Should we offer marketing training to our summer associates? Yes. But only under certain restrictions. I’ve been asked to conduct a lot of summer-associate training over the years, but only rarely have I done it exclusively for the summer kids….
Q: “If clients hire lawyers, why market The Firm?” We hear this a lot. It’s a completely understandable question. The short answer – It’s tough to get hired if your targets have never heard of your firm. If your prospects…
The Best ACC Conference Giveaways. Part One. I was speaking at a Meritas conference a little while ago, which was timed to coincide with the Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC) annual conference. We’d designed Meritas’s new booth, so we went…
Sign up for this ABA webinar on Friday at 12:00 noon CST! Moderated by the terrific Kathy Morris, I’m co-presenting a marketing webinar with the verbally formidable Julie Eichorn. Just 45 fast-paced minutes, we’re going to pack a lot of content into a…
ABA Journal – “Lawyer censured for buying keywords for other lawyers and law firms.” I thoroughly disagree with this anti-competitive, anti-consumer censure. It’s bad precedent. I was the defense’s law firm marketing/social media expert witness in Habush vs. Cannon &…
James Patterson on Marketing – “Hit them with a cream pie, then say something smart.” James Patterson is the world’s highest-paid author, and one of the most prolific. But he got his start in the advertising world. Brian Williams called…
If the “Friends” logo were a law firm…. Remember “Friends?” We all loved that show. It was one of the top TV shows from 1994-2004 (now in syndication). The production company was “Bright Kauffman Crane productions,” and their logo had…
Our Vedder Price work featured in a new UK Interface Design book. Hot off the presses: Our design and website work for Vedder Price was prominently featured in a new book from the United Kingdom called “Interface Design – An…
“If clients hire lawyers, why market The Firm?” We get this question a lot. It’s a completely legitimate and understandable question. And the old McGraw-Hill ad pasted below answers it beautifully. The ad is aimed at print advertising specifically, but…
Here’s the Litigation Ad We Could Never Run. Law and accounting firms come to Fishman Marketing looking for ads, brands, or WordPress websites. We start by developing the brand message and supporting visuals, then later apply them to the websites. Some litigation…