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Media & Communications Corner <b>Media Relations: A Look Back and A Look Forward</b>

BY Liz Lindley
December 07, 2004

It continues to be a great pleasure for the media relations professionals at Jaffe Associates to contribute our viewpoints on the publicity issues and trends that all of you face each day. Since becoming regular columnists for Marketing the Law Firm, we have covered a number of topics that we hope have been educational and even inspirational. Here, we take a look back at these columns and tell you some of next year's topics.

February: How does an attorney get the firm's name into a print or TV piece? We noted that the sheer length of a law firm's name makes it an easy target for the cutting-room floor or the editing wastebasket. Short of looking like a pro golfer and blatantly wearing your firm's name on your tie or jacket, or even painting it on your forehead, what options are available? There are some things that one can do in this competitive legal environment to get your firm's name mentioned, but you are going to have to work for every mention you can get.

April: The large wire services definitely have their place in the world of media relations. They are great for public companies that have to meet SEC disclosure rules. They can send one release that hits all the media points to satisfy the SEC and keep them out of hot water with their shareholders. But we are law firms. So, when you need to reach a targeted group of legal and business journalists with your firm's news announcement, consider a niche wire service, such as www.JLNS.com.

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