Here is more information about how to design a good law firm website, and how to
start a law firm blog.
We recommend WordPress over any other blogging platform in our post about how to
start a law firm blog.
But you should also consider
starting a law firm blog and building up an email list of members from your target clientele.
Here's how you can
start your law firm blog in 5 easy steps using WordPress.
Several days ago, I wrote a detailed article entitled «How to
Start a Law Firm Blog ``.
Not exact matches
I
started this
blog, Gluten - Free on a Shoestring, in March 2009, after I was laid off from my job as a senior practicing lawyer in a large
law firm in New York.
I had
started writing a gluten free food
blog in 2009, soon after being laid off from my job as a lawyer in a big
law firm.
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Blog Khurana & Khurana is a full service Intellectual Property (IP) and Commercial
Law firm giving high - end technology backed IP Prosecution and Litigation Services and represents over 3000 Indian and Global Corporates ranging from Fortune 500 Corporates to SME's to
Start - ups.
We'd like to
start reviewing some of the top factors that are likely to influence the ranking of a
law firm website or
blog in search engine results, particularly Google.
I was speaking with the 80 - year - old (and still active) founder of a mid-size
firm the other day, and one of the things he mentioned was that he wants to
start up a
law blog himself.
FindLaw gets you
started by creating a
blog and social media profiles for your
law firm.
Clients are
starting to notice as well, as one survey suggests in - house counsel take
blogs into consideration in choosing
law firms (though it's also worth noting that
blogs have their limits in this regard).
In fact, two of your links point to both Kevin O'Keefe's
blog and Kailee Goold's post on Ohio Legal Ethics, which were in response to an earlier conversation on this topic that I
started on my
blog in June 2014 - http://virtualmarketingofficer.com/2014/06/23/ghostwriter-that-is-unethical-says-the-
law-firm-marketing-director-to-the-ghost/ As a content specialist for
law firms, I write a variety of content, including
blog posts, but I don't «author» any of it.
It seems like most
law firm websites have a
blog tab leading to a few boring, useless posts that stopped shortly after they
started.
«Site Search Tools for
Law Firm Websites and
Blogs Main Authenticating Your Emails: Time to
Start?»
Now is the perfect time to
start a professional
blog for your
law firm.
For example, if you have that work comp
firm, don't
start a workers compensation
law blog.
Since you won't have a running
law firm website for your practice until you are admitted, if you
start out with a
blog you can build up some web traffic in the meantime.
Professor Bill Henderson of the Empirical Legal Studies
Blog has opened an interesting discussion with his recent analysis of the bimodal distribution of
law firm starting salaries.
«Since word is already dribbling out among my friends, I thought I should let you know here: I'm closing down this
blog in the next few weeks to
start up a new one at the White House as their official
law blogger,» wrote Attorney Eric Turkewitz of The Turkewitz Law Firm in that 2010 April Fools» Day pra
law blogger,» wrote Attorney Eric Turkewitz of The Turkewitz
Law Firm in that 2010 April Fools» Day pra
Law Firm in that 2010 April Fools» Day prank.
As the previous examples show,
starting a
blog can serve as a springboard to moving on to bigger and better things — that may or may not include their
law firm.
For example, the
Law360
blog recently set forth the 5 Ways
Law Firms Can Avoid a Data Breach Nightmare, and their list would be an excellent starting point for firms who are confronting these issues for the first
Firms Can Avoid a Data Breach Nightmare, and their list would be an excellent
starting point for
firms who are confronting these issues for the first
firms who are confronting these issues for the first time.
Starting a
blog is a long - term
law firm marketing endeavor.
While engaging in social media,
starting a
blog, and sending press releases can help your
law firm create a regular presence toward prospective clients, a spot among the rankings can help you show potential clients that your
firm can play with the big dogs even if you offer better rates and work with less overhead.
Michael O'Sullivan, a corporate lawyer with a Los Angeles
law firm, has started a blog devoted to corporate securities and M&A; law issues, Corp Law Bl
law firm, has
started a
blog devoted to corporate securities and M&A; law issues, Corp Law B
blog devoted to corporate securities and M&A;
law issues, Corp Law Bl
law issues, Corp
Law Bl
Law BlogBlog.
Perhaps because autumn coincides with the
start of the school year, this week's Blawg Review features a large number of educational or explanatory posts, including Tom Collins of morepartnerincome on the six basic
law firm metrics that every
firm should track; Larry Bodine on how to jump -
start cross-selling in your
law firm; Invent
Blog has a nice overview of how to tell if a patent has been litigated over; and Dennis Kennedy explains
blogs and RSS.
