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Marketing Tech: Finding a Few More Minutes for Marketing and Business Development Image

Marketing Tech: Finding a Few More Minutes for Marketing and Business Development

Ari Kaplan

Years ago, when trying to improve some of my snacking habits, I stopped buying cookies, candy and savory chips. Magically (and perhaps obviously), I quickly found that I ate less junk food. In effort to find a few more minutes a day for marketing, I recently applied this same basic, but effective, technique to my time management and the results have been just as immediate.

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Online Marketing Practices Continue to Pose Regulatory Threats for the Financial Services Industry Image

Online Marketing Practices Continue to Pose Regulatory Threats for the Financial Services Industry

Craig Nazzaro, Brad Rustin & Elizabeth A. DeVos 

Last year, the FTC released a staff report on Cross-Device Tracking, which added to the FTC's efforts to regulate emerging issues in the ever-evolving area of online behavioral advertising. The advertising in question involves the collection of data from a particular computer or device regarding a user's Internet-viewing behavior over time and across non-affiliate websites. Cross-device tracking is the logical next step for this technology.

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<i>Leadership:</i> No Immunity: Sexual Harassment & the Legal Industry Image

<i>Leadership:</i> No Immunity: Sexual Harassment & the Legal Industry

John Hellerman

For members of a conservative industry that — literally — wrote the rulebook on sexual harassment, law firms need to be ready for a day of reckoning that seems inescapable (and may have already happened by the time this article is published).

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<i>Sales Speak:</i> Zombies, Stampeding Horses and the King of Prussia Image

<i>Sales Speak:</i> Zombies, Stampeding Horses and the King of Prussia

Allan Colman

<i><b>Business Development Leadership</i></b><p><i><b>Part One of a Two-Part Article</i></b><p>If you were hoping I would define leadership for you, I can't. What we will address includes zombies, stampeding horses, a former King of Prussia and how they fit in with the six primary elements of exceptional leadership.

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Online Marketing Practices Continue to Pose Regulatory Threats for the Financial Services Industry Image

Online Marketing Practices Continue to Pose Regulatory Threats for the Financial Services Industry

Craig Nazzaro, Brad Rustin & Elizabeth A. DeVos

Last year, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) released a staff report on Cross-Device Tracking, which added to the FTC's efforts to regulate emerging issues in the ever-evolving area of online behavioral advertising. The advertising in question involves the collection of data from a particular computer or device regarding a user's Internet-viewing behavior over time and across non-affiliate websites. Ostensibly, this technology obtains user preferences or interests. Cross-device tracking is the logical next step for this technology.

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Some Law Firm Leaders See Rosy 2018 Ahead

Miriam Rozen

When it comes to law firm business, not everyone is depressed about the slow growth that plagued many firms in 2017, and that's predicted to persist into the new year. Or at least they won't admit it.

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How to Build a Business Development Culture Image

How to Build a Business Development Culture

Robert N. Kohn

Law firms face all kinds of problems when they try to cultivate a business development culture. The guiding principle for overcoming these obstacles is to find strategies that lawyers can get excited about. People are more willing to be engaged in projects that are interesting and exciting. Here are ten tips for building a business development culture.

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Professional Development: The Quest for Work-Life Balance

Jennifer Bettencourt

<b><i>Designing Your Week</b></i><p>More than ever before, law firms are recognizing the importance of work-life balance for their employees, offering benefits such as flexible work schedules and working remotely. The acknowledgement itself is important, but unfortunately, it does not guarantee the balance we hope to achieve, especially for younger marketing and business development professionals looking to advance in their careers.

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Marketing Tech: SEO: Will It Actually Work for Your Firm? Image

Marketing Tech: SEO: Will It Actually Work for Your Firm?

Spencer X. Smith

Search engine optimization (SEO) is a great way to help drive traffic to your website, but is also a very misunderstood term. This article helps clarify what SEO really is, and if it will help with your business development activities.

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<i>Media & Communication</i>: How to 'Get Your Name Out There' Image

<i>Media & Communication</i>: How to 'Get Your Name Out There'

Nicholas Gaffney

Anyone who has so much as dabbled in marketing or consulted a PR firm has been told they “need to get their name out there.” But it's not that simple. It's not just getting your name out there that will reap results — it's getting your name out there in the right places.

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