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Our Gift to You: The 2020 Marketing Planner

Our Gift to You: The 2020 Marketing Planner

Find Marketing Motivation for 2020 Do you have your 2020 Marketing Plan in place yet?  If not, fear not. In fact, it’s a great time of year to focus on your business growth goals! Our 2020 Marketing Plan is for You Are you a business owner or a contractor?  Maybe you...

Virtual Marketing Model Leads to Work-Life Balance

Virtual Marketing Model Leads to Work-Life Balance

PSM Marketing: Thought Leaders on Work-Life Balance in Minnesota Since the 90s Since its inception over 20 years ago, PSM Marketing has been a virtual marketing firm. Early on, PSM allowed for flexible work hours, remote working, video conferencing, and overall...

Infographic Tips and Tricks

Infographic Tips and Tricks

Can Infographics Help Your Firm's Content? After working on a few projects with infographic use, I have come to the realization that there are dos and don’ts when designing an infographic for your firm. As the intern for PSM, I was given a large amount of freedom when...

5 Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Small Business Website

5 Spring Cleaning Tips for Your Small Business Website

Spring is in the air in Minnesota…at least it was until this wonderful mid-April snow storm. I’m optimistic, however, that the snow will quickly melt and true spring will emerge! You’ve probably spent some time sorting through your spring wardrobe, deep-cleaning your...

Planning for Your Retirement: Ride into the Sunset or Sell?

Planning for Your Retirement: Ride into the Sunset or Sell?

Small firms and solo practitioners often find themselves decades into their lucrative legal career with no clear successor. After creating a respectable and decorated reputation for their firm, many are left asking themselves what’s next for the practice once their...

Low-Cost, High-Impact Strategies to Increase Your Name Recognition

Low-Cost, High-Impact Strategies to Increase Your Name Recognition

Against their best interest, some lawyers and professional service providers would prefer to avoid marketing altogether. Unfortunately for these individuals, marketing is key to sustaining a practice or a small business. In an article for The American Bar Association,...

How Narrowing Your Niche Focus Can Expand Your Bottom Line

How Narrowing Your Niche Focus Can Expand Your Bottom Line

In a culture that celebrates doing all the things, the idea of focusing on a niche might seem counterintuitive or even a little crazy. I mean, won't limiting your client base squash your firm's growth potential? The truth is, concentrating on a specific niche, or...

Right Marketing Coaching Can Guide You Towards Success

Right Marketing Coaching Can Guide You Towards Success

Marketing is an aptitude they seldom teach in school. This is unfortunate because, especially from the perspective of a business, marketing is a necessary skill. Even if you're doing the job right, if you’re not marketing your services well enough your business will...

The Genesis Framework: Why It Rocks

The Genesis Framework: Why It Rocks

Developers build websites using intricate code structures called frameworks. I know what you’re thinking…green code cascading down your screen Matrix-style. Unfortunately, it’s not that cool. A framework is just a bunch of code that looks something like this: Once a...

The Evolution of Marketing for Solos and Small Firms

The Evolution of Marketing for Solos and Small Firms

With the growing use of technology and mobile devices, marketing has changed forever. Most Americans spend hours on their computers and other electronic devices every single day. Our technology-centric society means there is more opportunity to reach potential clients...

How to Boost Your SEO Without Breaking The Bank

How to Boost Your SEO Without Breaking The Bank

It is a trend to invest in SEO today. Search Engine Optimization deserves to be called a necessity in this digital age. According to an interesting statistic, 91 percent of searchers do not go beyond the first page of any search engine. So, if your business isn't...

If Websites Were First Dates

If Websites Were First Dates

If websites were first dates, many of you would be in trouble. Between grungy appearances, poor planning skills, and shallow talking points, many websites share the undesirable traits of first-date horror stories. Is it possible your website fits that description?...

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