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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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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles

Bell Yard Kysen appoints senior legal PR and ex-government communications adviser, Liz Giles

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards

Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors—four promotions

Lime Solicitors announces four promotions

NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
Witness evidence can be compromised by AI before a solicitor sees the draft, leaving safeguards focused on authorship incomplete
Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
A polished legal defence may owe more to artificial intelligence than legal merit—and creditors risk paying the price in delay and expense
An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
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