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How Lawyers Can Use Halloween to Get New Business

Think that kids are the only ones benefiting from Halloween? Think again.

While Halloween is not a popularly searched topic for most of the year, beginning September, and blowing up in October, Google is bombarded with Halloween-related search inquiries. Not surprisingly, last week in October, boasts about 100 times more Halloween-related search requests than any other time of the year.

So how are you and your law firm capitalizing on this potential new business bonanza?  If you aren’t already, start incorporating Halloween into your firm’s marketing, public relations, blogging and social media efforts. Use this holiday as an invaluable opportunity to raise your law firm’s Web Presence and see the benefits online, in the media, and in your firm’s expanded reach.

While Halloween is supposed to be good, old-fashioned fun, there are quite a few legal issues tied to the scariest holiday of the year. For example:

  • Getting Festive. While a fun family activity, decorating one’s home for Halloween can also be dangerous. Lawyers can remind homeowners that they face possible liability if a trick or treater falls and hurts themselves on their property.

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Top BigLaw Firms on the Social Web

Social Media is not just for tweens. From properly managed blogs to Twitters accounts breaking legal stories and YouTube channels teaching potential clients about their rights, Social Networking is enabling law firms of all sizes to connect with potential clients, referral sources, and expand their reach.

In today’s competitive legal market, it’s not enough to just ‘be.’ Your law firm’s Web Presence is a crucial part of the business development process. If your firm, or one of your top attorneys (you?), are looking to stand out and develop your brand (yes, lawyers and law firms are considered ‘brands’) then you need to be in front of your target audience. Whether that audience is journalists, future alleged criminals, yet-to-be-harmed plaintiffs, or other legal professionals, you will reach them through the Internet.

And don’t think that BigLaw hasn’t caught on to this. Here are a few well-managed, strategic Social Media accounts by law firms:

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Why Providing Useful, Unique Legal Content is Necessary

Recently, the web has been abuzz with Google’s algorithm updates. These ever-so-powerful algorithms essentially determine your website’s placement in a Google search and at WebPresence, Esq. we’re happy about the changes. Along with cuddly code names (“Panda” and “Penguin”), these algorithms will be giving more weight to our clients websites, which we fill with useful, informative, unique content, while supposedly penalizing sites who use black hat SEO tactics. In other words, merely filling up a page with key words to improve your site’s ranking will no longer cut it, according to Google.

Google regularly updates its algorithms in order to provide the ultimate user experience. As legal content writers, we wholeheartedly stand behind that ideal. Along with a more accurate user experience, Google’s updates provide our clients with a better chance at client conversion, meaning the potential client sees and visits their website, thereby turning into a bona fide client.

Essentially, regular algorithm updates aim to ensure that the user is getting the most accurate and high quality results for what he or she is searching for. For example, when a potential client types ‘Can I sue the drunk driver that injured me in California?’ into a Google search, instead of law firm websites containing spammy, non-useful information showing up first on the search result list, Google will prioritize your high-quality website that provides useful, current content. That cheer you just heard? Our satisfied clients, raising a toast to WebPresence, Esq.’s premium services.

At WebPresence, Esq. we provide unique, informative, SEO-rich content to our clients. Our approach is not one-size fits-all. Understanding what Google, Bing, AOL, and the other major search engines are searching for, we tailor our content to each of our clients and to the principles of SEO best practices. We write articles that work to increase your website’s search engine rankings, not harm it. And perhaps most importantly, we’re attorneys who understand the Professional Rules of Conduct and the difference between advertising and social networking.

WebPresence, Esq. is a cutting-edge Web Presence Management company built by attorneys for attorneys. Our team of lawyers will create a powerful Social Media campaign for your law firm, enabling you to attract new business and increasing your firm’s reputation.  Additionally, we will manage your online reputation, ensuring that your carefully-crafted name remains in good stead.  For more information about our services, contact WebPresence, Esq. at www.WebPresenceEsq.com today.

 


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Google Plans to Penalize Over-Optimizers

Are you over-optimzing? Probably. Many “legal markerters” promise results to clients, lawyers just like you, with blog posts that are over-linked and ‘over-optimized.’  According to Google, the world’s largest search engine, such behavior will land your law firm’s website in the dugout: Google is working on a search ranking penalty for sites that are “over-optimized” or “overly SEO’ed.”  In other words, if you are paying a marketing or SEO group to buy tons of links on link-building sites or spread your links across non-ranked/unverified blogs, Social Media accounts, and online directories, Google will hold it against you.

Google has been working on this penalty for months and plans to roll it out in the near future. The penalty’s goal is to “level the playing field” and give sites that have great content a better shot at ranking above sites that have content that is not as great but do a better job with SEO.  Make sure that you and/or your legal marketer is contributing relevant, educational, and informational content to your blog — and not only for ethical reasons.

Matt Cutts, head of Google’s Webspam team, said about over-optimization:

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Legal Blogs for Business Development

Still questioning the impact of Social Media, specifically a ethically-sound, informative blog on your legal practice?  Wonder no more… According to Hubspot’s The 2012 State of Inbound Marketing, blogs and LinkedIn (a fabulous tool for disseminating your blog posts) are the top two online media accounts for generating new business.  The report shows that 57% of companies with a blog have acquired a customer from it — it’s time to bring your law firm into the realm of new media and countless business opportunities.  Of course, you must keep in mind that a legal blog needs to be educational and provide accurate, relevant information.

As with any marketing tool, consistency is key. Common sense dictates that the more often a law firm updates its blog, the more likely it is to generate a new client from the blog (or speaking appearances or increased exposure in a certain space, for example, and depending on the blog’s aim).  Several updates a week is ideal, but don’t despair: 2/3 of businesses who blog weekly found that the blog generated new business. Your Web Presence matters.

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I’m a Professional – I Don’t Need to Blog… Do I?

I’m a Law Firm / Professional Services Corporation — Why Do I Need to Blog?

Lawyers and other licensed professionals utilize blogs to enhance their reputation, provide current awareness, and to increase business.

 Today’s business climate has adapted to the new media approach and your clients — consumers and executives alike — are connecting with other progressive professionals via social media.

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4 Biggest Blogging Mistakes

4 Blogging Mistakes Every Lawyer Needs to Avoid!

1. Not Understanding Your Audience!
A big mistake many bloggers make is not understanding who their audience is. No matter how knowledgable you are on a topic, if you aren’t connecting with your target audience, you are wasting billable time! In order to deliver useful information, you must understand both the issues your potential clients are facing and how much they already know about the topic.

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