Let’s make our attorneys’ headshots look their best. Website updates are the ideal time to evaluate whether the firm’s current headshots still convey the firm’s message appropriately. (First a few paragraphs of theory and branding strategy, then I’ve pasted a…
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…
The Top 5 Tips for Sponsorships and Charitable Contributions Spending other people’s money can make you quite generous. Frivolous, even. And unless a firm has a detailed policy for how its donations are to be evaluated and approved, oversight is exceedingly difficult. This means…
The Top 5 Reasons Your Law Firm Can’t Cross-Sell Many years ago as a young marketer at a 500-lawyer firm, the managing partner tasked me with developing a firm-wide cross-selling project, with the goal of institutionalizing more of our big…
How do you market an insurance-litigation firm? Galloway, Johnson, Tompkins, Burr & Smith is a 110-lawyer, 11-office New Orleans-based insurance-litigation firm. They’re one of the Gulf Coast’s leading insurance firms ― tough, skilled, service-oriented lawyers with great trial skills. They…
You can do serious work, but not take yourself too seriously. April Fool’s Day can be fun, and we occasionally design ads for clients who want to show that they do serious work but don’t take themselves too seriously. Our…
The 3 Ways to Persuade Lawyers Let’s say you want to buy new technology, or launch a social media initiative, or overhaul your compensation system. Or maybe you want to rebrand your firm or upgrade your website. Perhaps you’d like…
THIS is the Single Biggest Mistake Law Firm Marketers Make. (Video Part 1) I know, that’s a pretty bold statement. But I’ve worked closely with hundreds of legal marketers and administrators, and I have seen many of them repeatedly making…
“Happy Halloween!” from Your Romanian Law Firm Speaking to 50 lawyers from 40 countries at the Legal Network International (LNI) conference last week, I suggested that law firms from smaller jurisdictions could build their brands and seek referrals by connecting…
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