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Marketing Technology Primer. Pat Purdy, Marketing Technology Manager Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP John Veldkamp, CRM Database Manager Morrison & Foerster LLP. Pat Purdy. 20+ Years in Legal (Marketing, IT and other support roles)
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Marketing Technology Primer Pat Purdy, Marketing Technology Manager Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP John Veldkamp, CRM Database Manager Morrison & Foerster LLP
Pat Purdy 20+ Years in Legal (Marketing, IT and other support roles) Member of LexisNexis InterAction’s Customer Advisory Board ILTA Strategic Relationship Liaison to LexisNexis, Member of ILTA’s Professional Services Peer Group Steering Committee Speaker at LMA local events and ILTA local events and national conference
John Veldkamp 12 Years in Legal Marketing Worked with InterAction at 5 law firms Member of LexisNexis InterAction’s Customer Advisory Board Member of ILTA’s Professional Services Peer Group Steering Committee Past speaker at LMA and ILTA national conferences
Agenda Web tools Proposal and Pitch Automation Software Social Networks CRM & ERM E-Marketing, Event Software, Surveys Experience Databases
Web Tools • Development • Use a company familiar with law firms • Offer social media connectors • Ensure access to SEO tools on the backend • Design • Long term investment • KIS and KIF
Web Tool Vendors Content Pilot – CP Web Pilot (development and design) Greenfield Belzer (design) ICVM (development, some design) MoreVisibility (development and design) One North Interactive, f/k/a Hubbard One(development and design) RightHat (design) There are dozens of others; refer to ILTA and LMA e-groups
Web Tracking & SEO/SEM Use social media Track only information that is valuable to your firm Use social media Track information that business development or marketing can use to create actionable tasks Use social media Start small – perhaps your event pages USE SOCIAL MEDIA
Web Tracking & SEO Vendors The list is ever-growing but here’s a few to get started Google Analytics Bright Edge HubSpot MoreVisibility (GA certified partner) SiteImprove (also good for site maintenance)
SEO blogs www.searchengineland.com www.seobook.com/blog www.SEOmoz.com www.searchenginewatch.com www.mattcutts.com/blog
Proposal & Pitch Automation Software Many tools available; most aren’t used in legal Centralized or dispersed? Focus on what your clients want Involve your business developers early in the process
Proposal & Pitch Automation Software Vendors ANSOR Software Inc – Ansor Proposal Content Pilot – CP Proposal Pilot Elite Business Development Suite f/k/a Hubbard One – Proposal Generator Proposal Software Inc. – pmaps Qvidian – don’t know anyone in legal using it but a lot of legal vendors are using it
Social Networks LinkedIn Twitter Blogs Facebook Google+ YouTube Wikipedia
CRM & ERM • Contact Relationship Management • Professional services have different needs than other industries (i.e., Salesforce.com) CONTACT VS CLIENT • Collection of contacts with additional information • Set up mailing lists based on industry, practice or geography • Requires commitment to maintain the data • Enterprise Relationship Management • Can be independent or used in conjunction w/ CRM • Evaluates the strength of the relationship based on email traffic – may not be the senior attorney WHO HAS THE STRONGEST RELATIONSHIP • Especially useful for quick connections
CRM & ERM Vendors • CRM • Cole Valley Software – Contact Ease • LexisNexis –InterAction • Microsoft – CRM4Legal • Sugar CRM • Tikit - TikitConnect • Versys Corporation – IntelliPad • ERM • Elite Business Development Suite f/k/a Hubbard – ContactNet • LexisNexis – InterAction IQ
Event Software • Tracks all aspects of event management • Venues • Contracts • Registration & payments • Food, entertainment options • Schedules reminders, thank you, after-event surveys
Event Software Vendors Concep Copper Services Constant Contact Cvent
E-Marketing Gets your message out to clients and potential clients Has almost completely replaced hard-copy (snail mail) May be governed by data privacy & spam regulations and by state bar associations
E-Marketing Vendors Concep Constant Contact Tikit Vuture
Survey Tools • Important for: • Client teams • Analysis of marketing efforts • Vendors • InstantSurvey • SurveyGizmo • SurveyMonkey • Zoomerang (recently purchased by SurveyMonkey)
Experience Databases • Used for • Pitches & RFPs • Chambers & other rankings • Building teams for matters • Justification for AFAs • Insight for existing matters • Integrate to other systems • Web site & extranets • Time & billing • CRM/ERM
Experience Databases Vendors ANSOR Software – Ansor Experience Content Pilot – CP Deals & Cases Elite Business Development Suite f/k/a Hubbard One - Experience Management Firmseek – Experience Database Microsoft – SharePoint (build it yourself)
Contacts Pat Purdy Marketing Technology Manager Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP patricia.purdy@pillsburylaw.com John Veldkamp CRM Database Manager Morrison & Foerster LLP jveldkamp@mofo.com