You should be talking about philosophies—not just tactics—in your thought leadership
CMO Series Live Special: The AI Revolution and What it Means for CMOs
What Law Firm Clients Really Want: Relationships, Reputation, and Responsiveness - On Record PR
Redefining Value: What Today’s Legal Buyers Want - On Record PR
Ian Ribald of Ballard Spahr on Taking a Holistic Approach to Client Development in Legal Marketing - Passle's CMO Series Podcast EP169
Paul Askew of Withersworldwide on Why Legal Marketing Needs to Get Personal - Passle's CMO Series Podcast EP149
Maggie Watkins on Leveraging Client Feedback: Lessons From Outside The Legal Industry - Passle's CMO Series Podcast
Taking Control of Your Practice by Setting Boundaries | Kiele Linroth Pace | Texas Appellate Law Podcast
Michelle Murray on Key Client Programs: What Your Firm Needs to Know - Passle's CMO Series Podcast
Podcast Episode 175: The Importance of Being More Thoughtful, Empathetic, and Following the Platinum Rule in Business
Susan Hollender of Michael Best on legal products and the role of the Chief Growth Officer - Passle's CMO Series Podcast
Bob Robertson of Jackson Lewis on the dimensions of client service and the role of marketing - Passle's CMO Series Podcast
Dave Southern on driving legal BD with client-based collaboration - Passle's CMO Series Podcast
Paula Zirinsky of Structura Strategy Group on clients, romance, and where law firms can up their engagement game - Passle's CMO Series Podcast
Angela Quinn of Husch Blackwell on aligning your firm around the client experience - Passle CMO Series Podcast
[EP. 54] Lawyers, You Might Be Surprised How Your Clients Choose You
Lawyers, These Are Critical Skills To Have When You Are Meeting With Potential Clients
[LEGAL MARKETING MOMENTS] Is It Time To Bundle Your Services and Your Pricing?
[EP. 50] How Soon Should You Contact A Potential Client?
[EP. 51] Lawyers and Legal Marketers, Here Is A Webinar and Virtual Event Checklist For You
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In this video, Wayne Pollock (Founder of Copo Strategies and the Law Firm Editorial Service) explains the benefits of attorneys talking in their thought leadership about their philosophies regarding solving clients' legal and...more
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An Accounting business based in Perth, Australia is taking on a lot of new Clients. That’s good… but they weren’t doing a great job of onboarding these new Clients. So they revisited and documented processes related to...more
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Elise, a partner in a Midwest-based global litigation firm, seemed somewhat desperate when I spoke with her. In the past five months she lost two significant clients. Billings for these clients averaged $2 million to $2.5...more
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To implement your practice group vision, you need a good plan. In Part 1 of this three-part series, we proposed an approach to help practice groups implement sound practice plans. The components included management feedback,...more
Remember when “client team” referred to just the attorney’s billing to a particular client? With flat demand for legal services now and for the foreseeable future, law firms are in a race to increase market share with their...more
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In our COVID-19 Recovery Playbook, we provided our thinking for firm leadership on how to manage through the current crisis. In this four-part continuation of that work, we examine where and how the industry may be shaped by...more