The Thought Leadership Project

Episode 121: Jay and Tom cover a range of topics in this episode, including the importance of adding value beyond the billable hour in the face of declining legal demand, the implications of declining content visibility on LinkedIn, and their latest thoughts on the intersection AI and the legal industry.

Episode 121: Adding Value Beyond the Billable Hour, Less Reach on LinkedIn, and This Week in ChatGPT

Jay Harrrington & Tom Nixon

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Connect with Jay on LinkedIn

Connect with Tom on LinkedIn

Past episodes you may enjoy:

Episode 114: Alex Su Returns to the Pod

Episode 107: Jonah Perlin on Twitter, Podcasting, and Becoming a Law School Professor

Episode 103: The Power of a Content Niche

Episode 90: How to Take LinkedIn to the Next Level, with Alex Su

Episode 88: Playing the Long Game with Thought Leadership

Episode 87: Conquer LinkedIn Like a Millennial, with Matt Margolis

Episode 77: LinkedIn, from Beginner to Mastery, with Callie Schweitzer of LinkedIn

Episode 58: The Limiting Beliefs Holding You Back From Becoming a Thought Leader

Episode 57: Mastering LinkedIn in 30 Days, with Laura Frederick

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Hosts of The Thought Leadership Project

Jay Harrington

Tom Nixon

Jay Harrington is a lawyer, author, executive coach, and marketing consultant for law firms and lawyers. Tom Nixon has more than 25 years of experience helping experts become thought leaders. Both are prolific content creators whose work has been featured in leading publications in the legal industry.

Introducing a New Membership
Community for Lawyers

The Thought Leader Collaborative (or the “Lab” as we like to call it) is created for lawyers and those in the professional service industry. Learn how to build your brand, become a thought leader and grow your practice on LinkedIn.

learn more

Episode 120: Jay and Tom cover a range of topics in this episode, including the latest developments at the intersection of AI and legal tech, the 5 types of key contacts and how to communicate with them, and the pros and cons of email newsletters.

Episode 120: Chat GPT, How to Communicate with Key Contacts, and Email Newsletters

Jay Harrrington & Tom Nixon

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Reading & Resources

Connect with Jay on LinkedIn

Connect with Tom on LinkedIn

Past episodes you may enjoy:

Episode 114: Alex Su Returns to the Pod

Episode 107: Jonah Perlin on Twitter, Podcasting, and Becoming a Law School Professor

Episode 103: The Power of a Content Niche

Episode 90: How to Take LinkedIn to the Next Level, with Alex Su

Episode 88: Playing the Long Game with Thought Leadership

Episode 87: Conquer LinkedIn Like a Millennial, with Matt Margolis

Episode 77: LinkedIn, from Beginner to Mastery, with Callie Schweitzer of LinkedIn

Episode 58: The Limiting Beliefs Holding You Back From Becoming a Thought Leader

Episode 57: Mastering LinkedIn in 30 Days, with Laura Frederick

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Listen wherever you cast. And don't forget to rate and review The Thought Leadership Project!

Want to be a guest on a future episode?

Share your thoughts directly with our show hosts by emailing Jay Harrington or Tom Nixon.

Hosts of The Thought Leadership Project

Jay Harrington

Tom Nixon

Jay Harrington is a lawyer, author, executive coach, and marketing consultant for law firms and lawyers. Tom Nixon has more than 25 years of experience helping experts become thought leaders. Both are prolific content creators whose work has been featured in leading publications in the legal industry.

Introducing a New Membership
Community for Lawyers

The Thought Leader Collaborative (or the “Lab” as we like to call it) is created for lawyers and those in the professional service industry. Learn how to build your brand, become a thought leader and grow your practice on LinkedIn.

learn more

Episode 119: In this episode Jay has a deep dive discussion with thought leadership consultant Bob Buday about a number of concepts from Bob’s new book “Competing on Thought Leadership.” They address what thought leadership is in today’s era, what distinguishes true thought leadership from much of today’s mass-produced online content, and the power of original research. They also share lots of ideas for how lawyers and other professionals can create thought leadership—even if they don’t have big firms and big budgets backing their efforts.

