Law Firm Marketing and Business Development

Part One of a Two-Part Article

The two major challenges now facing lawyer management in many mid-size firms are: 1) how to motivate the non-entrepreneurial attorneys to achieve and to perform; and 2) how to retain the "over-achiever" attorneys so they will remain with the firm.

The Future State of the E-Discovery Job Market Will Be Cloud and Contract Staffing

Part Three of a Three-Part Article

If the history of e-discovery is the future of cybersecurity, then what should one expect for the future of e-discovery? How long will the current period of consolidation continue? What will be the next chapter in e-discovery's never-ending reinvention? How closely will the next 10 years of cybersecurity job trends mirror e-discovery's past?

If you are currently working with marketing vendors or are in the process of retaining one in the areas of branding/advertising, public relations, business development, social media, blogs, website/graphic design, SEO, events or any number of other functions, it is critical you understand how to maximize this invaluable resource.

While many legal professionals have joined LinkedIn, few use it to its maximum benefit. In this article, the authors provides some tips that will help lawyers transform LinkedIn into the powerful business networking tool it was built to be.

Here is how to effectively network with the reporters who will be serving as moderators at an industry group conference, as well as the panelists and leaders of the industry membership organization sponsoring the programs.

Which approach to business development — the old-fashioned personal touch or the electronically connected — is more effective at capturing the attention and legal business of potential clients? The answer is both.

How to Close the 'Knowing-Doing Gap'

While many lawyers have well-honed analytical capabilities, these capabilities are most frequently used to interpret law — e.g., how a particular fact fits into the context of a precedent, statute or contract term — rather than to drive a business forward. Here are five tips to help solve the problem.

Here are a few of the issues faced by many of the current batch of bad law firm videos--and how to solve them.