It can be really difficult to invest in marketing today for what feels like an unknown payoff in the future. Many professionals think that by being "out there' in the marketplace with a stellar reputation, clients will seek them out in droves. Consider for a moment a...
Like most professional firms, you have limited resources for marketing. Therefore, your marketing efforts need to be both effective and efficient. Here’s one idea. Let’s say your potential customer base is small and medium-sized businesses (SME’s). You can initially...
By Terrie S. Wheeler, MBC I can finally report that nearly every lawyer I talk to today has a LinkedIn profile. This is great news considering most lawyers fell squarely into the “late adopter” category when LinkedIn reared its head in 2007. After seeing it wasn’t a...
5 More Questions to Consider Before Hiring a Marketing Firm (Part II) You can view the first part of this blog post here. You know better than to jump into a working relationship with a blind eye. As a discerning professional, you qualify everyone—from clients to...
5 Questions to Consider Before Hiring a Marketing Firm (Part I) Read Thinking About Hiring a Marketing Firm? Part II here. You know better than to jump into a working relationship with a blind eye. As a discerning professional, you qualify everyone—from clients to...
By Terrie S. Wheeler View Terrie's April 2016 webinar-on-demand, "You Are the CEO of Your Practice: Now Think Like an Entrepreneur," here. Whether you are a lawyer in a large law firm or the managing partner of a smaller firm, one thing is clear: there are lessons to...
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know about Facebook. Over one billion people are active on Facebook (compare that to only 100 million people using Instagram). While marketers often consider LinkedIn the “more professional” version of Facebook, they are two...
As more and more lawyers are jumping into the Web-based digital video movement, being the star of ones’ own video shoot can spark fear into the hearts of even the most fearless lawyers. Consider the statistics: One of the top four online marketing strategies for 2016...
As a professional, it can be challenging to balance servicing clients with consistently marketing for new clients. It seems to be a challenge that all professionals face. When you have time to market, you often don't know where to focus your efforts. In my experience,...
During the holiday season, the flow of new business can often slow down for professional service firms. So we thought we’d take this opportunity to share with you some simple ideas on how you can continue to generate new business during this time of year. Just...
Marketing can be a walk in the park if you take the time to identify your strengths and learn how to leverage their powers. Everyone Can Market. You have your own unique talents and strengths, so our goal is to help you understand how to make them work for you as you...
By Terrie S. Wheeler, MBC What Should Happen? The best marketing mentorship results do not always emanate from a planned, systematic formal marketing mentorship program. Rather, a marketing mentorship must be organically grown based upon mutual agreement that...