On March 24, Jay Harrington and I hosted a webinar in which we shared insights and advice about how lawyers and law firms can successfully market themselves during the COVID-19
The world in which we live in today is extraordinary, with mass layoffs happening each week.
When you lose your job due to circumstances that are out of your control, such as your company just cannot afford to keep you, it’s difficult to process, because it’s not that you did anything wrong.
The current pandemic has brought U.S. unemployment to an all-time high, and has put our economy and so many lives on hold.
Because the coronavirus happened so suddenly, it was a crushing blow for many who were unprepared and who live paycheck to paycheck. Those who are lucky to still have jobs are finding themselves dealing with salary cuts, no bonuses and sometimes reduced hours or furloughs. The employers that will emerge stronger are those that treated their employees with care and empathy.
The bright side is that you can emerge from these situations as a stronger, better version of your professional self and use this time to propel you to greater success and work situations that are a better fit for you.
The photos in my Facebook memories can be reminders of great times in the past or painful memories of people who disappointed or hurt me. Also given current conditions and
Despite the fact that most in-house counsel do not make their outside counsel hiring decisions based on directory rankings, they are still important as part of the overall mix of public information about law firms and the lawyers who work at them – especially with the power of Google searches.
I hope you will tune in to watch Legal Marketing Coffee Talk each day with me and Rob Kates. Every day we feature an interview with someone in the legal
This is a photo from from the 2012 Legal Marketing Association annual conference when my dear friend and mentor Wendy Bernero was inducted into the hall of fame.
Wendy is
Writing is my outlet – can you tell? It keeps me busy and less stressed. Helping others helps me.
That being said, here’s my latest JD Supra article on why
Maggie Watkins is the Senior Client Development Director at Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP, and she is based in California. She has a long history in the legal marketing industry,
Today’s Woman Who Wows is Robyn Addis, the Chief Operating Officer at Legal Internet Solutions Incorporated, and has a long career in operations and marketing. I met Robyn like I met so many others in this series, through our volunteer work for the Legal Marketing Association.
Learn more about her.
Law360 recently published an article of mine, “Don’t Be Social Media Distancing: LinkedIn Tips For Lawyers” that I wanted to highlight on the blog. These tips can be used by lawyers and other professionals for appropriate brand building and marketing during the coronavirus outbreak. I live in NYC, which has seen the most cases of COVID-19 in our country, and it is a very strange and sad place to be right now.
Here’s an excerpt of the article: