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Client events have long been a staple of business development, but let’s face it—not every event hits the mark. You might pull together a fancy venue with great food and drinks, but is that enough to build real business connections? For firms looking to strengthen relationships, boost engagement, and ultimately drive revenue, you need more than just a good setting. To truly make an impact, your events should focus on exclusivity, delivering real value, and providing strategic networking opportunities that lead to meaningful conversations and business growth. Here’s how you can level up your client events and turn them into serious business development engines with a clear return on investment (ROI).…

Creating compelling social media posts about your company’s or your involvement in a conference can greatly enhance networking, branding and business development opportunities. A well-crafted post not only highlights your company’s active participation in industry events but also positions you and your organization as a key player eager to engage with peers and thought leaders. Whether attending a conference or an event as an attendee, a sponsor or a speaker, each role offers unique opportunities to elevate your visibility and establish meaningful connections. Here’s how.

As lawyers, public speaking is often a significant part of the job, especially when sharing expertise at conferences, webinars and seminars. But why stop at the presentation you spent hours researching and creating? Every speaking engagement is an opportunity to elevate your personal brand and your firm’s presence in your industry. Here’s a roadmap on how to repurpose your legal presentations into dynamic marketing materials.…

Why Lawyers Should Speak at Conferences

In the legal profession, knowledge and expertise are highly valued assets. And in an increasingly competitive market, lawyers must find effective ways to establish themselves as thought leaders and trusted advisors, while staying top of mind with the people who can hire and refer work to them.

One powerful avenue for achieving this is by speaking at conferences and webinars. Speaking engagements provide lawyers with a platform to share their insights, demonstrate their expertise and build valuable connections within the legal community.

Here are six reasons why lawyers should say yes to speaking at conferences and webinars.…

Swag items

This morning, I went to use a pen that I got at a conference from a law firm service provider. It’s my favorite pen. It writes perfectly, it never leaks, it has the perfect consistency and it is a bright color, so I can always find it in my purse. It also still works two years after I received it.

On the flip side, I have another pen, from a top 10 Am Law ranked law firm that ran out of ink the second time I used it. It’s flimsy and plastic. I was surprised that a firm of this caliber would give out these pens to their clients, recruits and prospects.

It’s incredibly important that each touchpoint your target audience has with your brand is truly reflective of your brand.

That means even the pens you hand out at a conference, the coffee you serve, the way the bathrooms look and the tidiness of the reception areas (including ensuring the plants in the reception area are healthy looking) need to be well thought out.

The type of swag (or promotional items or “tchotchkes” as I prefer to call them) you choose to represent your company is much more important than you may think. It’s part of your outward facing brand and can be an easy way to gain positive visibility for your organization.

As we return to in-person networking and conferences, it’s a good time to think more strategically about the kind of swag items your company is using.

Company swag is the abbreviation of “Stuff We All Get.” It is free stuff and giveaways that employers give out to their current employees, alumni, recruits and clients.

As with so many things in marketing, one size doesn’t fit all, so it’s important to have multiple promotional pieces from which you can choose. Many firms keep closets full of promotional items and have an online catalog to make it easy for employees to choose items when they need them.

It should go without saying that your company branding should appear on every promotional piece.

So, how do you choose awesome company swag that your clients and other target audiences actually want?

Your work is just beginning if you smartly choose to use every webinar and conference you attend as a way to bolster your brand and expand your professional network.
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