How Soon Should You Contact A Potential Client

Lawyers, How Soon Should You Contact A Potential Client?

Nancy Myrland All Posts, Business Development/Sales, Content Marketing, Training in Client Service and Business Development/Sal Leave a Comment

I have been the recipient of a few practices that I think border on professional stalking, and you probably have, too. The last thing that I want for you is to be perceived as though you are overstepping or professionally stalking your potential clients, so I want you to learn from my experience. I recently attended a wonderful webinar hosted …

Are Younger Lawyers Naturally Better At Social Media?

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Are digital natives, those who were born in an era when electronic devices were prevalent and in their hands from the moment they were old enough to hold them, better equipped in this current era of social and digital media? Let’s take a few minutes and discuss that because I can shed a little light on the differences between digital …

The 3 Main Reasons Lawyers Should Use LinkedIn

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How many times have you gone to an event, maybe a conference or a business after hours, or even just a social event with friends, and a new acquaintance sends you an invitation to connect on LinkedIn? You might have seen the notice in a LinkedIn email or on the app itself. Maybe you collected that person’s business card. I …

Lawyers, What Kind Of Content Should You Create?

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Have you ever gone through one of those times when you’re stuck trying to figure out what kind of content to create? Deep down, you know it’s not logical because you know so much about your area of expertise, but something is in the way. Well, I go through this from time-to-time, so I imagine you have, too. (Special Note: …

Lawyers, Does It Really Matter What Other Law Firms Do?

Nancy Myrland All Posts, Content Marketing, Law Firms, Lawyer Marketing, Lawyers, Legal Marketers, Legal Marketing, Marketing Strategy Leave a Comment

If you truly want your practice or your law firm to grow, there is one question you’re going to have to stop asking and three questions you’re going to need to start asking. I hear this one question regularly. It takes various forms, which I’ll discuss in a bit. It tends to come up every year right about this time …

6 Keys To A Successful Law Practice

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In this blog post and podcast, I’ll discuss one way to tell if your practice is going to be successful, then I’ll offer 6 keys to building a successful law practice. How To Tell If Your Practice Is Going To Be Successful The success of your legal practice is going to depend on several things but one of the most …

Lawyers, This Approach Can Backfire On You

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Be very careful. If this is not your style, then suddenly adapting it because you think everyone else is doing it is going to backfire on you. Lately, I have seen some people produce content that has them jumping at the camera and using bigger sounds and more drama in their audio. I am all for adding one’s personality to …

Coverage From #LMA19, The 2019 Legal Marketing Association Annual Conference

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Looking for new posts summarizing the #LMA19 conference? Head down to the green headings below for new content added regularly. Don’t forget to let me know if I’ve missed anything, okay? Thanks! It’s time! If you know me, and even if you don’t, about this time of year, I begin to get very excited. Not only do I get to …

Lawyers, When Using Social Media, Protect Client Confidentiality and Relationships

Lawyers, Protect Client Confidentiality When Using Social Media

Nancy Myrland All Posts, Social Media, Social Media Ethics & Regulations Leave a Comment

I Don’t Want To Get In Trouble When conducting social media training, a common concern I run across has to do with attorneys and staff being afraid they will post something that will get them in trouble. Consequently, they hold back from using these tools because they don’t want to say something that will jeopardize an attorney-client relationship, or say …

Online Behavior Can Damage Your Personal Brand and Your Firm's Brand

You Damage More Than Your Own Personal Brand With Bad Online Behavior

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Fresh off of a webinar I co-hosted for the Legal Marketing Association last week titled “Personal Branding In The Age of Social & Digital Media,” where Clayton Dodds and I scratched the surface of how to define your personal brand, I was disappointed when the story broke about high-profile law form partner, Francis “Frank” Aquila, who chose to lash out …