Or are
law firm associates so busy trying to bill enough hours to justify new increased salaries that
law firms can't find the manpower to get
blogs started?
Fourth, and finally, if you just can't get your head around setting up two websites, Greg and I agree that you should just
start a
blog, and put your
law firm website on it.
If you are going to
start a
blog, consider just not having a
law firm website altogether.
Tim Stanley, founder of Justia, the leader in search engine optimized Web sites for
law firms, has
started a
blog dedicated to SEO (search engine optimization) and related marketing issues.
This post is from the first
blog I
started, called «How to
Start a
Law Firm.»
In this Episode I Talk About: Why it's important to choose a niche when
starting your
law firm; Why Foonberg's book probably isn't something you want to be relying on for all your business questions; The importance of systems and standard operating procedures in your
law firm; The role you play as both lawyer for your clients and owner of your
law firm; How to embrace taking risks, success, and failure to get better every day; and A FREE tool you can implement on your website and
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The following list of websites and
blogs is a nice place to
start for learning about technology in the
law firm:
If you are a lawyer or
law firm thinking about starting a blog, Kevin's a person that just might be able to help: Family, Fraud and Political Law: New Blogs Joining the LexBlog Netwo
law firm thinking about
starting a
blog, Kevin's a person that just might be able to help: Family, Fraud and Political
Law: New Blogs Joining the LexBlog Netwo
Law: New
Blogs Joining the LexBlog Network.
Tom Mighell works for Contoural, Inc. helping lawyers to develop records management programs, but back when he
started his
law blog (Inter-alia.net) he was a litigator with a prestigious Dallas
law firm.
When
law blogs started to take off about a decade ago, large
law firms, with lawyers segmented by practice or industry groups, gravitated to group
blogs for any number of reasons.
Once you
start a
blog for your
law firm, it becomes more than just a
blog.
And if you haven't already
started a
blog, read this post about how to set up a
law firm blog in 5 steps.
Law firms often turn to low - cost content providers to get their
blogs started.
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz will
start a pilot program next week, requiring its assistants to report the status and location of the
firm's attorneys each morning, according to an internal memo leaked to the legal
blog Above the
Law.
London, W1H 7AL, UK About
Blog Started by Roger Gherson in 1988, Gherson is an award winning, specialist UK immigration, nationality, extradition and human rights
law firm based in London.
Texas Bar, for innovative use of video and extensive online how - to library, Minnesota Bar for experimenting in
blogs and social media (even if off the main site), Mississippi for a terrific solo tool kit, Association of the Bar of New York for extensive resources (including a thorough business plan) on
starting a
law firm, Colorado bar for unique programs like a conciliation panel that helps contentious opposing counsel get along, the DC Bar (for the very limited reason that it has been offering free, monthly programs on
starting a practice and NOT for its Avvo insantity) and the ABA for solosez and its attempt at social media with Legally Minded.
We thought about our clients and people who look at the
blog... They're all in marketing and advertising and they're all thinking about how they take their products and make their product websites more accessible to people... They were doing the same thing in terms of developing apps, Twitter and all the different sorts of social media... We looked and, at the time,
law firms really hadn't
started doing that in the same way as consumer products companies.»
Earlier this month, I wrote a
blog post called «Destroying your own business» that explained why
law firms, in order to adapt to the emerging marketplace, needed to blow up their own business models and essentially
start over.
All you have to do is look at the ten reasons for a
law firm or lawyer to
start a
blog to understand why.
Founded in 2007 by both Sam and Aaron Street, Lawyerist is a group
blog that focuses on information relevant to
starting and running a successful solo or small
firm law practice.
To date, it remains the most comprehensive online resource for solo and small
firm lawyers with thousands of
blog posts and an impressive stock of free e-books, checklists and forms on
starting and running a
law firm.
Los Angeles, CA About
Blog LA Personal Injury Lawyer Bobby Yaghoubian
started the Power Legal Group because he wanted to have a Los Angeles
law firm that offered aggressive representation combined with personalized service.
Arlington & Staunton, VA, USA About
Blog Law Offices of Rajiv S. Khanna, P.C, immigration law firm, was started in 19
Law Offices of Rajiv S. Khanna, P.C, immigration
law firm, was started in 19
law firm, was
started in 1993.
San Francisco, California About
Blog Recognized as one of California's top
law firms, Bend Law Group helps small business owners, entrepreneurs and startups start and grow their business
law firms, Bend
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