Lawyers are more familiar with using ghostwriters than they realize.
Sometimes, a lawyer will tell me, “Gee, I would never outsource or delegate my writing of a blog post or a bylined article.”
When I hear a lawyer say...more
What better way to show your clients and referrals sources that you are an authority regarding the area of law you practice or the industry you serve than to share your thoughts looking back at the previous year and looking...more
Consistent, prolific content creation can provide lawyers more—and better—opportunities to build their prominence and their books of business than speaking at industry events can....more
12/7/2022
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Young Lawyers
Unless their local jurisdiction says otherwise, a lawyer’s ghostwritten marketing content is likely to pass ethical muster if they are involved in the drafting process....more
11/29/2022
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Ethics ,
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Legal Ethics ,
Marketing ,
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State Bar Associations ,
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Writers
Are you and your law firm running conflicts checks on your and your colleagues’ thought-leadership marketing content? Yes, really, I am talking about running conflicts checks on your and your colleagues’ blog posts, bylined...more
10/31/2022
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Professional Networking ,
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Strategic Planning ,
Thought Leadership
Contrary to what many lawyers and in-house legal marketers believe, thought leadership is a process, not a product. A process-driven thought leadership program is a successful thought leadership program....more
10/25/2022
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If you are not calibrating the thought-leadership marketing and business development content you publish and put out into the world, you’re making a mistake.
If you are not calibrating your content, you are just...more
Like baking a cake and decorating it, writing and editing are two separate but complementary steps that must both be mastered to win the competition for your audience’s attention and affinity. ...more
In this episode of the Legally Contented Podcast, Wayne Pollock, the founder of the Law Firm Editorial Service, interviews Scott Becker, a partner in the healthcare department at McGuireWoods and the founder and publisher of...more
Today, thought-leadership marketing and business development content is as important a credential for lawyers as where they went to school and the awards they’ve won....more
Use your conversations and your matters as inspiration for your legal thought-leadership marketing and business development content....more
Original research can be the cornerstone of a thought-leadership program that propels a law firm miles ahead of its peer and competitor firms.
I’m always surprised when I look at the websites of Am Law 200 law firms and...more
When using the right kind of jargon, lawyers can build bonds with their current and prospective clients through thought-leadership content.
There comes a time in your life when you learn that certain rules can be broken —...more
Law firms can easily and markedly stand out from their competition by creating and distributing multimedia client alerts.
For law firms, it’s time to give the good old trusty client alert an upgrade....more
In this episode, Wayne Pollock, the founder of the Law Firm Editorial Service, interviews Richard Meneghello, Chief Content Officer of Fisher Phillips.
As the first Chief Content Officer in Fisher Phillips' history, Rich...more
You can build your authority and show thought leadership through content you curate for your clients and referral sources, not just content you create yourself....more
Content can do more for your law firm than just marketing. It can level up your recruiting efforts.
It is a great time to be an in-demand attorney. But not so much for those law firms recruiting—or trying to...more
8/10/2022
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Young Lawyers
Know when enough is enough when it comes to the length of your and your law firm’s marketing and business development content...more
Your special sauce consists of more than the knowledge and wisdom you will display in your thought-leadership marketing and business development content....more
Law firm blogs that haven’t been updated in weeks, months, or years are doing more harm than good. Law firms should keep them fresh — or kill them off....more
A thought leadership program centered around your law firm’s executives can make your firm shine in the eyes of clients and potential hires.
When we think about thought leadership at law firms, we almost always think about...more
If you want to craft engaging written content, you’ve got to write it in a way that flows and makes it easy for your readers to consume and digest it....more
“Gone with the Wind,” originally released in movie theaters in 1939, is the highest-grossing film of all time. The movie raked in approximately $8.4 billion worldwide (in 2022 dollars) at the box office. It is a beloved...more
Use this two-pronged approach to go both fast AND deep with your law firm’s client alerts....more
In this episode of Legally Contented, Wayne Pollock, the founder of the Law Firm Editorial Service, interviews Christopher Ruhland, a former Big Law litigation partner who founded Apollo Dispute Resolution.
Chris and Wayne...more