Shotgun or Sniper SEO – Which Approach Do You Take?

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I bet you want to get your law firm website on page 1 of Google for great keywords. I know I did and still do for more keywords my prospective clients use to look for a lawyer. Do you know how much SEO is enough and how much is too much? Are you or your SEO consultant merely guessing about exactly what you must do to rank on page 1 of Google for specific keywords? There are two over-arching approaches to SEO: The shotgun approach The sniper approach The Shotgun Approach to SEO The shotgun approach is doing everything and the kitchen sink hoping you rank well for intended … [Read more...]

How To Take Your Law Firm Article Marketing & SEO 1 Step Further?

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I've been doing article marketing for my firm for some time.  It's not a major focus of my marketing campaign, but it certainly complements it nicely.  I first wrote about the advantages of article marketing on Ezine Articles here.  In this article I'll discuss how you can take your law firm article marketing one step further. Sure, when you publish articles on EZA, if you target relatively low competitive keywords you can rank your EZA article well in the search engines.  You'll even likely get some traffic to your law firm website.  These are great benefits. But, you can ramp up … [Read more...]

Lawyer Marketing Action Plan For Tons of Website Traffic

Do you want more traffic to your law firm website?  If so you need multiple micro-targeted websites as central feature to your lawyer marketing. My firm's sites went from 0 monthly website visitors to 3,450 (and climbing) within 1 year.  This article and much of this website is about lawyer marketing with a focus on lawyer internet marketing. Lawyer Marketing Mass Traffic Action Plan A.  Build your own websites: I can't overstate how valuable it is being able to build your own websites and blogs.  The time you invest in it will pay dividends immediately and for years.  Here … [Read more...]

Linkvana Review: Search Engine Optimization Search SEO Software

Get search engine optimization search SEO software that works for you Let's face it, SEO is hard work; any search optimization search SEO software that speeds up and improves your SEO and gets killer results is worth a fortune.  Linkvana is an SEO service that gets you backlinks to your websites and blogs. Read this Linkvana review to find out what is Linkvana and answer the-always pertinent question: does Linkvana work? Linkvana Review: What is Linkvana? A backlink service for SEO that gets you as many quality one-way backlinks that you want to as many websites and … [Read more...]

Client Service Tips to Keep your Clients Happy

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Great client service = client retention and word-of-mouth referrals. I doubt many lawyers pay much attention to client service, or have any policies in place about client service.  This is a big mistake.  Happy clients are will keep coming back and tell other people about you and your firm. The following are some basic client service techniques that are sure to help client retention at your firm. Live telephone reception.  I've been tempted to get automated answering, but I have to say I sure appreciate a live-person when I call somewhere.  I know you and your clients do as … [Read more...]

Client Referral Fees that may be Permitted

Most jurisdictions as far as I know prohibit lawyers from paying referral fees (let me know if I'm wrong about this.  I know my jurisdiction does). As business owners, we love it when clients send us business by word-of-mouth.  Why?  Because word-of-mouth marketing costs us nothing.  More importantly, word-of-mouth referrals come to us pre-sold.  In fact, in my experience, clients who see me who were referred, came to see me to discuss their case and get started; not to determine whether they'll hire me. Alternative referral incentive program: Tell referral sources that you'll donate … [Read more...]

Be Smart About Law Firm Marketing: Pick and Choose

Track which marketing activities work and which ones don't? The internet offers many, many, many excellent ways to market your law firm.  And this is in addition to the traditional law firm marketing options such as brochures, radio, TV, giving talks, networking, etc. The internet is a wonderful vehicle for lawyer marketing because the internet is an information-delivery mechanism; lawyers  are in the information business.  The two work great together. This website (thePAPERLESSlawyer) shares a large variety of marketing strategies and activities.  You should realize that not all … [Read more...]

Website or Blog? What Should a Lawyer or Law Firm Use

Short answer: both IF you or your firm will actually write blog posts regularly.  If you won't commit to writing blog posts, then it's a website format.  This article goes through the pros and cons of each and how to best integrate both a website and blog. The lines separating websites and blogs are blurring these days. Blog features such as news updates and updated articles are being fed to appear on the homepages (another other web pages) of traditional websites. Traditionally a website is a static set of pages linked together.  The information (content) on each page seldom … [Read more...]

35 LinkedIn Lawyer Tips

LinkedIn is an online professional networking website.  Once you register, colleagues, classmates, and just about anyone can find your LinkedIn profile. LinkedIn search engine results are pretty impressive when searching a lawyer's name and legal practice areas. LinkedIn is a relationship-building online service that if used well, can result in many connections that can lead to more business for you and your law firm.  LinkedIn is also a great resource for hiring. Read the following 35 LinkedIn tips, techniques and recommendations for improved social media and marketing results for … [Read more...]

Lawyer Marketing Online

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Lawyer Marketing Is All About The Internet Internet marketing comprises about 85 percent of our lawyer marketing efforts and marketing budget. 2 years ago internet marketing comprised maybe 2 percent, consisting of a couple of internet directory listings. Internet marketing for us over the last two years is by far the most effective lawyer marketing activities we've ever done.  The absolute beauty about marketing online is we can tailor our message and information to our targeted market.  In other words, we place plenty of great legal information and our contact information online … [Read more...]

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