Law Firm Marketing Basics: Business Cards by SEO | Law Firm on 5/18/2012 Talking about business cards on a law firm marketing blog may seem anachronistic – sort of like punishing a teenager by taking away phone time. What person under 20 talks on the phone anymore, anyway? But business cards,...more
Lawyer/Client Privilege and Confidentiality: Important Distinctions and Similarities by Law Office of Joseph A. Corsmeier, P.A. on 5/18/2012 The terms lawyer-client confidentiality and lawyer-client privilege are often used interchangeably and the differences between them may become somewhat blurred. Although both terms address information related to the client...more
American Immigration Lawyer's Association, New Jersey Chapter, Elects New Executive Board for 2012 - 2013. by NPZ Law Group, P.C. (f/k/a Nachman &... on 5/18/2012 David H. Nachman is one of the Managing Attorneys in the Immigration and Nationality Law Office of Nachman Phulwani Zimovcak (NPZ) Law Group, P.C. The NPZ Law Group has offices that are located in Ridgewood, New Jersey and in...more
Client Service: How Could Your Law Firm Create “The New Gold Standard” by Cordell Parvin LLC on 5/17/2012 If you are a regular reader, you know that I rarely learned about client service from observing what law firms were doing. I focused on what other service business leaders were doing. I write frequently about the service I...more
Don’t Overlook the Value of Visual Content by Joe Geisman on 5/17/2012 When developing and implementing a content marketing strategy, attorneys and firms should consider utilizing visual instruments together with text-based content. Such tools, when properly integrated and employed, can help...more
Meet Sophia and Jacob, J.D.S (2035) by John Hellerman on 5/17/2012 The Social Security Administration just released its most popular baby names of 2011—Sophia for girls, Jacob for boys—and it got HBC thinking: What will the legal profession look like when a baby Sophia or Jacob,...more
Legal Business Development: YOU Can Be More Interesting... Really! by Paula Black on 5/17/2012 Do you want to be more interesting? I am not talking about dazzling others with your brilliance... I am talking about being so fascinating that people WANT to listen. I think we could all use a dose of... interesting! Don't...more
New Study Says 3 of 4 Consumers Look for Lawyers Online by Law Firm Marketing Experts, The Rainmaker... on 5/16/2012 New research prepared for LexisNexis by The Research Intelligence Group shows that 76 percent of adult consumers looking for a lawyer used online resources at some point during the search process. If this surprises you, you...more
Client Development Lessons from South Dakota by Cordell Parvin LLC on 5/16/2012 Nancy has a bucket list of places she wants to visit and things she wants to do. We checked one item off her bucket list recently when we visited Mount Rushmore. If you ever visit South Dakota, I know you will be impressed...more
Lawyers Guide to Social Media by West LegalEd Center on 5/16/2012 The presentation below was discussed at the Social and Digital Media conference in New York in 2011 and compares social media sites and services to quickly discover optimal tactics for reaching buyers of legal services at the...more
The State of Women in the Legal Workplace and Advice for Young Female Lawyers—Victoria Pynchon [Video] by LXBN on 5/15/2012 Everyday, I look over countless posts on LXBN written by talented female lawyers at prominent AmLaw 200 firms. But as our guest on LXBN TV explains, the number of female lawyers in large law firms doesn’t tell the whole...more
Lesson for Lawyers: What You Say Online Can (And Will) Be Used Against You by Donald Scarinci on 5/15/2012 Lawyers continually warn their clients to be cautious about what they say on the internet and on social media sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter. Saying the wrong thing can harm a company’s reputation and even lead...more
How to Create a Preeminent Attorney Development Program by Cordell Parvin LLC on 5/15/2012 I was interviewed recently using Google + Chat. That was a first for me. I was asked why I left a lucrative and enjoyable law practice to work full time coaching, teaching and helping younger lawyers. The interviewer told me...more
Report Shows Bankruptcy Reforms Raised Costs For Consumers and Creditors [Video] by Bloomberg Law on 5/14/2012 May 14 (Bloomberg Law) -- Lois Lupica, professor of law at the University of Maine School of Law and Counsel at Thompson & Knight, talks with Bloomberg Law's Lee Pacchia about a recently released report showing how reforms...more
Study Finds Consumers' Appetite for Online Content Growing; How Attorneys Can Feed It to Generate Leads by Law Firm Marketing Experts, The Rainmaker... on 5/14/2012 Content marketing is a critical component of a comprehensive law firm marketing program, and there are many avenues you can use to spread your content to potential clients, including your website, blog, online directories...more