Leading into the economic storm
CMOs can best help their firms in the coming downturn by forcing groups to rethink, refresh and reinvent their…
Building brands within brands
How should firms go about building brands within brands without causing internal chaos or external confusion?
The advantage of brand experience
How professional service firms can build competitive advantage by studying how the best consumer brands are delivering…
Why brand architecture gives CMOs a headache
Brand architecture is market signposting. It helps clients navigate and make sense of a professional service firm's…
UK Top 20 Law Firm Brand Index | 2019
Linklaters retains top spot in UK law firm brand index. Magic Circle firms continue to dominate the rankings but are…
Law firm branding in New York. If you can make it there…
In law firm branding, 'big in New York' counts for a lot. Fortunes have been won and lost attempting it.
Global Top 50 Law Firm Brands 2019
Kirkland and Latham retain their positions as the world's most valuable law firm brands closely followed by Skadden.
Brand engagement and the problem of ‘negative time’
How do you communicate with people who don't just have little time available, they have negative time?
It’s time to dress down (again)
The nifty aphorism, "History doesn't repeat itself, but it rhymes," usually attributed to Mark Twain, aptly applies to…
The idea factories
Why big tech and consulting firms are investing billions in innovation & learning hubs.
Law Firm Brands | US Top 50 2019
Ranking the 50 most prestigious US-headquartered firms by their 'global partnership profits' gives a rigorous and…
8/8 How to think about…Visual Identity
Presentation matters. We live in a highly visual world, so when it comes to communicating the proposition of a…
7/8 How to think about…Brand Engagement
Studies show that proper internal engagement with what a brand stands for and is aiming to deliver to customers and…
6/8 How to think about…Brand Purpose
Professional service firms are starting to think about the concept of brand purpose as a way to better engage with…
5/8 How to think about…Thought Leadership
In our increasingly saturated digital media environment the demand for thought leaders is growing exponentially, but…
4/8 How to think about… Differentiation
Nurturing brand differentiation in professional services is a critical but subtle business. The key is to separate…
3/8 How to think about… Tone of Voice
It's not just what you say, it's how you say it. Tone of voice is the yin to the yang of key messages when it comes to…
2/8 How to think about… Key Messages
From philosophy to business, if you want to communicate your brand story in a way that cuts through the clutter, key…
1/8 How to think about… Brands
Brands are everywhere. The ‘art of branding' has developed and become more and more sophisticated over time as brands…
Big Law
Transatlantic mega-mergers are challenging the existing international elite of law firm brands. The next decade will…