I’ve heard these comments, or ones similar to them, many times in the past several years. “I’m not sure this is all worth it….this Social Media thing.” “I tried LinkedIn, but it didn’t produce anything for me.” “I can’t see how Twitter could possibly result in anything positive.” “Why would I want to spend time on Facebook?” “I have no …
Myrland Marketing Motivation: Marketing Is Never Boring
Myrland Marketing Motivation, A Little Virtual Encouragement To Start Your Week. More Motivation Than Marketing. It’s A Monday Kind Of Thing! Marketing & business development are never boring once you realize this is all about others. What can you do to connect? What can you do to serve? What can you do to help them solve their problems? What can …
Lawyers, Are Your Competitors Spying On You?
I was just listening to Pat Flynn record an episode of his podcast, Let’s Ask Pat. He was recording it on Periscope, a livestreaming app, allowing his viewers to watch live while he conducts business. He was answering a question from someone who was curious what to do when her competition follows her content. Pat inspired me to answer that …
It’s Official. You’re In Charge!
It’s over. You no longer have to wait for someone else to promote you. You’re officially in charge! Remember the days when you hoped a member of the media would pick up your story, your accomplishments, your firm name, your pro bono work, or some other worthy piece of information that showed what a decent person you were, and what a …
Myrland Marketing Motivation: Who Are You Competing Against?
Myrland Marketing Motivation, A Little Virtual Encouragement To Start Your Week. More Motivation Than Marketing. It’s A Monday Kind Of Thing! When you find yourself straying from what you should be doing to accomplish your goals because you want to be like someone else, or be better than someone else, STOP. We sometimes get off track because we feel less …
Lawyers, Are You Paying Attention To Video?
Just when you thought it was going to fade into the sunset (okay, who really thought that?), video as a communication tool is continuing to come on strong as a viable, valuable marketing tool for lawyers, legal marketers and law firms. Recently, news out of AdAge tells us that: “The ever-gestating business of online video just took a very big …
Lawyers, It’s Time To Stack The Deck In Your Favor
Do you know anyone like this? They question the need for marketing because they know their clients come from referrals. Their clients tell them regularly that they asked several of their colleagues who they recommend in their practice area, and their name was given to them. Maybe that someone is you? I Don’t Blame You Knowing business comes from referrals, …
Lawyers, Are You A One-Client Pony?
Most of us have heard of a one-trick pony, right? The dictionary tell us it is: “A person or thing with only one special feature, talent, or area of expertise.” Over the years I have been working in legal marketing, both in-house and not so in-house (that would be now as I consult), I’ve heard lawyers tell stories about …
#LetsAskNancy 004 – Lawyers, How Can You Be More Sticky?
#LetsAskNancy is where I answer questions others have about legal and lawyer marketing and business development, including content, social and digital marketing. You have a choice…either listen to this post in the podcast player below, read it below that, or both! Sticky…hmm, what is that? We’ll get to that in a minute, but let’s talk about the real question …
#LetsAskNancy 003 – Lawyers, Why Should You Publish Your Content On Other Sites?
#LetsAskNancy is where I answer questions others have about legal and lawyer marketing and business development, including content, social and digital marketing. You have a choice…either listen to this post in the podcast player below, read it below that, or both! My short answer? Why would you not? The news this week about Facebook adding a new feature called …