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Why Accountability in Law Firms Is So Challenging

Marcie Borgal Shunk

In an era of "what's in it for me," leaders seeking to ensure the long-term well-being of the firm and its talent often find change initiatives especially challenging.

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Digital Dive: The Not-Doing List: Focusing Your Strategic Marketing Plan Image

Digital Dive: The Not-Doing List: Focusing Your Strategic Marketing Plan

ssalkin

Sometimes, we over-engineer solutions. And most often, we don't need to.

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How Law Firms Are Overcoming New Business Development Challenges

Julie Savarino

With the intense competition for new legal work, demands on lawyers' available time and the increasing discounts clients demand, it's getting harder for law firms operating under a billable-hour business model to support the consistent development of new legal work by investing in and maintaining a marketing department alone.

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Competitive Intelligence: Identifying Business Indicators That Lead to Legal Needs

Stacy Zinken

It's not enough these days to simply react to clients, the best attorneys are those who can anticipate a legal need before it happens and be proactive in reaching out to clients. To be first to a client, lawyers need a keen understanding of how business indicators connect to legal needs and have a strategy to track and analyze the path as it unfolds.

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Leadership in Law: Getting a Seat at the Table

Peter A. Johnson

How Law Firm Marketers Can Assume a Leadership Role The marketing director needs to gain "a seat at the table" in order to have a voice in planning, and to be viewed as an integral member of the firm's management team. How do you go about earning that seat?

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Marketing Tech: 5 Challenges Facing Firms Trying to Boost Marketing With Tech

Frank Ready

Firms are embracing new technologies to help drive marketing efforts and reach new audiences, but doing so may require some uncomfortable changes to the ways that attorneys have traditionally thought about building their brands.

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Digital Dive: Data-Driven Marketing for Law Firms — Metrics for Success Image

Digital Dive: Data-Driven Marketing for Law Firms — Metrics for Success

Amanda Sexton

The best way to make the most of your initiatives? Track them, and adjust according to the data. But that's easier said than done

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Reimagining Business Development Training and Coaching

Debra Baker

Six Pillars of a Successful Bus-Dev Program For firms wanting to thrive through the next economic downturn and beyond, mastery of business development fundamentals is as essential as mastering legal skills. Yet training and coaching — whether done internally or through outside consultants — requires an investment in time and resources.

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Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word, Even When It's the Right One Image

Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word, Even When It's the Right One

Carlos Arcos

In this era of social media and a 24-hour news cycle, each day seems to bring a fresh story of PR missteps, whether it be a brand, organization or high-profile individual. Although you may feel you've read enough about these latest public relations nightmares, one area on which you might want to focus is the importance of an apology.

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10 Top Strategies for Retaining Tomorrow's Talent

Sharon Meit Abrahams

All lawyers want to be wanted and valued by their firms. It has become apparent that tomorrow's legal talent requires even more hand-holding than previous generations because the "just do it" attitude, does not work. They want to understand why and what's the payoff of their efforts. By creating a firm culture that addresses these concerns you will heighten your firm's ability to retain precious talent.

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