Somewhere in the ’90s, casual Friday happened. At the time, many law firms were concerned about client perceptions and would post notices at their reception desks to brace visitors for the shock of seeing their lawyers in Dockers and button-downs. Casual Friday soon...
Are you happy with the flow of referrals into your practice? The financial success of a lawyer can be measured by the strength of his or her referral network. While lawyers know they should do more to build these lucrative relationships, few apply a strategic process...
Believe it or not, you learned the process of how to develop a marketing plan in law school. Let me explain. Developing a marketing plan is just like conducting the discovery upon which you create the case strategy, or pursuing due diligence before you create “deal...
Believe it or not, you learned the process of how to develop a marketing plan in law school. Let me explain. Developing a marketing plan is just like conducting the discovery upon which you create the case strategy, or pursuing due diligence before you create “deal...
Throughout my legal marketing career, I have helped scores of women lawyers identify and pursue targeted new business opportunities, and with great success. But one issue that comes up often, is the concept that marketing for women lawyers is different than the...
Generally speaking, after graduating from law school, you face a daunting task: finding a job so you can begin to pay off your law school debt. While many of you landed in law firms, government positions, or in corporate legal departments, a fairly significant number...
As a lawyer, you have pressure every day to serve your clients, meet court deadlines, participate in the management of your firm, bill your clients, collect your fees and myriad other tasks. In addition to keeping the marketing wheels on the bus of your practice,...
A young man came to my door this morning to see if we were interested in sealcoating our driveway. He proceeded to tell me how the process worked, how he could repair part of our driveway and that the whole thing would be $1,100 - - an amazing deal! When I opened...
It can be really difficult to invest in marketing today for what feels like an unknown payoff in the future. Many professionals think that by being "out there' in the marketplace with a stellar reputation, clients will seek them out in droves. Consider for a moment a...
Many of you have heard of the book, “Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff,” by Richard Carlson. When it comes to ethically marketing your law practice, it’s the small stuff that matters. From returning calls and emails in a timely fashion to zealously advocating for your...
By Terrie S. Wheeler, MBC I can finally report that nearly every lawyer I talk to today has a LinkedIn profile. This is great news considering most lawyers fell squarely into the “late adopter” category when LinkedIn reared its head in 2007. After seeing it wasn’t a...
We are pleased to announce that PSM founder and partner Terrie S. Wheeler, has been appointed by the Minnesota Supreme Court to serve as Vice Chair of the Executive Committee for the Minnesota Lawyers Board of Professional Responsibility. Terrie spent a number of...