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...
How to Cope (and NOT put Marketing on the Back Burner) As a successful attorney, you may sometimes be busier than you’d prefer to be. In your busiest moments, it’s tempting to reevaluate your schedule and look for ways to cut back on your time commitments. In many...
Many small firms and solo practitioners have a good understanding of marketing and how it affects their business. If you don’t have an expansive marketing department like a large firm would, you’ve likely had to educate yourself and make smart decisions about which...
Let’s face it, attorneys are a driven bunch, and that can sometimes mean the grass always seems greener on the other side. As new opportunities for growth present themselves, whether that may be a chance to go in-house with a client, to join a well-known, reputable...
Each year, an influx of bright-eyed new attorneys joins the workforce. Even so, the percentage of female attorneys remains disproportionate. In addition, thousands of women attorneys leave their firms or the field entirely, further widening the gap. These women are...
As 2018 comes to a close, many solo practitioners and small professional services firms are taking some time to reflect on the year’s triumphs and struggles. If you’ve been doing the same, don’t forget to include your marketing efforts for the year in these...
If you are a solo practitioner or work with a small team at your professional services firm, you probably understand the struggle of trying to balance your legal duties with your firm’s marketing plan. Staying accessible and relevant to potential clients requires...
As a solo practitioner, you may sometimes get a little lonely or feel isolated from others in your profession. When you don’t have other attorneys at your firm to bounce ideas off of, it’s easy to feel stagnant in your marketing and networking efforts. Even when...
Most lawyers pressure themselves to always strive for success; their choice of career makes that clear. If you are the type of person who undergoes years of schooling, stressful tests, and a high-stakes career just to help others, you’re probably quite a go-getter....
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,...
When you are trying to maintain and even increase your success as a lawyer, word-of-mouth referrals are unquestionably important. While you may interact with your referrals directly through your sales efforts, marketing is also extremely important in the referral...
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...