Posted Monday December 10, 2007, 5:24 pm, Over one day old
This blog is now continued at http://blog.larrybodine.com It's a fabulous LexBlog blog, built by the talented designers and engineers of LexBlog Inc., http://www.lexblog.com. Built on a Moveable Type system, the blog gives me many expanded features, better than Typepad: Custom...
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Posted Monday December 10, 2007, 5:24 pm, Over one day old
When two partners returned to Meltzer, Lippe, Goldstein & Breitstone after a five-year hiatus, the firm felt as if it had won a contest. Jubilation echoed throughout the 30-attorney firm on Long Island, leading it to create the best lateral...
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Posted Monday December 10, 2007, 5:24 pm, Over one day old
I discovered a clever way for a lawyer to market his estate planning services when the phone rang the other day. It was Gibraltar Trusts on the line, which monitored real estate transactions and saw that I had refinanced my...
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Posted Monday December 10, 2007, 5:24 pm, Over one day old
Lawyers ask me all the time how much salary they have to pay to get a good marketing director. The marketer would be somebody who generates revenue and is not part of overhead, so the salary is an investment. You'll...
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Posted Monday December 10, 2007, 5:24 pm, Over one day old
My friend, the always brilliant Silvia Coulter, has spotted four big trends in marketing: Firms are beginning to build out their strategic client account teams. The more structured, the higher the results. Some savvy leaders have hired strategic account team...
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Posted Monday December 10, 2007, 5:24 pm, Over one day old
Being the "cool" choice is a good marketing technique, and a Los Angeles accounting firm is doing the next best thing with an "accountants aren't dorks" approach. According to an article in the April 2007 Inc. magazine, Stonefield Josephson president...
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Posted Monday December 10, 2007, 5:24 pm, Over one day old
For those of you who missed the Legal Marketing Association meeting in Atlanta, here is the list of first place winners in the 2007 LMA Your Honor Awards. Congratulations and mazeltov to all the winners! 1. Identity: Goulston Storrs for...
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Posted Monday December 10, 2007, 5:24 pm, Over one day old
Madonn'! Lawyers could learn a marketing lesson or two from Tony Soprano, the organized crime leader who has entertained us for 10 years on the TV show, "The Sopranos." Whether you're in waste management or law, you've got to be...
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Posted Monday December 10, 2007, 5:24 pm, Over one day old
Here's a great tip on getting referrals, from Matt Homann, a St. Louis attorney who founded LexThink and is the author of the blog "the [non]billable hour." "Find your five favorite clients. Take them to dinner. Don?t let them leave...
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Posted Monday December 10, 2007, 5:24 pm, Over one day old
Finally some good news about regulation of lawyer advertising: The board for the Florida Bar has approved a proposed Web site advertisement rule, and it plans to soon take it to the Florida Supreme Court. Website Rule 4-7.6 would allow...
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