It’s time to move on. To look forward. Many firms need to stop looking backwards at their Proud Traditions or long-dead founders’ historic accomplishments. No client has ever said, “Oh, if I could only find a firm that’s been in…
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Giving is nice. Being seen giving is better. A true story. I published this true story in “The Reader” back in 1994. It shows how guilt, ego, publicity, and/or potential embarrassment can significantly increase charitable contributions. Here’s the…
Something for marketers and designers to remember: “You’re not an artist. You solve problems.” At Fishman Marketing, we design lots of marketing campaigns and websites. These days, most of the work, even the branding work, starts off as a website…
[This is the second part of a 2-part blog post regarding lawyers and LinkedIn. Read Part One here.] Here’s a senior lawyer’s “About” section I like. It tells the story of one of the nation’s top trial lawyers, a good…
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…
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…
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…
Is your marketing THE BEST of today’s 3,000 messages? According to marketing legend Seth Godin* in Fast Company, “This year, the average consumer will see or hear 1 million marketing messages – that’s almost 3,000 per day. No human being…
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,…
Hollow puffery is easy. Marketing with evidence is effective. [A brand and website overhaul for a 300-win trial law firm.] The Howard Law Group is a national business and civil litigation firm, handling some of the nation’s biggest, ugliest, and most-complicated bet-the-company…