Episode 119: Bob Buday on How to Compete as a Thought Leader

Jay Harrrington & Tom Nixon

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Reading & Resources

Connect with Jay on LinkedIn

Connect with Tom on LinkedIn

Connect with Bob Buday on Linkedin

Check out Bob’s book Competing on Thought Leadership

Past episodes you may enjoy:

Episode 114: Alex Su Returns to the Pod

Episode 107: Jonah Perlin on Twitter, Podcasting, and Becoming a Law School Professor

Episode 103: The Power of a Content Niche

Episode 90: How to Take LinkedIn to the Next Level, with Alex Su

Episode 88: Playing the Long Game with Thought Leadership

Episode 87: Conquer LinkedIn Like a Millennial, with Matt Margolis

Episode 77: LinkedIn, from Beginner to Mastery, with Callie Schweitzer of LinkedIn

Episode 58: The Limiting Beliefs Holding You Back From Becoming a Thought Leader

Episode 57: Mastering LinkedIn in 30 Days, with Laura Frederick

Looking for more? Subscribe today!

Listen wherever you cast. And don't forget to rate and review The Thought Leadership Project!

Want to be a guest on a future episode?

Share your thoughts directly with our show hosts by emailing Jay Harrington or Tom Nixon.

Hosts of The Thought Leadership Project

Jay Harrington

Tom Nixon

Jay Harrington is a lawyer, author, executive coach, and marketing consultant for law firms and lawyers. Tom Nixon has more than 25 years of experience helping experts become thought leaders. Both are prolific content creators whose work has been featured in leading publications in the legal industry.

Introducing a New Membership
Community for Lawyers

The Thought Leader Collaborative (or the “Lab” as we like to call it) is created for lawyers and those in the professional service industry. Learn how to build your brand, become a thought leader and grow your practice on LinkedIn.

learn more

Episode 118: Jay and Tom take a deep dive into productivity for business development. They address two obstacles that often come up in Jay’s coaching sessions, which are "I don’t have the time” and “Even if I did I wouldn’t know what to do with it.” Give this episode a listen to learn how to use checklists, overcome the “cold start problem” in relationships, the development and use of a key contact list, and more.

Episode 118: How to Make Time for Business Development (and How to Use it Wisely)

Jay Harrrington & Tom Nixon

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Reading & Resources

Connect with Jay on LinkedIn

Connect with Tom on LinkedIn

Past episodes you may enjoy:

Episode 114: Alex Su Returns to the Pod

Episode 107: Jonah Perlin on Twitter, Podcasting, and Becoming a Law School Professor

Episode 103: The Power of a Content Niche

Episode 90: How to Take LinkedIn to the Next Level, with Alex Su

Episode 88: Playing the Long Game with Thought Leadership

Episode 87: Conquer LinkedIn Like a Millennial, with Matt Margolis

Episode 77: LinkedIn, from Beginner to Mastery, with Callie Schweitzer of LinkedIn

Episode 58: The Limiting Beliefs Holding You Back From Becoming a Thought Leader

Episode 57: Mastering LinkedIn in 30 Days, with Laura Frederick

Looking for more? Subscribe today!

Listen wherever you cast. And don't forget to rate and review The Thought Leadership Project!

Want to be a guest on a future episode?

Share your thoughts directly with our show hosts by emailing Jay Harrington or Tom Nixon.

Hosts of The Thought Leadership Project

Jay Harrington

Tom Nixon

Jay Harrington is a lawyer, author, executive coach, and marketing consultant for law firms and lawyers. Tom Nixon has more than 25 years of experience helping experts become thought leaders. Both are prolific content creators whose work has been featured in leading publications in the legal industry.

Introducing a New Membership
Community for Lawyers

The Thought Leader Collaborative (or the “Lab” as we like to call it) is created for lawyers and those in the professional service industry. Learn how to build your brand, become a thought leader and grow your practice on LinkedIn.

learn more

Episode 117: Jay has been posting daily on LinkedIn (okay, almost daily—he’s missed a few) for 3+ years. In this episode, he shares some of the most important lessons he’s learned along the way.

Episode 117: Jay Shares Lessons He's Learned from 3+ Years of Daily LinkedIn Posting

Jay Harrrington & Tom Nixon

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Reading & Resources

Connect with Jay on LinkedIn

Connect with Tom on LinkedIn

Past episodes you may enjoy:

Episode 114: Alex Su Returns to the Pod

Episode 107: Jonah Perlin on Twitter, Podcasting, and Becoming a Law School Professor

Episode 103: The Power of a Content Niche

Episode 90: How to Take LinkedIn to the Next Level, with Alex Su

Episode 88: Playing the Long Game with Thought Leadership

Episode 87: Conquer LinkedIn Like a Millennial, with Matt Margolis

Episode 77: LinkedIn, from Beginner to Mastery, with Callie Schweitzer of LinkedIn

Episode 58: The Limiting Beliefs Holding You Back From Becoming a Thought Leader

Episode 57: Mastering LinkedIn in 30 Days, with Laura Frederick

Looking for more? Subscribe today!

