Because they’re really hard to do well. It’s not just you–most law firm blogs stink. Here’s why. I responded to a question on an online legal marketing group posed by someone whose firm was struggling to re-launch a blog “to…
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There are four critical steps to overhauling your website: Strategy and messaging Design Coding Maintenance That is, first conceive the brand message. That’s the winning strategy, the competitive advantage that can lead to increased revenue and profitability. That’s what turns a new website…
Ross’s Top 10 Law Firm Domain Name Mistakes (Part II) Last week I discussed Ross’s Domain Name Rules 1-5, how to ensure that your website is easy for prospects to find, and that you’re using best practices in selecting your domain name….
Ross’s Top 10 Law Firm Domain Name Mistakes (Part I) What’s Your Law Firm’s Domain Name? YourName.com Back in the mid-90s, we were just starting to develop the first law firm websites. As Marketing Partner of Ungaretti & Harris in the…
Our Biggest Marketing Flop. Marketers like to argue which works better, Marketing or Sales. [2017 update] It’s like asking which is more successful, Nike, the classic marketing company, or IBM, the definitive Sales organization. Obviously, the answer is “both.”…
I think I found the nation’s least service oriented law firm. Over the years, we’ve done a lot of marketing and branding work with law, accounting, and other professional-services firms that wanted to use marketing to leverage their extraordinary client service….
“Good” Ads and Websites Don’t Work. [2016 update] More creative is cheaper. Stronger visuals cost less. Here’s why: See this ad? It’s one previously used by a client, Lorne MacLean, a small firm in Vancouver, BC. Nice guy, great lawyer, handsome…
Awful law firm websites: The “Small-Firm Trifecta.” Nothing says “Small, mediocre law firm” like a website home page full of obvious stock photos and free clip art. And in my opinion, the worst of the worst are those that combine multiple…
“How will prospects know I’m awesome if I don’t tell them?” Hi. It’s Ross. Let me tell you a few things about myself: I’m excellent. I have integrity. I’m responsive. I’m experienced. I’m technically knowledgeable. I’m legally effective. I’m a partner…
Eight Law Firm Branding/Website Makeovers: 8 Before-and-Afters For most new law firm websites, I think the most-interesting question is how big an improvement is it over the previous one(s). Is it just a polished-up version of the previous site? Or…
