Now that we’re almost halfway through the year, it’s time to review and assess your marketing and business development plan and its progress. The reality is, for some, a truer statement would be that it’s time to take your plan out and dust it off. Fair warning, though: You may become frustrated and feel your self-worth
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Here’s How to Get a Leg Up on Your Firm’s Headshots
If you have worked on a website overhaul, or even a refresh, you know that you face many challenges, including hiring vendors, getting the firm’s key players on board, and obtaining approval of the overall design and agreement on functionality. We know that, from looking at a firm’s website statistics, the most-visited pages are…
Don’t Let PR Cool Down in the Heat of Summer
Summer is just around the corner, and those of us who work in legal marketing and public relations know that as temperatures heat up in most parts of the country, the appetite for intense, all-out reporting on just about everything — including legal news — cools down. The intensity of any PR effort is accordingly…
Managing Your Firm’s PR Expectations
Despite the growing role of PR in shaping brand reputation and thought leadership, many law firms still hold misconceptions about how it works. If you lead your firm’s PR program, part of your job is to educate stakeholders about the fundamentals of media outreach, explain your internal processes, and clarify how PR integrates with broader…
Six Email Marketing Trends You Should Be Following
Email marketing continues to evolve, blending timeless strategies with cutting-edge digital innovations. As time goes on, the most successful marketers are those who are finding new ways to build stronger connections, deliver more personalized experiences, and stand out in increasingly crowded inboxes. Here are six email marketing ideas to keep your audience interested, engaged, and…
Marketing Innovation Isn’t Always a Mission — Sometimes It’s a Moment
We love a good strategy. A detailed roadmap. A quarterly rollout. A color-coded deck that ties it all together. And in legal marketing, strategy is crucial — especially when we’re promoting practices built on precedent, precision, and predictability.
But sometimes, the best ideas don’t start with a plan. They start with a moment.
Recently, I…
Why PR and Rankings Go Together
Hello Newsstand readers! We know that many of you are enjoying your time at the annual Legal Marketing Association event in Washington, DC, and so we will keep this tip about the intersection of PR and rankings brief. You can find several Jaffe people at LMA – Evyan, Terry, Cecilia and Candace at the Jaffe…
Supercharging Content Distribution with Syndication Solutions
Even in this era of AI-assisted content creation, one of the greatest challenges facing law firm marketing programs remains effective content distribution. After countless hours spent drafting blogs, articles, and legal alerts, law firm marketers must ensure that their content reaches the right audiences. While publishing content directly on firm websites, sharing it via social…
Perfecting Your Podcast Pitch
If you had told me 10 years ago that future me would regularly listen to behind-the-scenes tales from episodes of “The Office” or a weekly recap of Hollywood gossip, I would have been highly skeptical. But along came podcasts … and those Office Ladies and entertainment news mavens have become my go-to listens during cardio…
Chambers USA Spotlight & Legal 500 US Elite: New Opportunities for Smaller Firms in Key Markets
We’re all familiar with Chambers and Partners and Legal 500, publishers of the most prominent directories in the U.S. legal market. The Chambers USA and Legal 500 guides capture our attention – and our calendars – for several months out of the year and are known for substantive submission forms, robust research teams, and in-depth…