I think I found the nation’s least service oriented law firm. Over the years, we’ve done a lot of marketing and branding work with law, accounting, and other professional-services firms that wanted to use marketing to leverage their extraordinary client service….
I LOVE this card. As you might know from my historic blog posts, I’m often very critical of law firm e-cards — there are so many ways firms can get them wrong. They’re too long, too dull, too cliche’d. They’re…
What if you wanted to be “The Kimpton Hotels of law firms”? Some years ago I gave a “Branding, Differentiation, and Firm Culture” presentation in Seattle and the law firm put me up at the Monaco Hotel. I love all…
“How will prospects know I’m awesome if I don’t tell them?” Hi. It’s Ross. Let me tell you a few things about myself: I’m excellent. I have integrity. I’m responsive. I’m experienced. I’m technically knowledgeable. I’m legally effective. I’m a partner…
Ten Awesome Law Firm Branding/Website Makeovers: Before-and-Afters For most new law firm websites, I think the most interesting question is how big an improvement is it over the previous one(s). Is it just a polished-up version of the previous site?…
The Top 25 Law Firm Website Clichés to Avoid. (2016 Update. PART 2.) Part 1 is available here. 11. [The Image:] Scales of justice (Similar scales are also used by drug dealers) [What it means:] “Still just lawyers.” 12. Dart boards…
The Top 25 Law Firm Website Clichés to Avoid. (2016 Update. PART 2.) Part 1 is available here. 11. [The Image:] Scales of justice (Similar scales are also used by drug dealers) [What it means:] “Still just lawyers.” 12. Dart boards…
Can you claim to be a creative firm if your home page shows a skyline? As a group, lawyers are quite literal, often too literal for good marketing. As a result, more than half of law firms simply illustrate their website home…
“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…
Howard Law Group featured in Legal Intelligencer We’re pretty proud of the Howard Law Group website. It’s simple, bold, and well branded, nicely capturing the sizable strength and skill of Bill and Jean Howard’s national litigation practice. It’s also nice when…