Who Am I?
“When Aeschines spoke, they said, ‘How well he speaks.’ But when Demosthenes spoke, they said, ‘Let us march against Philip.’” — David Ogilvy
I'm a marketer ➡️ operations expert ➡️ lawyer ➡️ agency owner.
I'm lucky to be where I am and with who I am. Especially now that you are a part of it by interacting with me here 😃
Pry into how I professionally help folks
I am a non-practicing attorney and I work with attorneys, CPAs, and other professionals to make them more money with their marketing and operations.
Marketing work I do
- Website optimization: I create beautiful websites that convert visitors into leads and leads into clients. I also know a number of ways to help you show up on the first page of Google.
- Advertising & analytics: Google Ads. Facebook Ads. Print Ads. Retargeting Ads. Email Ads. If you’re spending money on ads, I can help you optimize ROI.
- Fully managed marketing: It all starts with strategy. But everyone has some strategy — the hard part is translating and expanding strategic ideas into execution, which is where I best help.
Operations work I do
- People ops: Recruiting and retaining the right members for your team can be much more than just luck and happenstance.
- Process development: Knowledge management is essential, especially knowledge-based businesses (like legal and accounting firms).
- Management support: Talent management isn’t just for Hollywood. Get policies, procedures, and everything else needed for a well-managed team.
Legal work I (probably won't) do for you
- Contracts + Employment: A verbal agreement is only as good as the paper it's written on. Get practical advice for reviewing contracts.
- IP + General Counsel: Make sure you own what you think you own and you protect what you need to protect. Future you will thank you.
- Estate + Taxes + More: How to handle your aging parents, tax controversies, tax compliance, tax credits, lawsuits, and more. I know good folks who can help in these areas.
Get emails from me to your inbox
Drink deep from my brainwaves by joining the newsletter (or talking with me in general). Here's what to expect:
- Legal-ish things: Legal and non-legal items of great import generating headlines in the online and offline zeitgeist or wherever.
- Business-ish insights: Curated insights along with free resources on marketing, operations, IT, revenue operations, and more.
- Entertainment, to complete you: Because what is there to life if not art? And art imitates too much of life to just ignore.
I also want to ask for your help.
I know how little I know. Drop knowledge and anger and jokes by sharing your thoughts with me here.
Very truly yours,
Dr.* Brian C. Thackston, Esq.*, J.D.*
*Obtained Juris Doctorate (J.D.) from the University of Baltimore School of Law, member of the Maryland State Bar Association (Esq.), and this fellow on the ABA Journal website said I can call myself a doctor (Dr.). Plus, I'm just jooooking from time to time.