Ah, the 4th quarter. It’s that time of year when the following questions pop up in listserves, conferences, partner and staff meetings, and everywhere else firms discuss marketing budgets. What percent of revenue are other firms spending for marketing? How about business development? Then the big hunt begins. Marketers are asked to research these numbers to find out what the …
THERE SHOULD BE NO SURPRISES
Today I saw an interesting discussion fly by on Twitter. Social Media Consultant Adrian Dayton and Law Practice Management Consultant Ron Friedmann were discussing Adrian’s recent article on Law.com titled Which Law Firm Owns The Most Digital Real Estate. In his post, Adrian wrote about BigLaw being behind in the creation of digital real estate via blogs compared to smaller …
SOCIAL MEDIA: DON’T DO IT…STAY AWAY!
Kevin O’Keefe, owner of LexBlog, wrote a post the other day about measuring social media. He was referring to another post written by Seth Godin about trying to measure the unmeasurable. He wrote about lawyers and law firms and their skepticism of Social Media usage because they don’t know how to measure it. Kevin discussed not holding out because you …
WE MUST PRACTICE
Image via Wikipedia Think of something you’re really good at, such as golf, public speaking, court reporting, environmental law, you name it. Isn’t it a great feeling to know you were born with, or developed, these skills? Isn’t there sometimes a rush of excitement when you perform those tasks, hit more great shots than bad ones, finish a presentation that …
SHOULD YOU BE USING SOCIAL MEDIA?
There’s a lot of excitement out there revolving around Social Media, and how to use it to build relationships and grow your business. It’s easy to get excited, or feel passionate, about these relatively new tools as they have the ability to distribute our messages, advance our causes, find those from whom to learn and share our knowledge with people …
Sales Is Not A Dirty Word
I’ve been working in legal, professional services, and other service-based marketing for a long time. Nowhere is there a stigma against the term “selling” as strong as there is in legal and professional services. It somehow feels dirty, and slimy, something others do, but not me. When I started my job as Director of Marketing for a law firm in …
WAIT BEFORE YOU MAKE THAT CALL
Someone from a well-known service provider left a voicemail message for me yesterday afternoon, telling me I had signed up for their webinar, and was not able to make it, so he was… “…calling to follow up to see what your interest was as far as social media……” To encourage discussion, I posted a comment about this on Twitter, LinkedIn and …
Don’t Be A Hit And Run!
One of the marketing messages I use to communicate with my clients the Myrland Marketing Moment. As the name implies, it is a very short marketing message that only takes a moment to read. I typically post these all across social media. One Myrland Marketing Moment I shared the other day was: “If you want to be successful in social …
DON’T BE A HIT AND RUN
As a result of the relationship we have developed via Social Media, specifically Twitter, lawyer and entrepreneur Susan Cartier Liebel, Founder of Solo Practice University, recently asked me if I would be interested in guest blogging on her Build A Solo Practice at SPU, or Solo Practice University, blog. Solo Practice University is a successful web-based educational and professional networking community for …
Chief Justice John Roberts: They Won’t Remember
Last night, John and I had the good fortune to be invited by our lovely neighbors, Jim and Anna White, to the James P. White Lecture on Legal Education at the Indiana University School of Law on the IUPUI campus in Indianapolis. This lecture series brings in people who are important to the legal profession in the United States in honor …