Client retention is the lifeblood of professional service firms. While attracting new clients is important, keeping the ones you already have is crucial for long-term success. In fact, studies show that retaining a client can be five times cheaper than acquiring a new...
10 Summer Marketing Ideas for Professional Services Firms
Summer is a vibrant time of the year, perfect for professional services firms to implement fresh and innovative marketing strategies. Here are ten best practices to help your firm generate new business and expand name recognition this summer. 1. Host Outdoor...
Maximizing Email Deliverability and Open Rates: Best Practices for Mailchimp and Constant Contact Users
In the world of email marketing, success hinges on two crucial factors: deliverability and open rates. If your emails don't reach the inbox or fail to capture attention, your message falls on deaf ears. This is where services like Mailchimp and Constant Contact come...
The Power of Google Reviews
Clients often ask us: “What’s one thing I can do right now to help improve my search engine optimization?” Our answer? Google Reviews. Google Reviews are a wonderful way to establish trust with potential clients/customers and improve your visibility online. Let’s take...
The Difference Between Sales and Marketing
According to HubSpot, only 31% of marketers in 2022 could confirm their sales and marketing teams were "strongly aligned." So, what is sales and what is marketing? And why should they be aligned? Broadly put, marketing is work done to build awareness and attract new...
7 Best Practices for Marketing on LinkedIn
LinkedIn now hosts a whopping 810 million members. Not bad for a 19-year-old business social platform. And despite social giant Facebook hosting 2.91 billion members, businesses who do their marketing on LinkedIn increased their lead generation by 277% more than...
Public Relations 101 for Law Firms
The purpose of this brief article is to convey PSM LLC’s approach to public and media relations for lawyers and law firms. Getting Started with Public Relations for Attorneys Before a public and media relations strategy can be implemented there are a number precursors...
6 Tips to Help You Stay in Touch with Contacts During Quarantine
During these challenging times many of us are literally wringing our hands wondering how we can maintain our professional relationships while being under a quarantine. And if you’re a person that provides a service, then you are used to being able to meet with your...
Don’t Let Your Content + Blogs Succumb to COVID-19
With so many business and personal challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s easy to forget three things: First, your clients are looking for help and advice as they confront the same challenges you and your firm are coping with today. Second, search engine...
How to Proactively Communicate with Clients During COVID-19
We have all been receiving a barrage of emails from companies small and large about how they are handling the COVID-19 Pandemic. In our opinion, most of them are WAY too long and provide details that customers and employees simply...
Virtual Marketing Model Leads to Work-Life Balance
PSM Marketing: Thought Leaders on Work-Life Balance in Minnesota Since the 90s Since its inception over 20 years ago, PSM Marketing has been a virtual marketing firm. Early on, PSM allowed for flexible work hours, remote working, video conferencing, and overall...
Content Marketing and Blog Trends for 2020
Like almost everything else in business, there are cycles of what clients and customers want to read in blogs and in articles. In 2020, the most important development in content marketing trends is that the preferences of clients and customers are changing again. As a...