Law Firm Marketing

Law Firm Marketing


In a crowded legal marketplace, simply being an excellent lawyer is no longer a viable client acquisition model. Word-of-mouth will always be a cornerstone of our profession, but relying on it exclusively creates a feast-or-famine revenue cycle that forces equity partners onto a stressful business development treadmill.

If you are ready to transition away from passive visibility and start building an intentional, scalable client acquisition engine completely on your own terms, explore our complete, interactive master handbook: Marketing for Law Firms: The Modern Partner’s Blueprint.

For targeted strategies, local search optimization toolkits, and curated expert columns, browse our deep-dive archives directly below.


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Online Reviews: Begin (But Don’t End) With Service

Last week at ABA TECHSHOW in Chicago, Allison Shields and I chatted with lawyers about shaping their online ...

Gyi Tsakalakis - April 20, 2015
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The Latest in Legal Marketing

It's clear that legal marketers continue to be an ever-growing force for change at law firms of any size. With more than 1,300 attendees from around the globe, this week’s Legal Marketing Association (LMA) annual conference in San Diego was the ...

John Byrne - April 17, 2015
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Are You Being a Lawyer or Building a Practice?

There’s a tricky balance that lawyers need to strike: staying focused on the "task at hand" while keeping an eye on the future. The task at hand involves acquiring technical skills — drafting, negotiation, deposition-taking — at a relatively ...

Jay Harrington - April 16, 2015
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Care and Feeding of Your Referral Network

Your referral network is a living thing. If you don’t feed it and water it, it will die, and if you don’t prune it back occasionally, it will collapse under its own weight. If you’ve developed a network by identifying good sources and asking ...

Mary Lokensgard - April 15, 2015
You’re a Service, Not a Product: Act the Part and Market Right

Apple does something amazing. Of course, they do a lot of amazing things as they weave their technology into our personal and professional DNA, but they've nailed one thing for sure: the services side of their products. Just walk into an Apple ...

Marriott Murdock - April 14, 2015
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Have You Reddit?

If you are proficient in social media basics and looking for a new online community, I recommend checking out Reddit. Reddit is a social media community made up of thousands of bulletin boards — called “subreddits” — on almost any topic you ...

Ruth Carter - April 13, 2015
The Big Three Internet Marketing Activities for Lawyers

“The Internet is the most powerful and pervasive platform on the planet,” said Federal Communications Commission Chair Tom Wheeler on February 26, 2015. Regardless of your area of practice, these three Internet-based actions should be the ...

Theda C. Snyder - April 7, 2015
Two Ways to Upgrade a Lawyer’s Network

A common frustration among lawyers is that their networks are too low caliber to provide access to decision-makers. If you have a business development plan, it is probably too generic to give you a meaningful edge over the competition. You wish ...

David Ackert and Tiffany Yarde - April 2, 2015
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Anatomy of a Tweet: How to Get the Most Out of Your 140 Characters

Lawyers are routinely told how necessary it is to maintain an active presence on Twitter. With good reason: With 284 million monthly active users (48.2 million of whom reside within the U.S.), it’s a safe bet your potential clients are ...

Derek Bolen - April 1, 2015
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Getting Real: Four Social Media Lessons

Gabriel Cheong started his own law firm straight out of law school. One year later he purchased the law firm where he once interned. Now Gabriel runs Infinity Law Group while blogging, tweeting and marketing his firm. He'll be one of four ...

Gabriel Cheong - March 25, 2015
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