Three weeks ago, no one in the United States was expecting to hear about the closure of all public places, travel bans, and other precautions. Social distancing is now a term every person can define. As businesses grapple with how to...
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...
Infographic Tips and Tricks
Can Infographics Help Your Firm's Content? After working on a few projects with infographic use, I have come to the realization that there are dos and don’ts when designing an infographic for your firm. As the intern for PSM, I was given a large amount of freedom when...
6 Ways to Manage Email During The Busy Time of Year
During the busy time of year - or tax season - many firms find themselves buried under mountains of email. And once email hits a critical mass, it can be nearly impossible to get organized again. When looking at productivity in firms, we have found that busy legal and...
6 Tips for Effective Email Newsletter Marketing
Whether you are a solo practitioner or a large-sized firm, an email newsletter is a building block of a solid digital marketing strategy. In the past five years, the number of email marketing tools and programs has grown. Previously just a few options for managing an...
3 Reasons to Care About Video in Digital Marketing
You’ve likely heard the news, read an article or have even seen PSM talk about it on our blog: Video is king for digital marketing! But as a firm, hearing “you must use video” can be annoying and frustrating. Why should you use video and what benefit will it have?...
Like, Share, Follow: Marketing Tactics for Lawyers
Last May, a panel of attorneys and marketing professionals met for a forum called "Modern Marketing Tactics for Lawyers in a 'Like, Share, Follow' World. PSM Founder and President Terrie S. Wheeler, a legal marketing guru, served as the panel’s moderator. The...
Laser-Focused Targeting: The Key to Your Success
In previous decades, attorneys like you may have been able to generate buzz for your practice through print ads, newsletters, and traditional marketing strategies; that’s simply not the case in 2019. With so many firms in competition for the same cases, you have to...
Stressed about Marketing? Do What Really Works for Solos and Small Firms
Many small firms and solo practitioners have a good understanding of marketing and how it affects their business. If you don’t have an expansive marketing department like a large firm would, you’ve likely had to educate yourself and make smart decisions about which...
Want to Blog but Don’t Know How? Use a Ghostwriter
You know you need a blog on your website. You've heard all of the statistics on how it will drive traffic to your website and increase SEO and make you a thought leader, and, heck, you even have things you want to write about. But every time you open Microsoft Word to...
The New Landscape of Social Media and What it Means for You
2018 has been a year of changes for digital marketing. The only constant has been never-ending change in everything from algorithms to privacy regulations. It is easy to ignore such rapid-fire changes or to dismiss them as not applying to your firm. After all, you...