Would you hire an CPA firm because it has “a combined 150 years of experience”? And if so, why? Ohhhh, I get it — you are aggregating every single one of your lawyers’ total years of experience into a…
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“City Slickers” and Law Firm Differentiation. In the 1991 comedy City Slickers (“Yesterday They Were Businessmen. Today They’re Cowboys. Tomorrow They’ll Be Walking Funny.”), Curly, played by Jack Palance, a wise and wizened cowboy, offers some old-time western wisdom to…
Here’s how to easily fix one of the worst networking mistakes. Take 200 business cards out of your desk drawer, bring them home, and scatter them around your life. Distribute them everywhere you may later find you need them. More detail…
Watch the video! I’m delighted to (finally) have a demo video (click here) showcasing my law firm keynote, firm retreat, and marketing-training presentations. I’ve been filming most of my speeches lately because many in-house marketers, administrators, professional-development experts, and other conference…
Major Update to our Most-Popular Marketing Checklist We’re putting the final touches on a dramatically expanded version of our popular “Associate Marketing Checklist by Year of Practice.” It includes narrative explanations, links to instructional videos, and new material covering social media…
It’s hard to say “No, thanks” when being complimented. [At the bottom is a template memo you may circulate within your firm to explain to your lawyers why you will not be buying an ad in a vanity directory.] I’ve…
Ladle Rat Rotten Hut (“Little Red Riding Hood”) “Lorem ipsum dolor” is so mundane. Marketers know that when showing clients a new advertisement, website, brochure, newsletter, or other layout, you “greek” in some gibberish that looks like words, but it really isn’t. It helps keep…
Best Marketing Partner Comment Ever. #2 We were working on re-branding a firm, soup to nuts, including a new logo, stationery, print advertising campaign, website, direct mail, etc. but the lawyers were having some difficulty agreeing on the final color. The Marketing…
Are you a Bob or a Robert? A Dick or Richard? Beth. Bill. Bob. Dick. Drew. Gene. Jerry. Lainie. Liz. Ted. Tori. Good marketing values clear communication. It makes it easy for clients and prospects to find and reach you….
Is imitation “the sincerest form of flattery?” “There are no new ideas.…” I get that. But I did a double-take after seeing this ad in Wired magazine’s November 2015 issue. We developed this same idea a couple years ago for the…
