There’s no one size fits all approach to social media marketing for law firms. Every lawyer has their own unique skills, talents, and marketing objectives, so the social media strategies that may benefit a family lawyer in a small community may not work as well for a technology lawyer in San Francisco. While there are […]
We all want to attract new clients and referrals from friends and colleagues – and social media is the perfect avenue to accomplish those objectives. Since people spend more time on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter than any other websites, social media is the ideal method of promoting ourselves, our firms, and staying on our potential […]
One major reason why attorneys avoid social media marketing is that they simply don’t have the time. In our profession we face a seemingly endless stream of deadlines, emails, hearings, meetings, and legal research trying to determine the actual meaning of the rule against perpetuities (let’s be honest, no one really knows what that means). […]
Connecting with colleagues and contacts as Facebook friends and engaging with them will keep you on their radar screen so that they are more likely to think of you when its time to hire a lawyer. It’s as simple as that. Now, as a practicing attorney and social media marketing consultant for lawyers, I understand […]
Facebook is the most visited website in the world. It should therefore come as no surprise that your Facebook profile is an incredible tool to attract new clients. As both a practicing attorney and social media marketing consultant for lawyers, I’ve worked with many attorneys who successfully use Facebook to connect with friends, colleagues, and […]
LinkedIn is the business-oriented social media platform. Every lawyer knows that. We can use it to create our professional LinkedIn profile so that colleagues and potential clients could find us online. Once fill in where we went to law school, how many years we’ve been at our firm, and by mentioning that article we wrote […]
Every good lawyer starts with the end in mind. We envision the ideal outcome for our client, and then implement the most effective strategies to achieve their goals. The same process works with social media marketing for lawyers. As both a practicing attorney and social media marketing consultant for lawyers, I’ve learned that we […]
Some lawyers are hesitant to engage in social media marketing because they believe that they lack control over the privacy of their content. As a practicing attorney and social media marketing consultant for lawyers, I understand the importance of controlling who can see the content I post on social media. Contrary to popular belief, Facebook […]
Engaging with friends and colleagues is a proven social media marketing strategy to attract new clients. As a practicing attorney and social media consultant for lawyers, I understand how important it is to engage with my colleagues and stay on my network’s radar screen so that they think of me when its time to hire […]
There’s a reason we attend networking events: they are an effective method of building meaningful relationships and attracting new business. Well guess what? The same results are achieved when networking in LinkedIn Groups. As both a practicing attorney and social media marketing consultant for lawyers, I develop new business by identifying my marketing goals and […]