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17 June 2020 / Grania Langdon-Down
Issue: 7891 / Categories: Features , Opinion , Profession , Covid-19
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Marketing after lockdown

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As firms scramble for position post‑lockdown, effective marketing is crucial. Grania Langdon‑Down speaks to the experts
  • Highlights importance and value of return on investment (ROI).
  • Marketing & PR professionals offer views on how legal marketing will change after COVID-19.

As the lockdown starts to ease, measuring the effectiveness of marketing initiatives will be mission critical as law firms and barristers’ chambers seek to position themselves in a business landscape fundamentally changed by COVID-19.

In a special report for NLJ, lawyers and legal marketing and communications professionals consider what lies ahead in this ‘unchartered period of global change’ as everyone comes to terms with working in a more virtual world.

ROI: Return on investment

How will legal professionals measure what may be a better value marketing mix but one which is ‘frustratingly less human’? Will business travel be changed permanently as people see the potential benefits for the planet and family/work life balance?

However, amid the uncertainty, all agree that measuring the success of marketing initiatives through return on investment

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Venus Legal—Esther Amoako

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Venus Legal invests in next generation of legal talent as specialist litigation practice grows

Fisher Phillips—Catrina Smith

Fisher Phillips—Catrina Smith

Fisher Phillips continues momentum in London with arrival of Catrina Smith

NEWS
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Private prosecutors face closer scrutiny under Crown Prosecution Service guidance designed to strengthen accountability and consistency when intervention is requested
Foreign states cannot necessarily claim immunity for cyber operations launched abroad against computers in Britain, following a divided Supreme Court ruling
Defendants who make unsupported complaints about their lawyers risk losing legal aid while confiscation proceedings continue without representation
Lawyers advising Russian clients face different sanctions restrictions across the UK, EU and US, despite their shared objective of increasing pressure on Russia
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