What’s the MOST-important info to add to your marketing? We all notice effective marketing. It commands your attention and makes it impossible to miss. We don’t even notice that we’ve noticed; we just subconsciously read or remember it. As a branding consultant, I…
A great logo is extraordinarily difficult to design. A logo is fundamentally a tiny piece of art. Simultaneously beautiful and persuasive, logos (sometimes called “brands”) can convey a sense of strength or creativity. They can reinforce a firm’s name or…
Above the Law, one of our favorite legal publications recently wrote: “There Are A Whole Lot Of Terrible Law Firm Websites. “Some of the worst (and best) law firm websites.” “A lot of the stock imagery we employ here at Above…
You can do serious work, but not take yourself too seriously. April Fool’s Day can be fun, and we occasionally design ads for clients who want to show that they do serious work but don’t take themselves too seriously. Our…
“Happy Halloween!” from Your Romanian Law Firm Speaking to 50 lawyers from 40 countries at the Legal Network International (LNI) conference last week, I suggested that law firms from smaller jurisdictions could build their brands and seek referrals by connecting…
Helping Law Students Build a More-Successful Careers. I had the best time last week, standing on stage in Tull Auditorium at my alma mater, Emory Law School and presenting an hour-long speech to the shiny new first-year law students at the…
Because they’re really hard to do well. It’s not just you–most law firm blogs stink. Here’s why. I responded to a question on an online legal marketing group posed by someone whose firm was struggling to re-launch a blog “to…
There are four critical steps to overhauling your website: Strategy and messaging Design Coding Maintenance That is, first conceive the brand message. That’s the winning strategy, the competitive advantage that can lead to increased revenue and profitability. That’s what turns a new website…
We get it, taglines are hard. One of history’s most common law firm taglines is “Committed to Quality” or its general equivalent. Committed to quality service, committed to quality representation, committed to high-quality legal this or that. I think we…
Top 10 Rules to Marketing a Law Firm Merger or Branch office (Part II). Last week we detailed five marketing and reputation challenges faced by smaller or newer “satellite” offices of prominent law firms. (BTW, accounting and all other professional-services firms…
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