Listen wherever you cast. And don't forget to rate and review The Thought Leadership Project!

Want to be a guest on a future episode?

Share your thoughts directly with our show hosts by emailing Jay Harrington or Tom Nixon.

Hosts of The Thought Leadership Project

Jay Harrington

Tom Nixon

Jay Harrington is a lawyer, author, executive coach, and marketing consultant for law firms and lawyers. Tom Nixon has more than 25 years of experience helping experts become thought leaders. Both are prolific content creators whose work has been featured in leading publications in the legal industry.

Introducing a New Membership
Community for Lawyers

The Thought Leader Collaborative (or the “Lab” as we like to call it) is created for lawyers and those in the professional service industry. Learn how to build your brand, become a thought leader and grow your practice on LinkedIn.

learn more

Georgetown Law Professor Jonah Perlin joins Jay and Tom to talk about reaching the 100-episode milestone with his How I Lawyer podcast, including valuable lessons he has learned along the way. Jonah also shares his take on what it means to be a good mentor, mentee, and why mentorship is so valuable in the practice of law. Plus they get into social media, the importance of delaying gratification, and more.

Episode 115: Jay and Tom dig into what generative AI like Chat GPT may mean for legal marketing.

Episode 115: Generative AI and Legal Marketing (and much more)

Jay Harrrington & Tom Nixon

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Reading & Resources

Connect with Jay on LinkedIn

Connect with Tom on LinkedIn

Past episodes you may enjoy:

Episode 114: Alex Su Returns to the Pod

Episode 107: Jonah Perlin on Twitter, Podcasting, and Becoming a Law School Professor

Episode 103: The Power of a Content Niche

Episode 90: How to Take LinkedIn to the Next Level, with Alex Su

Episode 88: Playing the Long Game with Thought Leadership

Episode 87: Conquer LinkedIn Like a Millennial, with Matt Margolis

Episode 77: LinkedIn, from Beginner to Mastery, with Callie Schweitzer of LinkedIn

Episode 58: The Limiting Beliefs Holding You Back From Becoming a Thought Leader

Episode 57: Mastering LinkedIn in 30 Days, with Laura Frederick

Looking for more? Subscribe today!

Listen wherever you cast. And don't forget to rate and review The Thought Leadership Project!

Want to be a guest on a future episode?

Share your thoughts directly with our show hosts by emailing Jay Harrington or Tom Nixon.

Hosts of The Thought Leadership Project

Jay Harrington

Tom Nixon

Jay Harrington is a lawyer, author, executive coach, and marketing consultant for law firms and lawyers. Tom Nixon has more than 25 years of experience helping experts become thought leaders. Both are prolific content creators whose work has been featured in leading publications in the legal industry.

Introducing a New Membership
Community for Lawyers

The Thought Leader Collaborative (or the “Lab” as we like to call it) is created for lawyers and those in the professional service industry. Learn how to build your brand, become a thought leader and grow your practice on LinkedIn.

learn more

Alex Su is back on the pod! Jay, Tom, and Alex cover lots of ground in this episode, including:

• Why Alex started a newsletter on Substack

• Differences between LinkedIn and Twitter

• Business development advice for lawyers

• How Alex comes up with ideas for memes

• Developing an audience feedback loop

Episode 114: Alex Su Returns to the Pod!

Jay Harrrington & Tom Nixon

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Reading & Resources

• Connect with Alex Su on LinkedIn and follow him on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok

• Subscribe to Alex’s Substack newsletter Off the Record

• Connect with Jay on LinkedIn

• Connect with Tom on LinkedIn

Looking for more? Subscribe today!

Listen wherever you cast. And don't forget to rate and review The Thought Leadership Project!

Want to be a guest on a future episode?

Share your thoughts directly with our show hosts by emailing Jay Harrington or Tom Nixon.

