‘Tis the season for announcing your Chambers rankings! While it’s perfectly acceptable to share the good news about being ranked in Chambers, the way you convey this information can make a huge difference in how your audience perceives and engages with your announcement. To stand out and increase engagement, it’s essential to focus on your audience, provide value, be human and show versus tell. Most importantly, avoid sounding boastful. Instead, put your clients and audience at the center of your message.
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12 Secrets of Ranking in the Chambers Legal Guides
Chambers and Partners is the gold standard in legal rankings, evaluating and ranking law firms and lawyers worldwide. Its rigorous methodology includes independent research, client feedback and interviews with legal professionals. Achieving a Chambers ranking can significantly boost the visibility and reputation of a law firm and its lawyers, and attract high-caliber clients. However, securing and maintaining this prestigious recognition requires strategic effort and consistent excellence. Here are the secrets to achieving and sustaining that coveted ranking.…
11 Effective Strategies for Marketing a New Lateral Lawyer
When a lateral lawyer joins a new law firm, it presents a strategic opportunity to leverage their expertise for your marketing, public relations and business development efforts. This can be maximized through a variety of marketing strategies designed to highlight the new arrival’s skills and deepen client relationships. Given the time, effort and financial resources invested in recruiting a lateral lawyer, it’s crucial to maximize their arrival to ensure they are successful and well-integrated within the firm.
How Lawyers Can Become Go-To Sources for Journalists
Standing out in a sea of experts and becoming a go-to source for journalists can significantly elevate a lawyer’s profile and lead to new business. A strategic approach to media engagement can help you achieve this, turning the occasional press mention into regular appearances in media coverage. Here’s a step-by-step guide for how lawyers can make themselves indispensable to reporters covering the legal beat.…
How Lawyers Can Become a Go-To Source for Journalists
Standing out in a sea of experts and becoming a go-to source for journalists can significantly elevate your profile and lead to new business. A strategic approach to media engagement can help you achieve this, turning the occasional press mention into regular appearances in media coverage. Here’s a step-by-step guide to making yourself indispensable to reporters covering the legal beat.…
Boosting Legal Expertise: Simple Yet Effective Public Relations Strategies for Law Firms and Attorneys
Distinguishing your law firm from its competitors is paramount in a crowded market. Yet, amidst the myriad of marketing strategies and publicity tactics that firms and the legal marketers who…
10 Ways to Use Public Relations to Bolster Your Market Presence
Many law firms have realized the benefit of public relations to bolster their market presence and attract potential clients. However, with an array of platforms and techniques available, it can be daunting to pinpoint the most effective approaches.
This article delves into ten pragmatic PR and content strategies tailored for law firms, offering a roadmap to enhance visibility, foster credibility and ultimately drive growth. Whether you’re a seasoned law firm looking to revamp your PR approach or a start-up firm aiming to make a mark, these ideas are designed to propel you toward success.…
Reviving Overlooked Media Pitches: A Guide for Law Firms
With so much competition, it can be challenging for law firms to get their stories or expert opinions noticed by and covered in the media. With a flood of press releases, story pitches and news alerts they receive daily, how can your law firm ensure that its media pitches stand out from the rest and catch the attention of journalists?
If your pitches are consistently being ignored, it’s time to reimagine and refine your strategy. Here are three actionable strategies law firms can adopt to improve their media pitches.…
Why Lawyers Should Never Pay for Awards or Honors and Never List Those on Their Web Site
I’m honored/humbled/excited/thrilled to announce that I’ve been nominated for a “lawyer of distinction” award but there’s just one problem, I’m not a lawyer!
And this is exactly why I have…
What Legal Marketers Can Learn From Peloton’s Response to Mr. Big’s Death
And just like that, a PR nightmare turns into a genius marketing campaign and a viral ad…
(You probably already know what happened on the Sex and the City reboot, …