Legal Marketing Studio

Digital marketing is no longer an also ran in marketing discussions. In many ways, digital is front and center. Within the digital realm, engaging social media is becoming a necessity. This creates a number of challenges, both practical and ethical. Ethan Wall joins me on this episode of the Legal Marketing Studio Podcast to discuss the state of digital marketing in 2018, engaging in social media strategically, planning content production and staying within the ethics rules. He shared so much good content I had to break it out into three separate episodes—this is part 2 of 3.

There has been a tidal wave of disruption in every industry driven by digital technologies. The legal industry has not been immune to these changes and there is much talk about innovating in the face of them. Leigh Ollman, co-director of Akerman X, joined me to discuss how Akerman is using design thinking, or human centered design, in creating innovative solutions to the challenges of today's business environment and doing so with their clients' needs top of mind. The focus of our conversation is on design thinking and creating a culture of innovation.

One aspect of legal marketing that I have always found fascinating is the career shift that occurs as it becomes incumbent upon associates and new partners to begin selling their services and those of their firm in order to move their careers forward. Chris Seleski and Frank Francis join me to discus their experiences navigating this shift. We discuss the strategies they have employed, the firm resources they have taken advantage of and the role played by various bar associations to which they each belong. Experienced partners at small and mid-size firms will find this conversation useful as it hints at ways they can employ to support and encourage their associates' business development efforts.

Today's social media and content platforms offer a valuable opportunity to build an audience and build a kind of celebrity within a niche. The breadth of the internet means that even a narrow topic area presents a deep well of interested and engaged people. Michael Schein of Micro Fame Media joins me on this episode of the Legal Marketing Studio podcast to talk about building celebrity through strategic niche content creation that extends one's marketing reach and amplifies one's influence.

Sometimes things go sideways. Raj Jha of Practice Alchemy joins me on the final episode of 2018 to look back at the year and describe the three biggest marketing mistakes he saw law firms make in 2018. And, of course we pull out the lessons from these failures so our listeners can avoid making similar mistakes in 2019.