Are you using thought leadership as "after hours" client advocacy?
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Consider angles when mapping out your thought leadership strategy, not just topics
Early Returns Podcast - Oliver Roberts: AI and the Law, and an Education
Here are 4 under-the-radar sources of thought leadership inspiration at conferences
What Law Firm Clients Really Want: Relationships, Reputation, and Responsiveness - On Record PR
The lesson 2,886 newspapers can teach law firms about thought leadership
Redefining Value: What Today’s Legal Buyers Want - On Record PR
There Is No Right Path
You're going to want your thought leadership to pack this 1-2-3 punch if you want it to be read
When DE&I Are Under Attack: On Record PR
When Law Firms Become Political Targets: On Record PR
This is what makes timely thought leadership so magical
Hsu Untied interview with Sid Fohrman, Partner at Paul Hastings
This is the smartest $250 you’ll ever invest in your marketing
Terra Davis of Knobbe Martens on Fostering Psychological Safety, Inclusion and Belonging - CMO Series REPRESENTS Podcast
The Weight of Your Word: The High Stakes of Public Statements - On Record PR
Joe Palermo and Greg Fleischmann on The Evolving Role of Marketing: What CMOs Need to Know in 2025 - Passle's CMO Series Podcast EP168
All Modesty Aside for Just a Moment
Kim Lansdown of Fladgate on How Legal Marketers Can Use Advertising to Build Stronger Brands - Passle's CMO Series EP167
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Thought leadership can help assure your clients that your law firm was—and still is—the right choice. I often say that thought leadership is a Swiss Army Knife. It can provide marketing benefits, business development...more
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If you think your content is only competing with your competitors’ content for your clients’ and referral sources’ attention, you don’t understand the game. Lawyers and law firms often forget that their content, including...more
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When lawyers and law firms decide that they are going to advertise, many struggle with whom to target their advertising efforts? Do they target their advertising to other professionals? In other words, do they advertise to...more
From left: Alycia Sutor, Jim Durham, Mark Greene, Adam Stock [I love these people] At #SMMW18 with Jen Lehner This year, I spent some time with my mostly online (now offline, too) friend, Jen Lehner, of Jen Lehner Media, LLC....more
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