spotlight: Wendy Wei Chou | Founder + CEO | DealMakers

stage guides legal professionals behind the scenes and leverages our co-sourced model to support BD + marketing departments so they can #shine.

today's stage spotlight is on Wendy Wei Chou (Founder and CEO of Dealmakers Forums). Wendy is a marketing veteran bringing over 20+ years of experience in marketing + communications, events, and content creation. She created the first series of intellectual property monetization and finance conferences starting in 2001 —and hasn't looked back, producing over 100 successful #events.

we are thrilled to share Wendy's stage spotlight.

By Jennifer Ramsey and Megan Senese

spotlight: Lee Peretz | Director of Marketing & Business Development | Farrell Fritz

stage supports business development and #legalmarketing teams from behind the scenes to help #lawyers and their clients shine.

today's stage spotlight is on Lee Peretz (Director of Marketing & Business Development at Farrell Fritz, P.C.). Lee is the ultimate Go-Giver and a self-proclaimed chief motivator who exudes kindness.

it is our honor to share Lee's spotlight. 🌟

By Jennifer Ramsey and Megan Senese

competing priorities + balancing time commitments

Competing priorities and balancing time commitments and deadlines while executing business development activities often create an environment rewarding an “always on 24/7” mentality.

As BD + #marketing professionals supporting lawyers and large law firms, at times, we personify the very definition of hamster wheel. As #lawyers, your clients may make unreasonable demands. Giving yourself permission for time and space will result in better productivity, better service delivery, and client delight.

stage makes a conscious and sustained effort to provide space between meetings (allowing our brains to reset), and to move our bodies (our co-founder, Jennifer Ramsey, is also a certified yoga teacher), and we have built-in one mental health day a quarter (outside of PTO) to disconnect and recharge.

Be selfish. Yes, that sounds counter-intuitive. Only you can control your time. We say, be selfish. Do the self-care. Without self-care, we cannot care for others.

By Jennifer Ramsey and Megan Senese

spotlight: Peyton Tata Tackes | Marketing Director | Ross Scalise

stage guides lawyers behind the scenes and leverages our co-sourced model to support BD + marketing departments so they can #shine.

Today's stage spotlight is on Peyton Tata Tackes (Marketing Director at Ross · Scalise Employment Lawyers), who leverages her experience developing innovative solutions, building relationships, and creating tailored messaging to exceed clients' expectations.

We are proud to feature Peyton.

By Jennifer Ramsey and Megan Senese

spotlight: Vanessa Petrea | Senior Proposal Manager | Perkins Coie

stage guides lawyers behind the scenes and leverages our co-sourced model to support BD + marketing departments so they can SHINE.

today's stage spotlight is on Vanessa Vines Petrea (Senior Proposal Manager at Perkins Coie LLP), who leans on her gift of compelling storytelling to set her team and lawyers up for success.

we are ecstatic to share Vanessa's stage spotlight.

By Jennifer Ramsey and Megan Senese

podcast: a sector based approach: specificity drives strategy

Jennifer Ramsey was featured on Good2BeSocial’s Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast episode 188.

In episode 188 of the Legal Marketing 2.0 Podcast, Guy Alvarez is joined by Jennifer Ramsey. Jennifer Ramsey is a former investment banker who discovered love of marketing / BD while preparing sales decks for road shows to pitch investors on funding startup/emerging growth companies. She left the world of high finance for marketing & BD where she developed and led enterprise-wide, sector-based programming and spearheaded a client relationship-building framework for an Am Law 100 firm. She and two colleagues recently launched Stage LLC, a women-owned business development & marketing venture focused on relationships, revenue, and growth for legal services.

By Jennifer Ramsey and Megan Senese

international be kind to lawyers day

April 11 is International Be Kind To Lawyers Day!

For lawyers and law firm BD/marketing pros out there, this is a great TRUSTPOINT opportunity to reach out to lawyer colleagues and friends, clients and prospects to let them know you are thinking of them by:

Giving the gift of a business or personal referral
Engaging with their social media channels - liking or commenting on their posts, or writing a review/recommendation
Sending an email or text to express gratitude for how they support and show up for you.
And for those of you who like to put pen to paper, check out the video for amazing lawyer-centric cards

However you celebrate, go out into the world and be kind to yourself, be kind to others and give a little extra bit of kindness to lawyers in your life.

By Jennifer Ramsey and Megan Senese

spotlight: Linda Sanders | Director of Client Experience |Troutman Pepper,

stage guides lawyers behind the scenes and uses our co-sourced model to help BD + marketing departments SHINE brighter.

today's stage spotlight is on Linda Sanders, JD (Director of Client Experience at Troutman Pepper), who supports lawyers to deepen relationships through meaningful touchpoints, active listening, and collaboration.

we are honored to share Linda’s stage spotlight.

Linda Sanders, JD

By Jennifer Ramsey and Megan Senese

spotlight: Roy Sexton | LMA President | Clark Hill Director of Marketing

stage supports lawyers behind the scenes and BD/marketing teams with our co-sourced model to help OTHERS to shine brighter.

today's stage spotlight is on THE Roy Sexton (Clark Hill Law and Legal Marketing Association), who embodies stage's ethos of leading with empathy. we are excited to share Roy's stage spotlight.

By Jennifer Ramsey and Megan Senese