I think most lawyers have a pretty good sense of humor. But I’ve never been a fan of marketing or advertising campaigns that directly demean your competitors. Even if it’s couched as a “joke.” Pepsi’s marketers thought they compared…
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Timing the high jump.* How many “hits” should a website get? We often get asked “how many hits” or “how many visitors” a law firm’s website should get. Unfortunately, those are the wrong questions. Law firms like to compare their results against industry…
Measuring the ROI of your Marketing — it’s all about the Benjamins. A post to a law firm LinkedIn Group asked “How do you measure ROI of your marketing activities?” Many respected legal marketers responded, discussing the traditional measurements of…
“We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Marketers” Ad. Oops. I love flipping through those “Super Duper Leading Best Lawyers” magazine inserts. The sales force already sold the lawyers on the urgent need to buy a $10,000 full-page ad alongside dozens or…
How do you market a law firm in a smaller city, state, or country? It’s easy to find a lawyer in a big city. How can you generate in-bound referrals if you live in an area where the “big-city” lawyers…
The 20 Best Law Firm Tag Lines. Is your firm “Committed to Mediocrity TM”? Tag lines are hard – a few strategically selected words that encapsulate everything you stand for and want your target audience to know about you. It’s…
Did Mktg Ruin the Law’s Image? Did Advertising Kill Atticus Finch? When olde lawyers start blaming Marketing for destroying the venerated, Atticus Finch image of the legal profession, starting around 1977 with the Bates case, I like to point them toward…
A sincere thanks to Ernie the Attorney A heartfelt thanks to the renowned “Ernie The Attorney” Svenson, of the Svenson Law Firm for his gracious recommendation of this blog: “If you’re interested in marketing your law practice there’s a name you need…
– Actual quote from a law firm senior partner. I heard this recently, and I hear variations of it all the time. Lawyers struggle with social media; they’re always asking me about it, how it works, and whether lawyers need…
