you want to credibly charge more per hour, you must convince the market that…
Marketer: “When I want to get the lawyers on board, I always make it their idea.” I’ve never cared for that approach — that’s not respecting the lawyers as intelligent adults. That’s infantilizing them; it’s treating them like children whose…
Do you know any Law Students? My new book is out! “The Ultimate Law Student Get-A-Job Checklist: A step-by-step guide to help every student land a great job.” It’s designed to help ALL law students use personal-branding techniques to get…
The Top 10 Rules for Client Endorsements. Here’s my latest “Marketing Matters” column in the ALA’s Legal Management magazine, “The Top 10 Rules for Client Endorsements.” Click this link for the pdf: ALA Ross Fishman article – The Top 10…
Let’s look at the data. Where do your eyes go? What’s nice about eye-track testing is that it shows precisely what grabs your viewers’ attention, what they see, in what order, and how long they linger at each point. That’s…
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