Legally Contented

Developing an original research program to build thought leadership - Erin Balsa

Episode Summary

In this episode, Wayne Pollock, the founder of the Law Firm Editorial Service, interviews Erin Balsa, founder of Haus of Bold. Erin builds and executes content strategies for sales-led B2B SaaS startups that sell complex solutions to enterprise companies. She is perhaps best known for helping clients create the kind of research reports people actually want to read and share—like her infamous Remote Work Report, which has generated $680k in revenue last time she checked. In this episode, Erin and Wayne walk through a blueprint for creating original research programs that build thought leadership and attract and engage clients and referral sources. They discuss, among other things: - The process for choosing the subject matter to cover in your research; - How to differentiate your research when a competitor or another organization is already publishing similar research; - When to bring on outside assistance to help with an aspect of your research program; - Strategies for writing a research report, including how to craft it in a way that's helpful and not "salesy"; - How to balance substance with brevity when it comes to your research report and your marketing of it; and - The many, many ways to publicize a report and slice and dice it to fuel your thought leadership marketing and business development efforts. Watch the episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVpHfDkS-I4 About Erin Balsa Erin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinbalsa Erin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/erinbalsa Haus of Bold: https://hausofbold.com The Notorious Thought Leadership podcast: https://hausofbold.com/thought-leadership-podcast Erin's research course, "The Research Report Playbook": https://hausofbold.com/course About Wayne Pollock/the Law Firm Editorial Service Learn more about Wayne Pollock, the host of Legally Contented: https://www.linkedin.com/in/waynepollock Learn more about the Law Firm Editorial Service: http://www.lawfirmeditorialservice.com Do you have any idea how much money your firm is losing when its lawyers write thought leadership marketing and business development content themselves? Learn how much with the Law Firm Editorial Service's Thought Leadership Cost Calculator: https://www.lawfirmeditorialservice.com/thought-leadership-cost-calculator Check out blog posts and videos designed to help you and your colleagues improve their content marketing and thought-leadership marketing efforts: https://www.lawfirmeditorialservice.com/blog https://www.lawfirmeditorialservice.com/videos Do you know a lawyer, law firm, or company serving the legal industry doing big things with their content marketing and/or thought leadership marketing that we should feature? Please email us at hello@legallycontented.com

Episode Notes

In this episode, Wayne Pollock, the founder of the Law Firm Editorial Service, interviews Erin Balsa, founder of Haus of Bold. Erin builds and executes content strategies for sales-led B2B SaaS startups that sell complex solutions to enterprise companies. 

She is perhaps best known for helping clients create the kind of research reports people actually want to read and share—like her infamous Remote Work Report, which has generated $680k in revenue last time she checked.

In this episode, Erin and Wayne walk through a blueprint for creating original research programs that build thought leadership and attract and engage clients and referral sources. 

They discuss, among other things:

- The process for choosing the subject matter to cover in your research;

- How to differentiate your research when a competitor or another organization is already publishing similar research;

- When to bring on outside assistance to help with an aspect of your research program;

- Strategies for writing a research report, including how to craft it in a way that's helpful and not "salesy";

- How to balance substance with brevity when it comes to your research report and your marketing of it; and

- The many, many ways to publicize a report and slice and dice it to fuel your thought leadership marketing and business development efforts.

 

Watch the episode on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RVpHfDkS-I4


About Erin Balsa

Erin on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erinbalsa

Erin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/erinbalsa

Haus of Bold: https://hausofbold.com

The Notorious Thought Leadership podcast: https://hausofbold.com/thought-leadership-podcast

Erin's research course, "The Research Report Playbook": https://hausofbold.com/course


About Wayne Pollock/the Law Firm Editorial Service

Learn more about Wayne Pollock, the host of Legally Contented: https://www.linkedin.com/in/waynepollock

Learn more about the Law Firm Editorial Service: http://www.lawfirmeditorialservice.com

Do you have any idea how much money your firm is losing when its lawyers write thought leadership marketing and business development content themselves? Learn how much with the Law Firm Editorial Service's Thought Leadership Cost Calculator:  https://www.lawfirmeditorialservice.com/thought-leadership-cost-calculator

Check out blog posts and videos designed to help you and your colleagues improve their content marketing and thought-leadership marketing efforts: 

https://www.lawfirmeditorialservice.com/blog

https://www.lawfirmeditorialservice.com/videos

Do you know a lawyer, law firm, or company serving the legal industry doing big things with their content marketing and/or thought leadership marketing that we should feature? Please email us at hello@legallycontented.com