In recently reviewing a law advertising campaign, I found myself saying that we need to run this on TikTok. I looked at the matter and the target audience, and it seemed quite clear that this was the best way to engage. My growing fascination with one of the newer online…
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Law360: How Law Firms Can Capitalize On Marketing As Demand Lags
In the July 25, 2023 edition of Law360, reporter Aebra Coe writes on How Law Firms Can Capitalize On Marketing As Demand Lags. In my interview with her, we discussed what to do with lags in demand, and the best ways to guard against it. “As many law firms see…
LP Magazine – Guilt by Associations
In my March/April 2023 marketing column in the American Bar Association’s Law Practice Magazine, I address the pros and cons of organizational involvement in Guilt by Associations. It should come as no surprise that I tout my ABA involvement as a core component of my own business development strategy. At…
LP Magazine – Marketing Ethics Compliance Continues to Confound
Marketing Column In the November/December 2022 marketing column in the American Bar Association’s Law Practice Magazine, Marketing Ethics Compliance Continues to Confound, I combine a number of business development topics into one. When writing my column, I often start by thinking about what “hot” areas I’m working on at the…
LP Magazine – The Law Marketing Up/Down Drill 2021
The third annual Up-Down Drill, which played off my favorite morning-after column in The Philadelphia Inquirer after an Eagles game (why did Jeff McLane stop doing it?), was one of the more difficult to write. In the November/December 2021 issue of Law Practice, The Law Marketing Up/Down Drill tackles relationship-building,…
LP Magazine – Getting to In-House Without Ending Up in the Outhouse
Yes, I went with the lowest hanging fruit of topics for my marketing column in the July/August 2021 issue of Law Practice, Getting to In-House Without Ending Up in the Outhouse, by doling out pearls of wisdom as it relates to a law firm’s successful pitching of corporate counsel. It…
LP Magazine – Replacing Face-to-Face in Business Development
Earlier this week, I read an interesting article about how business travel will never fully return, because you can just go on Zoom, saving a ton of time and money. The story and premise all made sense until a quote at the end saying that the first time someone lost…
LPT’s Ethics Issue — Taking Names: Eased Ethical Considerations Increase Firm Name Options
ABA’s Law Practice Today Webzine Over my 25+ years of working with law firms on business development, addressing the issue of law firm names is not really one of my favorites—because it rarely comes without some painful internal issues to address. There are the firms that want to drop the…
LP Magazine – Profiting From Nonprofit Board Involvement
A favorite business development endeavor for many lawyers (me included) is involvement on a nonprofit board. It can be time-consuming, potentially expensive and sometimes frustrating, but it is a do-good activity that ideally is tied to an area of interest and passion. In my November/December 2020 marketing column in Law…
LP Magazine – The Law Marketing Up/Down Drill 2020
My annual Law Marketing Up/Down Drill column in the July/August 2020 issue of Law Practice tackles the topics of diversity, websites, billboards & radio, press releases and ABA Resolution 115. Of course, I wrote this piece in the first week of March, in a seemingly different universe. If I were…