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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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Womble Bond Dickinson—David Varney

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NEWS
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Public confidence in the justice system is being undermined by a lack of accessible, useable data, magistrates have warned
The Sentencing Council has launched draft guidelines for facilitation and endangering another person during a sea crossing to the UK
Government proposals to make independent written legal advice a prerequisite for workplace non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) may prove unworkable, according to a senior employment lawyer
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