The Happy Lawyer Podcast

Law Firm Marketing That Works with Tifiny Swedensky, CEO of Sharp Cookie

Catherine Shearer

Marketing a law firm isn’t the same as marketing any other business. The rules are different, the timelines are longer, and the strategies that work in retail or tech often flop in law. That’s why Catherine invited Tifiny Swedensky, CEO of Sharp Cookie, onto The Happy Lawyer Podcast.

Sharp Cookie specializes in helping law firms cut through the noise and get real results. In this conversation, Tifiny shares her no-nonsense approach to building visibility, attracting the right clients, and investing in marketing with confidence.

Whether you are a solo lawyer just starting out, running a firm with a modest budget, or scaling toward seven figures, this episode gives you practical guidance to put into action.

What You’ll Learn in This Episode

  • Where to start if you have no or very little budget
  • How much of your revenue should be reinvested into marketing
  • Why different practice areas (PI vs. family vs. corporate) need different strategies
  • The channels delivering the best ROI for law firms right now
  • How to balance referral-based marketing with direct-to-client marketing
  • The most important metrics and KPIs to track
  • Where law firms often waste marketing dollars
  • What’s changing in law firm marketing over the next three to five years


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