Writing And Speaking Can Be Like Getting A Free Lunch
Time for another marketing moment from 365 Marketing Meditations from Levick Strategic Communications for July 22:
“Publish. Gain internal credibility by first getting external imprimatur. Professionals will believe you’re important if someone else thinks you are.”
Let’s take a look at this for a second. I can’t resist, of course.
What this pithy observation is saying is that by publishing in the “right” places, e.g., the ones that your target clients read, you will gain credibility with the publication's readers. The fact that the magazine or journal (print or online) allows you to address their subscribers, gives you credibility with that audience, and others that hear about it or see it.
The same applies to public speaking. By picking an organization that has the audience that you desire to represent, the organization's credibility among its members will be transferred to you by the fact that you have been allowed to address them.
That is why speaking and writing are still excellent business development tools. Of course, you could lose that "free" gift by delivering a boring speech – both content-wise or with a poor delivery – or a poorly written article.
Basically, you’ve been given a free lunch, that you best be grateful for by doing an excellent job in delivering meaningful content.
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Effect of publication in print or online or by whom was not a refutation. Many people searching for information. But it is important to "how to teach her listeners or readers".
Sometimes the statement is not properly planned and poorly written article turns out the opposite effect.
According to this from the outset it is necessary to plan their thoughts on the presentation of information.
Technologies may have changed but speaking, getting published and becoming a source for the media are the building blocks for any lawyer/firm who wishes to increase their visibility in the marketplace.
Absolutely agree with you. There's no school like the old school, and any attorney who is able to function as a business speaker is going to establish himself or herself as a leading industry authority AND enhance the visibility of their firm's brand.
You're spot on here.
Public Speaking is a great way to be seen as the expert/professional that you are. Great article.
