As I’ve mentioned many times, your marketing plan is a constantly evolving entity. Because of that, it’s important to revisit your plan on a regular basis and see where adjustments need to, and can, be made. The end of the year is a great time to do this—you’re able to take stock of the year
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Attorney Marketing: Stop Working, Start Dreaming
It may sound counterproductive, but stopping to think about what you want to do in 2011 is actually a great marketing and business development exercise. So think about it. Do you want more time to coach little league? Do you want to get a pilot’s license? Travel somewhere exotic? Now, rather than retrofit your life…
Legal Marketing: Tracking Your Efforts
Being realistic, not all marketing and business development efforts will be great success stories. For every fantastic client landed there will always be one that chose your competition and for every great article sent to a colleague there will be one or two that slipped through the cracks. The key is to always be aware…
Attorney Marketing: What’s Your Plan?
This week begins the mad rush that takes hold just before the end of the year. But between the holiday parties and family dinners there’s still work to do. In fact, the marketing and business development planning that you do in the next few weeks can set the tone for 2011 and beyond. That’s why…
Attorney Marketing: Opening your eyes to opportunity…
You don’t have to build a referral base through a Bar Association only. Look around your everyday life and make networking fit in.
This week we asked: Where have your best referrals come from?
1) Professional Organizations (Bar Associations, ect…) – 19%
2) Personal Causes – 26%
3) Community Organizations/ Schools – 13%
4) Neither…
Attorney Marketing: Opening your eyes to opportunity…
You don’t have to build a referral base through a Bar Association only. Look around your everyday life and make networking fit in.
This week we asked: Where have your best referrals come from?
1) Professional Organizations (Bar Associations, ect…) – 19%
2) Personal Causes – 26%
3) Community Organizations/ Schools – 13%
4) Neither…
Attorney Marketing: Networking & Referrals
I often find myself counseling clients who have trouble committing to organizations. In fact, if I had a dollar for every client who joined the local Bar Association and then called it a day I would be…well, I’d be a wealthy consultant. One of my main goals in working with a new client is to…
Lawyer Marketing: Legal Marketing and Favors…
When can you say no to a referral? When it comes from friends and family.
This week we asked: How often do you take on cases for free as a favor?
1) Never, I always ask for payment – 0%
2) Sometimes, it depends on who’s asking? – 32%
3) All the time, I have a…
Law Firm Branding: If it ain’t broke…
Old sayings ring true for a reason. They make sense. If you’re logo is strong, highly visible and easily recognizable, it’s never a good idea to change it up. (But, if it is not all those things… get to work.)
This week we asked: Have you ever considered changing your firm logo?
1) Yes –…
Law Marketing Ideas and Advice: A Gap in Branding Strategy
In case you’ve been buried under briefings in your office for the past 10 days, last week The Gap introduced a new logo (click here to view it http://www.gap.com/). Though they rolled out the new design with little to no fanfare, it was promptly rejected by most (ok, almost all) viewers, clients, experts…