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REPORT: Associate billing rates increase more than partner rates. It also reveals how cross-selling lets firms charge a premium.

Analysis of a new report on $19.6 billion of approved legal department invoices reveals to maximize firm profits partners should…

8 years ago

Consider How Scott’s Uses Baseball When Your Firm Sponsors or Donates

The business case for sponsorships and charitable donations in an employer's local community is well documented:  it increases brand awareness…

8 years ago

3 Tenets of a Good Law Firm Coaching Program

Originally, coaches were hired to help fix the acerbic behavior of rainmakers who caused heavily-recruited and talented younger lawyers to…

8 years ago

LANDMARK SURVEY: Ratings affect most lawyers when hiring or making a referral to another lawyer

The endless debate about whether superlative ratings affect lawyers in private practice when making a referral to or hiring another…

8 years ago

SURVEYS: Marketing spending down, staffing and personal effort up

Local and regional corporate, transactional and defense firms are hiring full-time in-house marketers while reducing their firm's out-of-pocket marketing expenses…

8 years ago

“It’s the most wonderful time of the year…”

Tis' the season for law firms to begin the debate of holiday cards and gifts.  Who gets what?   How much…

8 years ago

What You Do After Making A Referral Is As Important As The Referral Itself

What occurs after you refer a matter to another lawyer or professional is as important as making the referral.  The…

9 years ago

Listing all of your lawyers on the letterhead makes the wrong impression

(This post originally appeared as our response to a question on the Legal Marketing Association list serv). The trend for…

9 years ago

RESEARCH: email subject lines that work best, those to avoid, and the best time to send

Leading email campaign provider Adestra (www.adestra.com) has released a report revealing which keywords in email subject lines cause higher open…

9 years ago