
Tom Cruise doesn’t stop in the middle of a movie to poll the audience. Good material that’s well presented doesn’t need gimmicks to keep attendees from leaving. If they need to keep viewers paying attention with surveys or other artificial…
Tom Cruise doesn’t stop in the middle of a movie to poll the audience. Good material that’s well presented doesn’t need gimmicks to keep attendees from leaving. If they need to keep viewers paying attention with surveys or other artificial…
An 8-Part, One-Year Law Firm Associate Marketing-Training Curriculum I get asked regularly by marketers what I think associates need to learn about marketing. So here’s a simple list of eight associate-marketing programs that provide a comprehensive marketing and business-development education…
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…
Top 10 Most-Popular Law Firm Retreat and Marketing Training Topics Law firm retreats have changed in the past couple decades. There was a “money’s no object” philosophy in the high-flying extravaganzas in the 1990s and early 2000s. Then the industry…
The Single MOST-Important Tip to Writing a Successful Attorney Marketing Plan. I’ve helped lawyers draft marketing plans for lawyers for 25 years and here’s my best tip: Focus. That is, before asking attorneys to fill out their individual…
“Want a good holiday present to give your associates?” According to Of Counsel , the “ideal gift” is The Ultimate Law Firm Associate’s Marketing Checklist. And it’s a great deal at only $14.95! Subtitled “The Renowned Step-By-Step, Year-By-Year Process For Lawyers Who…
Four weeks. Five cities. Ten presentations. I have a pretty busy speaking schedule over the next month, presenting 10 times in 4 weeks in Chicago, Detroit, Miami, Los Angeles, and Denver (the schedule is below). If you’re in the neighborhood…
Helping Law Students Build a More-Successful Careers. I had the best time last week, standing on stage in Tull Auditorium at my alma mater, Emory Law School and presenting an hour-long speech to the shiny new first-year law students at the…
Conducting law marketing training in Tel Aviv, Israel. Last week, I had the honor and privilege to speak in Tel Aviv on marketing and networking to the partners at Israel’s largest firm, Herzog, Fox & Ne’eman. HFN is a terrific…
Offering Joint Networking Training to Your Firm AND Clients A friend asked how she could encourage her firm to market more closely and effectively with their financial-institution clients. My favorite way is offering joint marketing training. Banks like giving their…