The power of speech. The power of a speech. When you couple a speech, with a microphone and an audience with access to the social web, you have a powerful tool of communication and an opportunity to reach the world. And with this power of the social web comes the END of anonymity. The END
Patience is a virtue for legal marketers
I’ve said it before, but for some reason I am always surprised when it comes true (again) for me:
On average, I have found that it takes about 18 months for a new legal marketing concept to be introduced before the law firm is ready to embrace or implement it.
And I know I have
Can you sum it all up in six words??
Ross Fishman threw out a challenge to lawyers and legal marketers alike: Can you write your story in six words?
Well, you know I love a challenge (especially if it’s fun!).
Here by accident. Stayed by choice.
I fell into my legal marketing career by accident 13 years ago. The profession was expanding beyond the-managing-partners-secretary-threw-a-great-party-so-they-made-her-the-marketing-manager.
I See Happy Lawyers
Last night the Sports Dude and I attended the Los Angeles Lawyers Philharmonic holiday concert and couldn’t help but notice all the smiling and happy lawyers in the room.
Yes, we’ve all heard the negative stories about how there are no jobs for recent law school grads, high suicide rates, and a high
I am a product placement in my own life
I’m speaking on a webinar next month with Ed Poll and Kevin O’Keefe. I’ll have more details on that once everything is finalized. The topic of social networking and advertising came up, and it got me thinking. Social media isn’t advertising, per se, but it is migrating into an umbrella term for everything we
We are all equals in here
I saw a great movie over the weekend, The King’s Speech. Don’t worry, this isn’t a movie review. You can read some of those here. The movie recounts the true story of King George VI (Elizabeth II’s father) — who suffered from a debilitating stutter — and his speech therapist, Lionel Logue, on
Post and Comment With Care. You Never Know Who’s Listening.
Many, many years ago I was on the stairmaster at the gym. The two people next to me were flirting, which included the young woman gossiping about a public official. I was a lobbyist at the time, and I happened to personally know said public official. I slid off my machine and casually told the
What’s Your Passion?
I read somewhere that what you wanted to be when you were 10-years old is your true passion. As adults I think we forget this. As lawyers, I think it is abandoned.
One of the partners at (my firm) Barger & Wolen, Michael Rosenfield, is living his passion this Saturday night on VH1’s
Time to Nominate Your Favorite Blawgs
We all know how I feel about directories and such. They’re all about egos, and, well, let’s face it, we all have egos, even me. 
The ABA Journal is taking nominations for legal blogs (Blawgs), and, yes, there’s a Legal Marketing and Consulting category. And while I can tell you why I think my blog
Place Your Best Word Forward: Why Grammar Counts on Facebook
Social media, social networking and texting have changed the way we connect with one another, and have opened up lines of communication in ways none of us could have anticipated only a few years ago. Unfortunately, it’s also changing our attitudes towards spelling and grammar, which I see daily on Facebook. 
I’ll say it