Building signage – should we put our name on our building? I haven’t seen any statistics on this, but as a dedicated branding guy, I pay an unhealthy amount of attention to this particular issue and have analyzed this issue…
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Don’t just market more. Dominate something. I’m going to disagree with the premise that marketing litigation is fundamentally different from any other type of practice (although litigators believe that they’re different). We’ve represented at least 50 litigation boutiques and practices, and…
Shell Oil. Target Stores. Apple Computers. Camel Cigarettes. These successful companies all selected their names carefully, recognizing that a great name makes their marketing easier. You can immediately envision their strong iconic logos. The simple name works in many languages. That’s good…
Let’s look at some intellectual property cases for law firm brands, names, taglines, logos, and phone numbers. Law, accounting, and professional-services firms have learned the dramatic financial benefit of standing apart from the competition in a positive way using corporate…
Litigation specialty: defending the police Steve Borkan from Borkan & Scahill is a serious trial lawyer, often representing insurance companies in large, complex cases. He’s also developed a particular niche specialty defending the City of Chicago and police officers in civil…
Use your brand and website to tell your firm’s unique story. On the surface, all six litigation boutiques seemed relatively similar—dynamic firms led by tough, trial-oriented fighters. But each was much more than that. Each firm’s brand needed to showcase its…
50 different firm print ads. A new ad every single day. 175-lawyer Roetzel & Andress needed to upgrade their marketing and business development efforts and brought me in as their part-time Chief Marketing and Business Development Officer (CMBDO) through 2021….
I have mentioned previously my dislike of logos with big initials or unnecessary marks. When we’re redesigning a logo as part of a branding or marketing campaign, we try to emphasize the firm’s colloquial “street” name, i.e. the thing everyone…
How do you brand a region’s largest law firm? We worked with Idaho’s largest law firm, Boise-based Hawley Troxell, an impressive and creative group of lawyers, the biggest firm in Idaho. When you’re the biggest firm in town, you get…
Here’s how to improve your results. A friend asked about the correct strategy and structure of a law firm’s individual marketing budgets. This is something I’ve paid a lot of attention to at literally hundreds of firms with 20-500 lawyers,…