Hosts of The Thought Leadership Project

Jay Harrington

Tom Nixon

Jay Harrington is a lawyer, author, executive coach, and marketing consultant for law firms and lawyers. Tom Nixon has more than 25 years of experience helping experts become thought leaders. Both are prolific content creators whose work has been featured in leading publications in the legal industry.

Introducing a New Membership
Community for Lawyers

The Thought Leader Collaborative (or the “Lab” as we like to call it) is created for lawyers and those in the professional service industry. Learn how to build your brand, become a thought leader and grow your practice on LinkedIn.

learn more

Episode 113: As James Clear says in his bestselling book Atomic Habits, “You don’t rise to the level of your goals, you fall to the level of your systems.” In this episode, Jay and Tom discuss the need to confront productivity demons this time of year — fixing the broken systems and bad habits that may be hampering your productivity. From time-blocking to startup and shutdown routines, they run through a number of helpful tips and tactics that will help you optimize your productivity systems.

Episode 113: Confront Your Productivity Demons

Jay Harrrington & Tom Nixon

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Reading & Resources

Connect with Jay on LinkedIn

Connect with Tom on LinkedIn

Past episodes you may enjoy:

Episode 107: Jonah Perlin on Twitter, Podcasting, and Becoming a Law School Professor

Episode 103: The Power of a Content Niche

Episode 90: How to Take LinkedIn to the Next Level, with Alex Su

Episode 88: Playing the Long Game with Thought Leadership

Episode 87: Conquer LinkedIn Like a Millennial, with Matt Margolis

Episode 77: LinkedIn, from Beginner to Mastery, with Callie Schweitzer of LinkedIn

Episode 58: The Limiting Beliefs Holding You Back From Becoming a Thought Leader

Episode 57: Mastering LinkedIn in 30 Days, with Laura Frederick

Looking for more? Subscribe today!

Listen wherever you cast. And don't forget to rate and review The Thought Leadership Project!

Want to be a guest on a future episode?

Share your thoughts directly with our show hosts by emailing Jay Harrington or Tom Nixon.

Hosts of The Thought Leadership Project

Jay Harrington

Tom Nixon

Jay Harrington is a lawyer, author, executive coach, and marketing consultant for law firms and lawyers. Tom Nixon has more than 25 years of experience helping experts become thought leaders. Both are prolific content creators whose work has been featured in leading publications in the legal industry.

Introducing a New Membership
Community for Lawyers

The Thought Leader Collaborative (or the “Lab” as we like to call it) is created for lawyers and those in the professional service industry. Learn how to build your brand, become a thought leader and grow your practice on LinkedIn.

learn more

Episode 112: Join Jay for a short episode in which he describes the benefits of taking daily action in the new year, instead of creating a bunch of generic resolutions.

Episode 112: Instead of a Generic Resolution, Challenge Yourself to Take Daily Action

Jay Harrrington & Tom Nixon

Download

Reading & Resources

Connect with Jay on LinkedIn

Connect with Tom on LinkedIn

Past episodes you may enjoy:

Episode 107: Jonah Perlin on Twitter, Podcasting, and Becoming a Law School Professor

Episode 103: The Power of a Content Niche

Episode 90: How to Take LinkedIn to the Next Level, with Alex Su

Episode 88: Playing the Long Game with Thought Leadership

Episode 87: Conquer LinkedIn Like a Millennial, with Matt Margolis

Episode 77: LinkedIn, from Beginner to Mastery, with Callie Schweitzer of LinkedIn

Episode 58: The Limiting Beliefs Holding You Back From Becoming a Thought Leader

Episode 57: Mastering LinkedIn in 30 Days, with Laura Frederick

Looking for more? Subscribe today!

Listen wherever you cast. And don't forget to rate and review The Thought Leadership Project!

Want to be a guest on a future episode?

Share your thoughts directly with our show hosts by emailing Jay Harrington or Tom Nixon.

Hosts of The Thought Leadership Project

Jay Harrington

Tom Nixon

Jay Harrington is a lawyer, author, executive coach, and marketing consultant for law firms and lawyers. Tom Nixon has more than 25 years of experience helping experts become thought leaders. Both are prolific content creators whose work has been featured in leading publications in the legal industry.

Introducing a New Membership
Community for Lawyers

The Thought Leader Collaborative (or the “Lab” as we like to call it) is created for lawyers and those in the professional service industry. Learn how to build your brand, become a thought leader and grow your practice on LinkedIn.

learn more