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Forecast: Marketing spend increases as demand for outside legal counsel increases

Nov 14th, 2018 | Company News, Law Firm Marketing, Legal Marketing in Brief

The much-respected law firm management consultancy BTI reports that 33 percent of law firms recently surveyed will increase their Marketing and Business Development (MBD) budgets for 2019 – that is three times more firms than last year, and the largest number of firms increasing their MBD spend in nine years. These firms may be making their investment […]

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Why your firm won’t survive to the next generation

Sep 25th, 2018 | Law Firm Marketing, Legal Marketing in Brief, Uncategorized

  “We’ve seen firms lose their next generation of owners while waiting for seniors to transition out.”  ~2018 Law Firms in Transition Survey, Altman Weil In its just released report of 801 firms, Altman discovered “almost 40% of firms surveyed attribute chronic lawyer under performance to (Baby Boomer) partners who are ‘coasting into retirement’.” You […]

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Learn what tactics work and how much other firms spend on marketing. Complete our survey today!

May 30th, 2018 | Company News, Law Firm Marketing, Legal Marketing in Brief, Uncategorized

We appreciate you taking the time to respond.  All participating firms are eligible to receive a free copy of our book Legal Marketing in Brief®, as well as a copy of the results. This is our 13th bi-annual National Marketing Effectiveness Survey of corporate, transactional, and commercial/defense litigation law firms with less than 100 lawyers.  It […]

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A Newspapering Best Practice Law Firms Should Consider

Apr 17th, 2018 | Company News, Law Firm Marketing, Legal Marketing in Brief, Uncategorized

A good lesson on how to ensure you are effectively conveying your expertise to clients, prospects and referral sources follows a construct I learned at my first job, that being as a daily newspaper reporter. Every Thursday, our city editor would walk over to every reporter’s desk.  Back then the Rocky Mountain News had a robust staff […]

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What Deserves To Be An Alert, Release, Post Or Pitch?

Feb 6th, 2018 | Law Firm Marketing, Legal Marketing in Brief

A new survey reveals 82 percent of legal industry emails go unopened. THE TAKEAWAY:  Firms would be well-served to set thresholds that must be met before newsletters or legal alerts are sent to clients, prospects and referral sources, or posted to social media.  The same is true for news releases and story pitches to reporters, […]

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7 Best Practices When A Lateral Joins Your Law Firm

Jan 2nd, 2018 | Law Firm Marketing, Legal Marketing in Brief, Uncategorized

It’s the time of year when we often are advising laterals and their firms on how to maximize the value of the move.  Most advice you’ll read targets a lateral’s clients with active files that transfer and which are likely to have future potential matters the assignment of which is not guaranteed.  Also, clients without active matters […]

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5 Things To Do To Maximize the Value of Every Referral You Make

Aug 9th, 2017 | Company News, Law Firm Marketing, Legal Marketing in Brief

What you do after you refer a matter to another lawyer or professional is as important as having made the referral in the first place.  The reason: you want to make sure the person you referred was well-served and fairly billed.  If they weren’t, it will reflect poorly on you and do your practice harm. […]

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NO DATABASE? You’re killing your rainmakers and driving up marketing costs

Jun 20th, 2017 | Law Firm Marketing, Legal Marketing in Brief, Uncategorized

In the three decades we have been marketing law firms, so much has changed.  But the fundamental and most common institutional weakness of even the most talented groups of lawyers has not – their mailing list (now otherwise known as their marketing database). No matter what you call it, however, most all but the largest […]

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Build, Maintain and Evaluate Your Business Contact Network

May 2nd, 2017 | Law Firm Marketing, Legal Marketing in Brief, Uncategorized

  By Amber Vincent “In today’s complex society of comparably skilled, interdependent people, it is more true than ever that success is less a function of what you know than who you know and who knows you.” Dr. Ronald S. Burt Department of Sociology, University of Chicago After their license, the most valuable, and often […]

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REPORT: Associate billing rates increase more than partner rates. It also reveals how cross-selling lets firms charge a premium.

Mar 30th, 2017 | Law Firm Marketing, Legal Marketing in Brief, Uncategorized

Analysis of a new report on $19.6 billion of approved legal department invoices reveals to maximize firm profits partners should focus on developing and retaining senior associates and providing clients with services in multiple practice areas. For two reasons:  the average year-over-year hourly rate increase in 2015 for associates was 7.3 percent, more than double […]

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