Well in some ways this question is actually easiest to start off with maybe what not to include or maybe better said what not to make the main focus. It's really easy to want to talk about a case that you just won or share about a new hire or something like that but your newsletter shouldn't just be about news from your law firm if that makes sense. Your newsletter should really be about giving people something of Read More

When it comes to assessing if your law firm marketing is working or not really actually it starts internally believe it or not. Sure, there are metrics that a marketing company can track, okay, but at the end of the day you know better than anyone else if your referrals have increased, are you booking more appointments, what's your rate of closing? Out of X amount of prospects come in, how many of them become clients Read More

When it comes to blogging the first thing you should do is put yourself in your clients and prospects' shoes. Ask yourself, what are the typical questions that they have or what is typically the type of information that they're seeking answers on or input? Let me give you an example. Let's say you're a business attorney, well, any legal tips that affect businesses would be great blog articles to provide for your Read More

Well, think about the Internet this way, I mean, people spend a lot of time there so this includes your past clients, this is your colleagues, people just spend time online. So if you think about the Internet as another way to stay top-of-mind and stay connected then that kind of answers the question in itself. I mean, we all know that the way to increase referrals is through connecting with people, building good Read More

Well when it comes to this question about how can Internet marketing help your law firm let's start by hopefully agreeing that in general you need some type of marketing even building relationships and getting referrals is marketing. When it comes to using the Internet the fact is a lot of people spend time online these days and a lot of time.  So the Internet is just another medium to get exposure, to advertise Read More

Well this is always a fun question to answer when it comes to am I really going to get business from social media. I mean, first of all the answer is yes, you could, I mean, even just internally we have some clients that get business from social media and for others not so much but it benefits them in other ways. So to answer the question directly, yes you can and that can happen because, simply put, a lot of Read More

When it comes to social media the first thing to realize is that a ton of people are there, that's where they spend time.  I think that in the next couple of years Facebook is supposed to go over two billion people and that's crazy. So your law firm can benefit from being on social media, first of all, because that's where people are.  Okay?  People spend time on social media, so social media when done properly Read More

Well, the biggest thing you want your Web site to do for you is really be something that's going to impress people when they get there that's going to clearly showcase your credibility, your qualifications, your expertise, so you really need to ask yourself what are some of the things that I can do on my Web site that are going to help showcase that more appropriately or better? That could be featuring a blog where Read More

Well, I think the first thing I would ask yourself if you think your Web sites just okay and you're really wondering if you need a new one is do you want people to say that, oh, I thought working with such and such was just okay! No, of course not! You don’t want anyone's impression of you to be that you're just okay so why would you want your Web site to be just okay. So I think that it's really important to Read More

Well this is always a tricky question when it comes to ROI for your marketing. The first thing I would communicate is that you have to understand what's measurable and what's not. So with different platforms, social media, your Web site, whatever it is, there are certain there are certain things that can be measured and certain things that can't so you do need to kind of understand that. Really some of the best Read More