Our latest bi-annual National Marketing Effectiveness Survey reveals 77% percent of corporate, transactional and defense firms have embraced LinkedIn as part of their mix of business development tactics and that 15 percent have received cases directly and by referral from the professional online networking site. Our just completed survey also presents other intriguing results we’re […]
Conferences are expensive in terms of money and time spent by lawyers, and many firms often question their value believing most industry events are simply vacations in disguise. Conferences are an incredibly efficient way to start and deepen existing relationships. They key is to eliminate an event’s success being left to random contact in meeting […]
When a veteran lawyer joins your firm there are specific marketing steps to take to ensure the maximum number of clients and referral sources continue their relationships with that lawyer, and that the new capabilities that lawyer provides within your firm are learned by your firm’s existing clients. Here’s a basic checklist to follow. It’s […]
Most law firms carefully craft their websites to leave a certain impression with potential clients, the firm’s existing clients, referral sources, employees and potential employees. Have you ever considered what jurors might think of your litigators and firm after a visit to your website during trial? Jury consultants lecturing at national conventions confirm what interviews […]
I recently posted here saying that a new study reveals blogging dramatically increases web site visits and LEADS. Now there’s more evidence that social media will increase revenue and that it must be fully considered for your law firm marketing plan mix. Although this latest survey was not specific to professional services we take careful […]
Businesses that blog at least 20 times per month generate 5 times more traffic than those that blog fewer than 4 times per month,” the report reveals, adding that those businesses also generate, more importantly, 4 times as many leads. Now we’re talking, it’s not so much about traffic, it’s about case leads. But we […]
We do not recommend firms purchase added profiles of lawyers in the special supplements offered in prestigious local and national publications to further highlight lawyer peer-review rankings and ratings. We make this recommendation despite it likely rankling some of our decades-long good relations and friendships with the raters– Super Lawyers®, Martindale-Hubbell® and The Best Lawyers […]
Stating their goal is greater transparency, Martindale Hubbell has announced it’s changing the rules governing how it displays your peer review rating online. They’ve also changed how you will learn of and what occurs when you suppress or comment upon written feedback made by other lawyers and clients on your profile. It surprises many of […]
Many state and local bar associations, and a few notable national entities, have now abandoned their printed membership directories. More broadly, our analysis and recommendations in response to this, which appear below, prompts us to remember lawyers and firms must have a process for managing all of your online contact information. Every law firm marketing […]
The ABA Commission on Ethics 20/20, reporting at the association’s annual meeting in August, has decided there is no evidence of a ‘pervasive problem’ caused by lawyer rankings services. “We found no evidence that anyone has been caused any harm by this,” said one of the commission’s co-chairs. Existing ethics rules adequately govern advertising and […]
