The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Does this sound like your firm? It's a new year and you want your firm to grow and prosper. You have tried lots of different marketing activities over the last few years but you did not see any home runs. You are not sure which of your activities have paid off the most or the least.
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Business as usual is a phrase that typically denotes routine and conjures an image of the comfortable.
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
Each year at holiday time, I like to give the legal community a present. In years past, it has been top tips from leading marketing consultants around the country. This year, I decided to do something different.
The Legal Intelligencer
Friday, December 9, 2011
Recently, I received the following e-mail from a law firm managing partner: "Are holiday cards worth the money we have been spending each year? Do you think anybody looks at them or even notices who they are from?"
The National Law Journal
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
In the world of marketing, and particularly with the explosion of social media, no term is more overused than ?thought leadership.? Yet the expression is often misunderstood. To illuminate why, I interviewed James Durham, a lawyer and chief marketing officer of McGuireWoods. I hoped he could help me demonstrate that although ?thought leadership? is overused, the underlying concept remains essential to legal marketing.
The Legal Intelligencer
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
Recent news reports suggest that large groups of outraged consumers, even those lacking an articulated vision and clear agenda, can influence the pricing policies of large businesses and financial institutions.
The Legal Intelligencer
Monday, October 17, 2011
Your firm is putting pressure on you to bring in business. You want to bring in business but the idea of asking for work literally terrifies you or flat out does not agree with you.
The Legal Intelligencer
Thursday, August 25, 2011
The first installment of this series addressed social networking platforms including LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and Google Plus. It also addressed lawyer and law firm review and recommendation sites including Avvo, Yelp and Martindale. Part II of this series focuses on social content sharing and location-based services.
The Legal Intelligencer
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
Social media has certainly taken a stronghold in online communications. There are literally hundreds of tools online to connect, converse, tag, share, review, post, recommend, save and message others.
The Legal Intelligencer
Wednesday, June 22, 2011
Some things appear to be so simple that we assume (dangerously) that everyone "gets it." Bear with me a moment.
