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Julie Mortimer of Mills & Reeve on The Right Way to Kickstart Your CRM Strategy - Passle's CMO Series Podcast EP176
You should be talking about philosophies—not just tactics—in your thought leadership
Future-Ready – Equipping MBD Teams to Navigate and Leverage Emerging Technologies
How to Rank in the Age of AI Search: On Record PR
Six ways your thought leadership can help you land speaking opportunities
CMO Series Live Special: The AI Revolution and What it Means for CMOs
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Richard Meneghello of Fisher Phillips on How Smart Content Can Set Your Firm Apart - Passle's CMO Series EP175
The four reasons why, with thought leadership, the best ability is availability
Jason Levin of Ready, Set, Launch on The Key to Cross-Selling: Building Real Human Connection - Passle's CMO Series EP174
Industry jargon is your clients' and referral sources' love language
From Dashboards to Data-Driven Decisions – The Evolving Role of Technology in Legal Marketing & BD
Are you using thought leadership as "after hours" client advocacy?
(Podcast) The Briefing: When a TikTok Costs You $150,000 - Copyright Pitfalls in Influencer Marketing
The Briefing: When a TikTok Costs You $150,000 - Copyright Pitfalls in Influencer Marketing
Nicholas Barrows of Trowers & Hamlins on Blending AI with Human Creativity to Drive Deeper Client Connections - Passle's CMO Series EP172
(Podcast) The Briefing: Influencer Fail – ALO Yoga & Influencers Named in $150M Class Action Lawsuit for FTC Violations
If your firm’s digital presence is lackluster or underperforming, it’s actively sabotaging your bottom line. While you’re focusing on billable hours and client development, a silent revenue killer is systematically draining...more
Integrating lateral partners into a law firm is a multifaceted process that goes far beyond onboarding logistics. It requires strategic planning, cultural alignment, and—most critically—collaboration across departments. Among...more
Marketing and business development teams are essential to a law firm’s growth and success; however, these teams are often stretched thin, balancing a wide range of tasks from managing marketing operations and communications...more
Instead of shouting about the large settlements and verdicts in their cases, plaintiffs’ firms can craft thought leadership regarding those results to build referral relationships, get more cases, and recruit top talent. ...more
Content has become a powerful driver of visibility and growth in the legal industry. But with so many approaches to creating and delivering content, how can firms foster a culture that not only encourages contribution but...more
The most dangerous assumption in legal business development is that referred clients bypass digital scrutiny. New data from 9Sail’s forthcoming Am Law 200 Digital Visibility Report reveals a stark reality: 56% of law firm...more
Cross-selling is becoming an essential part of how law firms can boost their revenue and create long-lasting relationships with their clients. Yet, CMOs and BD leaders have recognized that their lawyers are struggling to...more
In this video, Wayne Pollock (Founder of Copo Strategies and the Law Firm Editorial Service) explains the benefits of lawyers using thought leadership as "after hours" client advocacy. == Learn more about Wayne Pollock:...more
In this video, Wayne Pollock (Founder of Copo Strategies and the Law Firm Editorial Service) explains why lawyers, when mapping out their thought leadership strategy, should focus on the angles they take in their thought...more
Thought leadership is a cornerstone of content marketing in professional services; it showcases your firm’s expertise and strengthens client relationships. The real challenge is uniting lawyers on one platform to centralise...more
It’s tempting for attorneys to think they need not cover, through thought leadership, legal, business, or geopolitical developments other attorneys are covering. But if they don’t, they’re missing out on eight key benefits to...more
Lawyers are trained to build cases. They think in precedent, construct arguments, track hours, and quantify value through output. In contrast, Marketing and Business Development (MBD) professionals often operate on intuition,...more
Because cross-selling, or cross-serving as some prefer to call it, can be a challenging endeavor in many law firms, and given James Barclay’s friendship, I didn’t want to miss his session at our recent Legal Marketing...more
The In-House Counsel Panel at the 2025 Legal Marketing Association (LMA) Annual Conference offered something that our conference attendees always find valuable: unfiltered client insights....more
Heather E. McGowan, a globally recognized future-of-work strategist and best-selling author, delivered a keynote that brought equal parts clarity, urgency, and inspiration to attendees of the Legal Marketing...more
In this video, Wayne Pollock (Founder of Copo Strategies and the Law Firm Editorial Service) explains what the demise of 2,886 newspapers since 2005 can teach law firms about their own thought leadership efforts. For more...more
In this video, Wayne Pollock (Founder of Copo Strategies and the Law Firm Editorial Service) explains how thought leadership can be a proactive—and effective—crisis management tool for lawyers and law firms who are prolific...more
For many attorneys, marketing carries an unshakable association with desperation. “Good lawyers don’t need to advertise,” goes the thinking. “The work speaks for itself.”...more
In this video, Wayne Pollock (Founder of Copo Strategies and the Law Firm Editorial Service) explains why law firms and their new lateral partners and lateral practice groups should employ a Thought Leadership Blitz to...more
Mine your law firm’s awards submissions for thought leadership topic gold- Many law firms spend obscene amounts of time, energy, and money each year crafting awards submissions for Chambers, Legal 500, Law360, ALM/Law.com,...more
I was an early adopter of virtual networking. As an introvert and remote worker, for me, the ability to connect from my computer from wherever I am has a variety of benefits and always will – I know that I’m not alone in...more
With great apologies to Tolstoy, all dysfunctional law firm brands are dysfunctional in their own ways. Maybe it’s the way that a Miami office gets tacked onto a Montana firm because two of the lawyers were friends....more
An interview with Derek Zaba, Partner at Sidley by Richard Hsu...more
Thought leadership content focused on your predictions for the New Year can be highly effective at positioning you favorably in the eyes of your target audience — if you avoid making these four mistakes when you create it. ...more
Thought leadership content focused on your clients’ issues can be a more effective tool than thought leadership content focused on timely legal developments. Most law firms’ thought leadership strategy is driven by...more