In the 1990s I was a Marketing Director and Marketing Partner at a couple different law firms. We did some pretty interesting marketing back then, and I was frequently invited to speak on those topics, e.g. to a bar association…
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Don’t miss this Friday’s “Build Your Book of Business” ABA Webinar.
Don’t miss this ABA marketing webinar on Friday at 12:00 noon CST! Moderated by the terrific Kathy Morris, I’m co-presenting a marketing webinar with the verbally formidable Julie Eichorn. Just 45 fast-paced minutes, we’re going to pack a lot of…
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Don’t miss Ross’s popular Chicago Bar Assoc “Rainmaking” CLE breakfast program, January 23
Breakfast Basics: Client Development – How to Become a Rainmaker. Often called “the best marketing program I’ve ever seen” by associates and marketing partners, Ross Fishman’s presentation just might open your eyes to a more efficient, more successful, and more fun…
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Seven-week live-online associate-marketing course by Thomson Reuters
Beginning August 13, Ross Fishman will be conducting a live, online, 7-week associate-marketing course for Thomson Reuters, and LawFirmSpeakers.com has been authorized to offer the Law Firm Speakers community a 40% discount. The series is entitled “ACCELERATE YOUR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT:…
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There’s nothing worse than a bad law firm retreat
No one wants to walk in on Monday to a flood of voicemails asking, “Who hired that guy to speak?” Of course, nothing can energize a firm and get people on board with a firm’s goals more than a great…
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Interview with NALP’s Mary Beal – Part II
I recently had the good fortune to present at NALP’s 2013 annual conference in Tampa alongside Thomson Reuter’s terrific Lee Ann Enquist on the subject of “Client-Development Readiness: Aligning Professional Development with Associate Marketing in a Competitive Market.” The wide-ranging…
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Bingham’s Vivian Wexler at NALP re Associate Marketing Training
I co-presented a program in Tampa at NALP’s 2013 annual conference called “Client-Development Readiness: Aligning Professional Development with Associate Marketing in a Competitive Market.” We discussed law firms’ need to offer more than simply substantive education to their associates. Sure,…
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Interview with NALP’s Mary Beal – Part I
Last week, I had the opportunity to present at NALP’s annual conference in Tampa alongside Thomson Reuter’s terrific Lee Ann Enquist on the subject of “Client Development Readiness: Aligning Professional Development with Associate Marketing in a Competitive Market.”Among other things, we…
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“All we could see were the tops of their bald heads.”
Many years ago I spoke at a firm retreat to roll out a major new branding initiative. I was attending some of the earlier speakers’ presentations, and some of them were very good. But few lawyers paid any attention to them. Unfortunately, the day’s…
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Always Carry Business Cards
It’s how people will remember you after an event. At an event, keep them handy, so you’re not fumbling around trying to pull a dog-eared leftover out of an obscure compartment in your wallet, or worse try to find that…
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