Lawyers can be intimidating to laypeople. Lawyers are bound by ethical guidelines when it comes to marketing their legal services. Rule 7.3 of the ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct regulates the solicitation of clients through advertising and marketing. Violating…
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…
“Things should only move for a good reason.” I received a electronic holiday card recently, emailed from a full-service law firm. Illustrated by a generic wintery graphic, it had a simple 10-word headline: “Season’s Greetings and Best Wishes for a…
Book Review: “[This] will greatly enhance your ability to compete in today’s tight, demanding market.” Our 200-page, full-color strategy, branding, and website book was published and the editor of the prestigious Of Counsel magazine wrote a really wonderful two-page review….
This webinar has received 5-star reviews from 100 law and CPA firms and associations worldwide (see below). Don’t you hate programs that are long on theory but short on tangible takeaways? In this fun and fast-paced session, Ross will share 20+…
Let’s look at intellectual property (TM) cases for law firm brands, names, taglines, and phone numbers In the late 1980s, when most commercial law firms considered marketing to be either unprofessional or unethical, Joe Flom saw the opportunity to develop…
Bios for nonbinary professionals might seem tricky. Some simple considerations. I was interested to read that a partner at a prominent AmLaw 100 law firm recently came out as “non-binary.” That is, this individual identifies neither as male nor female…
Your firm’s best marketing investment could be a CBO. [This is the second half of a blog post arguing that law firms that want to charge higher rates, enhance their business development, and improve their lateral hiring should hire a…
[This is Part II of a blog post regarding why during this COVID-19 pandemic, clients are looking for their lawyers accountants to be Trusted Advisors, and how to accomplish that. Clients in 2020 are anxious, stressed, and vulnerable, which means…