by Bruce | January 17, 2024 | Articles, Branding, Client Relationships, Cultural Considerations, Marketing, Practice Group Management
The following column is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq. For unfathomable reasons many law firms and lawyers eschew client feedback. The reason we’re baffled by this is that at its most basic, the business of law firms is to serve client’s needs. Let me...
by Bruce | February 1, 2023 | Articles, Just Plain Interesting, Marketing
This column is by Janet Stanton, Partner. Adam Smith, Esq. The very (very!) good news is that IRL conferences are back. We recently attended two on opposite coasts just over the course of ten days What is definitely not so welcome is that lanyards are back as...
by Bruce | October 22, 2021 | Articles, Branding, Business Models, Client Relationships, Cultural Considerations, Leadership, Marketing, Practice Group Management, Strategic Client Management, Strategy
We’ve had our corporate checking account with Bank of America for over 15 years. This is the story of why it’s no longer there. A few weeks backI got a letter in the mail from BofA and luckily did not toss it aside unopened as very-likely-spam. It...
by Bruce | January 12, 2021 | Articles, Client Relationships, Cultural Considerations, Marketing, Strategic Client Management, Strategy
The following column is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq. This may come as news, and, perhaps unwelcome news, at that, to many lawyers. That said, again and again and in study after study clients express their strong preference for lawyers and firms that...
by Bruce | November 12, 2020 | Articles, Ineffable, Marketing, Strategic Client Management
This column is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq. Slogans just don’t work for law firms. This from a girl who spent the better part her career working with organizations that often lived or died by their taglines: “Nobody doesn’t like Sara Lee,” “We don’t...
by Bruce | October 1, 2020 | Articles, Build Back Better, Client Relationships, Cultural Considerations, Finance, Leadership, Marketing, Strategic Client Management, Strategy
The following article is by Janet Stanton, Partner, Adam Smith, Esq. Note: This article was recently sent to our subscriber list. (See what you’re missing??) Now that we are squarely in an era of new possibilities and are thoroughly inoculated to the notion...