Marketing Strategies & Tips
Controlling Your Own Marketing Destiny
As previously discussed, cash flow is tight for many law firms due to our economy. While true, this doesn’t negate the fact that there is much competition between the 84,000 attorneys in Florida and the over 1 Million attorneys in the United States for new cases and clients, regardless of area of practice or geographic…
Read MoreThe Recession and your Law Practice
Turn on the nightly news and chances are the lead story is the economy, and the endless speculation about whether we are, or are not, in a recession. Obviously, with oil prices continuing to climb, the dollar continuing to weaken, and the housing market not yet hitting bottom, the question of whether we are “technically”…
Read MoreThe Bible, Harry Potter and telling a great story
What do the Bible and the latest Harry Potter book have in common? At first glance, maybe nothing. However they actually share an important trait – both are stories and use effective storytelling techniques to evoke emotion – and in the case of the bible, the stories help provide Christians with a deeper meaning of…
Read MoreABA website survey – many firms still missing out
Recently, the ABA reported the findings from their annual Legal Technology Survey. One survey topic was the usage of websites among law firms. The survey identified that 73% of respondent firms have websites, which is consistent with the 2006 survey findings. While it’s not surprising that the respondents from law firms with 50 or more…
Read MoreStreaming videos, blogs and Facebook, oh my!
Streaming videos and blogs; social networking sites like Facebook, YouTube and LinkedIn; Pay-per-click campaigns, Wikis and RSS; These are a few of the “new” mechanisms that you can use to help market your law firm. Are you using any of these? Have you thought about how to leverage them in your marketing and advertising efforts,…
Read MoreDavid vs. Goliath. Who Wins?
Recently, we have worked with several successful law firms interested in protecting their home turf in the face of dominant regional law firms that are expanding into their areas aggressively looking for clients. We are seeing this trend with personal injury law firms as well as firms in other practice areas. A recent Altman Weil…
Read MoreHello sir or ma’am. My name is anonymous.
Have you ever gone fishing with a shotgun? It doesn’t work too well. Successful fishermen use specific lures, equipment and casting techniques for the type of fish that they want to catch. What does fishing have to do with lawyer marketing? Well, many attorneys approach marketing to other attorneys in the same fashion as a…
Read MoreThe 7 Deadly Sins of Attorney Newsletter Production
Every month, mailboxes at law firms across the country are crammed full of newsletters from other firms. Some of these newsletters get read and provide value for both the sender and receiver. Many others don’t, but rather, end up in the trash can. To help you with your next newsletter, I’ve create a list of…
Read MoreDoes Your Website Homepage Get an F? It should.
So, you’ve spent a lot of time, effort and money to get clients, potential clients and referral partners to visit your website. This might be a waste of money and effort. If your law firm website is like most other firm’s sites, 2 of every 3 visitors stay less than 30 seconds and “click out” of…
Read MoreWhat you can learn from Tony Soprano
Aside from being one of the best television series of all time, the HBO series, The Sopranos is often cited as a great study in management style and organization behavior. With this said, while ironic, there are several lessons that law firms can take from Tony Soprano’s management style and apply to their marketing efforts.…
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