An Important Message To Law Firm Management – #LMA18

Nancy Myrland #LMA18, Career Development & Education Leave a Comment

I am writing this as I begin my evening flight home from New Orleans to Indianapolis. The Legal Marketing Association (LMA) Annual Conference just ended yesterday, which is always a bittersweet time for me as I am filled with an immense amount of inspiration, knowledge, additional perspective, and affection for the growing number of colleagues I call friends.   I Am Conflicted  I am conflicted because I …

#LMA17: Conference Networking Tips From Our Friends

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We all have our reasons for attending Legal Marketing Association conferences. It might be to learn. It might be to meet like-minded people. It might be to network. It might be to discover new tools, services, or products we can take back to our firms. It might be to reignite the creative genius we have hiding inside that desperately needs …

Myrland Marketing Motivation: I Don’t Have Time.

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Myrland Marketing Motivation, A Little Virtual Encouragement To Start Your Week. More Motivation Than Marketing. It’s A Monday Kind Of Thing! How many times do you think or say “I don’t have time?” Let’s talk about that. What don’t you have time for? What are you doing instead of what you should be doing? Is it fear of the unknown …

Coverage From #LMA16, The 2016 Legal Marketing Association Annual Conference

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We came. We learned. We networked. We had a huge family reunion. We are the 1400 attendees of the 2016 Legal Marketing Association (LMA) Annual Conference in Austin, Texas, April 10-14, 2016. The coverage was swift. It started prior to the conference, continued during the conference with a record number of live-Tweets (and I wasn’t even live-Tweeting this year, so I can’t take …

Myrland Marketing Motivation: Why Do You Do What You Do?

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  Myrland Marketing Motivation, A Little Virtual Encouragement To Start Your Week. More Motivation Than Marketing. It’s A Monday Kind Of Thing! What about your job and career makes you feel fulfilled? Spend time today thinking about what kind of impact you want and need to have on others. For example, my passion and fulfillment come from my desire to …

In Business and In The Legal Profession, Personal Branding Is Important

In Business and In Legal, Personal Branding Is Important

Nancy Myrland All Posts, Branding, Career Development & Education, Client Service and Retention, Personal Branding Leave a Comment

Do you know that knot you get in your stomach when anticipating a difficult or challenging person or situation? Last week, I had that feeling as I was expecting a phone call. I was pretty sure of the outcome, but I also knew there was a slight chance it could go either way. In this situation, it wasn’t the person …

Lawyers, Are You Paying Attention To Video?

Nancy Myrland All Posts, Branding, Business Development/Sales, Marketing Strategy, Social Media, Video Marketing 3 Comments

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. It’s Been Time For A While.

Nancy Myrland All Posts, Content Marketing 1 Comment

I am finishing three days of attending legal marketing and business development conferences in Chicago. The first was the Legal Marketing Association’s LMA P3 conference. These 3 Ps of this conference are pricing, project management, and process improvement. Short story there: these 3 Ps help you do what you’ve been doing much better. The second conference is The LSSO Raindance …

What Is Inbound Marketing For Lawyers?

Nancy Myrland Content Marketing, Inbound Marketing, Marketing Strategy 2 Comments

I was reading an article on Inbound Marketing Myths by Michael Reynolds on Hubspot this morning that made me realize that some terms marketers use these days might be a little confusing. One of these terms is Inbound Marketing. We’re going to spend a few minutes on it today because I think it is important. Michael simply defines Inbound Marketing like this: …

Lawyers, How To Beat Your Competitors In The Content Creation Game

Lawyers: How To Beat Your Competition In The Content Sharing Game

Nancy Myrland All Posts, Content Marketing, Social Media 6 Comments

The Conundrum A question was recently posted on one of the legal marketing forums I belong to, asking how lawyers can shorten the time between deciding they want to post timely content in response to something going on in the world and the seemingly endless need for wordsmithing and committee approval of every word that goes out the door. Does …