These articles, blog posts, podcasts and videos provide insight, tips and guidance on diverse topics of communications and strategy. Although grouped as General and Law Firm, these ideas transcend sectors.

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General

• 6 Excellent Examples of Email Newsletters of Copywriters & Content Strategists (Marketing-Mentor.com)
• 7 Steps to Get on a Reporter’s Go-To List (LawPracticeAdvisor.com)
• Action Tips for Public Relations and Networking (Business Profits in the Real World) (Highlights)
• Healthcare PR: 12 ways to promote your news story (Levinson Block)
• Essential Tools for Public Relations Success (Scaling Up Services, 34 minutes) (Highlights)
• Investment vs. Expense: How Do You Categorize Your Communications Costs? (Ventureneer.com)

Law Firm

• Advising a Client on Crisis Communications: The Three Rs and Three Fs⁹ (Marketing the Law Firm)
• Attract Media Interest with Year-End Predictions (SoloPracticeUniversity.com)
• Co-authored Articles in Industry Trade Publications⁶ (Marketing the Law Firm)
• Cover All the Bases: Extending Your Presence Online³⁵ (PLI Chronicle)
• Create and Monitor Your Marketing RBI³¹ (PLI Chronicle)
• Flat Fee or Hourly Rate: A Solo Attorney’s Question¹² (The New York Law Journal)
• Four Tips for Solo Attorneys to Build Their Marketing and Media Relations Skills (Lawline)
• From Cards to Coffee: Showing Client Appreciation¹⁶ (The New York Law Journal)
• Get on Base: Networking³² (PLI Chronicle)
• Here’s the Pitch: Speaking³³ (PLI Chronicle)
• Highlights of 2016 And Predictions for 2017 Attract Year-End Media Interest³ (Marketing the Law Firm)
• How to Ethically Introduce Yourself to Reporters as a Source ³⁰ (PLI Chronicle)
• How to Leverage Media Relations Throughout an Attorney’s Career⁸ (Marketing the Law Firm)
• How to Network with Reporters and Potential Referral Sources at an Industry Conference⁴ (Marketing the Law Firm)
• How Solo Attorneys Practice Client Appreciation²⁷ (The New Jersey Law Journal)
• How YOU Can Be the Attorney Reporters Call (New York City Bar Small Law Firm Center E-Newsletter)
• Improve Your Networking Success at Industry Events⁷ (The New York Law Journal)
• Keep the Box Score ³⁴ (PLI Chronicle)
• Make Cybersecurity a Priority¹⁴ (The New York Law Journal)
• Market Your Solo Practice with Free Tips and Brief Consultations²⁰ (The New Jersey Law Journal)
• Marketing From Your Computer¹⁵ (The New York Law Journal)
• Maximize Client Alerts¹ (Marketing the Law Firm)
• Maximize Speaking and Attendance at Conferences¹⁸ (The New York Law Journal)
• Media Relations 101 for the Solo Attorney²⁴ (The New Jersey Law Journal)
• Pinpoint Highlights of 2017 and Offer Forecasts for 2018 to Industry Publications⁵ (The New Jersey Law Journal)
• Promote a Court Decision Through News, Client Alert, Social Media and More¹³ (The New York Law Journal)
• Referrals: One for Me and One for You²⁵ (The New York Law Journal)
• Size Up an Ideal Office Space¹⁰ (The New York Law Journal)
• Social Media Activity for the Solo Attorney²¹ (The New York Law Journal)
• Solo Attorneys: Should You Charge a Retainer Flat Fee or Hourly?²⁹ (The New Jersey Law Journal)
• Solos and Small Law Firms: Conduct Your Cybersecurity Check-up²⁶ (The New Jersey Law Journal)
• Technology Is a Solo Attorney’s Silent Partner¹¹ (The New York Law Journal)
• Tips to Be a Podcast Host or Guest²⁸ (The New York Law Journal)
• Using COVID-19 as a Springboard for New Marketing Activity²³ (The New York Law Journal)
• Which Webinar and How to Be a Speaker¹⁹ (The New Jersey Law Journal)
• ‘Why Her and Not Me?’ Best Practices for Initiating and Maintaining Relationships with Reporters² (Marketing the Law Firm)
• Your Administrative Team¹⁷ (The New Jersey Law Journal)
• Your Physical, Home or Virtual Office: Then and Now²² (The New Jersey Law Journal)

Podcasts and Videos

• Becoming a Media Savvy Legal Professional (Reinventing Professionals, podcast, 15 minutes)
• Dealing with Public Relations Scenarios with Janet Falk (PILMMA, podcast, 30 minutes)
• How to Be the Attorney that The Wall Street Journal Calls with Janet Falk (Law Firm Growth, podcast, 28 minutes) and Highlights
• How to Get Press Coverage for Your Law Firm (Legal Toolkit, podcast, 38 minutes) and Transcript
• How to Grow Your Practice Using Public Relations (The Law Entrepreneur, podcast, 47 minutes) and Highlights
• How to Introduce Yourself to Reporters as a Source for News Stories (The B2B Show, video, 6 minutes)
• How Media Strategy Should be Part of Litigation Strategy (Legal Mastermind, podcast, 28 minutes)
• How PR Can Help Position Your Firm as the Go-To Resource in the Community (Wealthy Woman Lawyer, podcast, 53 minutes)
• How Small Law Firms Can Use Media Relations to Promote Their Firm (Good2bSocial.com, podcast, 26 minutes) and Highlights
• Improve Your ePresence, Introduce Yourself to Reporters and Networking Tips (podcast, 35 minutes) and Highlights
• Janet Falk: Breaking Through in PR (The Dan Nestle Show, podcast, 64 minutes)
• Janet Falk: Public Relations & Communications (The Accidental Entrepreneur, podcast, 61 minutes)
• Janet Falk: Strategies for News Coverage and Revenue Growth (Go Legal Yourself podcast, 26 minutes)
• Legal Public Relations with Janet Falk (KLA Marketing Associates podcast, 39 minutes) and Highlights
• Media Relations for Litigators with Janet Falk (Beverly Hills Bar Association video, 27 minutes)
• OMG! They’re in the Lobby with the Cameras! How to deal with and develop good relationships with the press and avoid ethical pitfalls (Beverly Hills Bar Association, video, 65 minutes) and Highlights
• Public Relations with Janet Falk (Marketing for Your Future, audio, 10 minutes) and Transcript
• Rev Up Your Newsletter (Lawyer Mastermind Podcast, 23 minutes) and Transcript
• Three Ways to Improve Your LinkedIn Presence (The B2B Show, video, 3 minutes)
• Tips on Media Relations (Daily Ad Briefs, video, 8 minutes)
• Top Five Tips to Successfully Network in a Pandemic (Esq.Marketing, video, 32 minutes)
• Using Public Relations as a Proactive Strategic Legal Tool (The Legal Marketing Studio, podcast, 23 minutes) and Highlights
• Why Her and Not Me? How You Can Be the Attorney Reporters Call (Lunch Hour Legal Marketing, podcast, 55 minutes) and Highlights
• Wonder Women in Business (Freeman Means Business, podcast, 23 minutes)