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Some Law Firm Leaders See Rosy 2018 Ahead

Miriam Rozen

When it comes to law firm business, not everyone is depressed about the slow growth that plagued many firms in 2017, and that's predicted to persist into the new year. Or at least they won't admit it.

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How to Build a Business Development Culture

Robert N. Kohn

Law firms face all kinds of problems when they try to cultivate a business development culture. The guiding principle for overcoming these obstacles is to find strategies that lawyers can get excited about. People are more willing to be engaged in projects that are interesting and exciting. Here are ten tips for building a business development culture.

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Professional Development: The Quest for Work-Life Balance

Jennifer Bettencourt

<b><i>Designing Your Week</b></i><p>More than ever before, law firms are recognizing the importance of work-life balance for their employees, offering benefits such as flexible work schedules and working remotely. The acknowledgement itself is important, but unfortunately, it does not guarantee the balance we hope to achieve, especially for younger marketing and business development professionals looking to advance in their careers.

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Marketing Tech: SEO: Will It Actually Work for Your Firm?

Spencer X. Smith

Search engine optimization (SEO) is a great way to help drive traffic to your website, but is also a very misunderstood term. This article helps clarify what SEO really is, and if it will help with your business development activities.

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<i>Media & Communication</i>: How to 'Get Your Name Out There'

Nicholas Gaffney

Anyone who has so much as dabbled in marketing or consulted a PR firm has been told they “need to get their name out there.” But it's not that simple. It's not just getting your name out there that will reap results — it's getting your name out there in the right places.

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Video Marketing Will Soon Be Essential

Aly Lynch

As marketing executives, we know our firms ought to be doing video marketing. We understand that video allows us to connect with audiences in ways that the written word never will. If your firm has not yet joined the video marketing revolution, there is still plenty of room on the bandwagon. In fact, many of the country's largest firms still have no online video presence. It's time to take advantage of this increasingly essential marketing tool.

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<i>Legal Tech:</i>What an Attorney Can Learn from Legal Tech Marketing Professionals

Jonathan Friedland

Some key takeaways and hot topics that should be on the radar of lawyers from the Legal Marketing Association's Legal Marketing Technology Conference in Chicago.

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From Your Editor: Happy New Year, 2018!

Kimberly Rice

Editor-in-Chief Kimberly Rice shares some thoughts on the direction of legal services in the U.S., and the role as strategically-minded legal marketing executives who strive to help shape the success of their lawyer clients to think outside their comfort zones of hourly billing and high compensation packages.

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<b><i>Leadership:</i></b> Nurturing Thought Leaders

Stephan Hovnanian

When your target audience has an opportunity to connect with the thoughts and expertise of a team member, there's a stronger bond of trust than if that same audience were reading a press release. Here's how to make that happen.

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2018: What Last Year's Trends Can Mean for Big Law Image

2018: What Last Year's Trends Can Mean for Big Law

Scott Flaherty, Chris Johnson, Meghan Tribe, Roy Strom, Miriam Rozen & Lizzy McLellan

With the new year upon us, law firms have just been through the typical year-end crush of collections, budgeting, compensation decisions and more. The authors recently took a look at 2017's hottest trends, and explored what we could expect from them in 2018.

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