Pitching media stories requires instinct and persistence
This is a story that will ring plenty of bells, and should be encouraging, for those who spend most of their time pitching stories to media. It might also be revealing to those who pay their salaries. read the full post »
23 July 2010 | Posted by : Andy M Turner | Blog,Uncategorized | Comment on this post »
Tagged : media coverage, pitching, The Financial Times.
Legal services market set to heat up. But does anyone want their law firm to be ‘cool’?
Some would say lawyers deserve all they get reputation-wise: they communicate in a strange, obscure language, deliberately designed to complicate the simple; they inhabit a rarefied, archaic world largely untouched by modern business norms such as offering high customer service levels and value for money. I suspect Luke Johnson’s recent damning column in The Financial Times speaks for many. The British government clearly thinks things need shaking up too because its ‘Legal Services Act’ comes into force next year, and aims to open up and deregulate the market. It has been described by The Times newspaper as ... read the full post »
25 May 2010 | Posted by : Andy M Turner | Blog | 3 Comments »
Tagged : branding, law firms, Legal Services Act, marketing, reputation, social media, The Financial Times, Times newspaper, Twitter, USP.