Law Firm Marketing

Building Relationships With Contacts

Years ago, someone told me about an accounting firm’s business development training philosophy. The firm had developed a continuum from 1 to 10, where “1” was something like “Would recognize me on the street,” and “10” was something like “Take ...

Sally J. Schmidt - July 7, 2016
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Takeaways from Legal Marketing Tech/Midwest

The inaugural Legal Marketing Technology Conference/Midwest, produced by the Legal Marketing Association's Midwest Chapter, took place June 23, 2016, in Chicago. While all attendees gained insights on a host of sophisticated tools that legal ...

Beverly Loder - July 1, 2016
What Are Your Website Titles Telling Google?

Most law firm websites have similar issues when it comes to search engine optimization — some major, others that are relatively simple fixes. But almost half of the websites I see are missing the basics. Title tags, for example, can have a huge ...

Joe Balestrino - June 29, 2016
Slide Presentation and Technology 101 for Lawyers

Presentation technology has come such a long way, “Death by PowerPoint” should be a thing of the past. How can you be sure the new visual and audio aids you are using enhance your message — and don’t detract from it? In ...

Catherine Sanders Reach - June 27, 2016
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Purge Toxic Clients From Your Practice, Part 1

To dramatically enhance your productivity, zero in on the biggest source of stress and wasted time: toxic clients. Some lawyers fight to hold on to business at all costs. After all, it’s an article of faith that it’s easier to retain a client ...

Mike O'Horo - June 23, 2016
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Bring the Personal into Practice

As private practice attorneys, we’ve all been on the receiving end of lawyer jokes — sometimes by well-intentioned family members, other times by members of the community. You may feel as though the people around you believe your sole focus is ...

Noble McIntyre - June 21, 2016
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Unleash Your Inner Creative to Build a Book of Business

The best lawyers are often the most creative lawyers. But that doesn’t mean they are, or even want to be, labeled as “creative.” Creativity has a certain connotation to it — and it’s traditionally been a term associated with, well, creative ...

Jay Harrington - June 14, 2016
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Stop Squandering Dollars on Stupid Superlative Lawyer Lists

Lawyer Lists: “Splendid Lawyer” and “Astounding Lawyer” awards are wearing out their value. Ross Fishman says there’s a reason marketers don’t like them. “I’m selling ego to lawyers, Ross. I’m going to make a ...

Ross Fishman - June 6, 2016
Leap Your Business Development Hurdles

In my experience, most lawyers who don’t have a book of business would like to have one. And, if they don’t know how to build it, they’d like to learn how. Unfortunately, there are very real obstacles to business development success. The ...

Sally J. Schmidt - June 2, 2016
Are Print Brochures Dead?

Question: Do lawyers use print brochures anymore? I’d like to avoid that expense and get by with PDFs online. In this month's edition of "Ask the Experts from the Legal Marketing Association," LMA Hall of Famer ...

The Editors - May 31, 2016
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