Personal Injury Niche – Injured Civilian Contractors Personal injury firms have learned that specializing is the way to differentiate themselves and stand out, and they’re always looking for new ideas. Previous examples included specializing in things like motorcycle injuries (make sure…
“Winston & Howrey” – the Naming Question I was interviewed recently for an article discussing the looming “merger” of Winston & Strawn and Howrey LLP, particular regarding what the firms should do regarding The Name Issue. Should Winston & Strawn change its name? If so, to what? …
Condom Business Cards – and Creative Law Marketing In honor of February’s National Condom Month, we resurrect one of the legal profession’s most entertaining and controversial marketing campaigns. Law firm marketing has had many envelope-pushing examples over the years that have helped shape…
NICHE – Estate Planning. For your PET. I used to joke in my presentations about the many law firms whose tag lines proclaimed “Representing Individuals and Businesses.TM” My thought was always, “Really? THAT’s how you’re focusing your practice?…
Timber Law Campaign Here are a couple images from a campaign we developed for Watson Bennett, a Buffalo firm that boasts one of the nation’s leading practices working for various interests within the timber and forestry industries. They’d already created separate…
‘Tis the season of holiday cards, all right. A few more good examples this year include: One of the most unusual e-cards so far comes from Proctor Heyman (“and the PH Blues Band“): Don’t you like these guys already? And they’re not from a…
Associate Marketing Checklist – By Year of Practice Here’s one of my most popular marketing tools — the Associate Marketing Checklist – By Year of Practice. It sets forth step-by-step exactly what I think lawyers and other professionals need to do…
Low-Res Art – the Pixelated Supreme Court I saw these on Boing Boing and thought they were adorable. I’m not exactly sure how to use them for marketing purposes yet, but I’ll come up with something. “Andy Rash has been making…
Yes, [lawyers in] Virginia, there IS a Sandy Clause, Esq. In the spirit of the season, I think we should all wish a very Merry Christmas to Sandy Clause, Esq.* She’s no longer practicing at The Singleton Law Firm, though….
“Law” is more interesting than “Love” – Google’s Ngram Viewer Another astonishing free tool just launched by Google Labs is the Ngram Viewer. which enables users to “visualize how language and literature have changed over time, by searching… more than…