This is how to handle the death of a lawyer or employee. Obituaries are difficult. I think the true character of a law firm can be judged by how it responds to the death of its people. A few years…
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White Castle Sliders and Law Firm Tag Lines. One of history’s most-common law firm tag lines is “Committed to Quality” or its general equivalent. Committed to quality service, committed to quality representation, committed to high-quality legal this or that. I…
Ross’s Top 10 Law Firm Domain Name Mistakes (Part II) Last week I discussed Ross’s Domain Name Rules 1-5, how to ensure that your website is easy for prospects to find, and that you’re using best practices in selecting your domain name….
Top 10 Rules to Marketing a Law Firm Merger or Branch Office (Part I). Imagine it’s fraternity rush and you’re a hot prospect. You’re smart, handsome, and athletic—you’re in demand and have received many solid offers. Which one will you…
Ross’s Top 10 Law Firm Domain Name Mistakes (Part I) What’s Your Law Firm’s Domain Name? YourName.com Back in the mid-90s, we were just starting to develop the first law firm websites. As Marketing Partner of Ungaretti & Harris in the…
Trust your sushi chef – and your marketers. [2017 update] I was in beautiful Vancouver, BC speaking to the Managing Partners’ Dinner of the BC Legal Management Association. After the program, one of the managing partners came up to…
Our Biggest Marketing Flop. Marketers like to argue which works better, Marketing or Sales. [2017 update] It’s like asking which is more successful, Nike, the classic marketing company, or IBM, the definitive Sales organization. Obviously, the answer is “both.”…
40 Lawyer Jokes. Punch Lines ONLY. [2017 update] My wife and I were talking to a friend of ours, Manny Oliveira, a hilarious professional comedian, and he dropped into conversation a punch line we all knew. He didn’t need to…
Free Sample of our Most-Popular Marketing Checklist Attached below is a free sample of our “The Ultimate Law Firm Associate’s Marketing Checklist (The Renowned Step-By-Step, Year-By-Year Process For Lawyers Who Want To Develop Clients)” book. This 2016 edition is a significantly updated…
Crazy Holiday Cards from two ERISA law firms! Yeah, I said ERISA firms. I like ERISA lawyers. I find them to be smart, sincere, and hard working. But their reputation isn’t generally as the life of the party. You wouldn’t ordinarily…
