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Law Firm Suites provides blog content to help aspiring and established solo attorneys and small law firms alike. On this blog, we have gathered the top 10 must-read articles to help you with your firm’s website. Continue reading and see the benefit of this content.
Have You Looked at your Website Lately?
Your website is a key component of your practice, but it’s a missed opportunity if it’s approached the wrong way. Merely having a web presence isn’t enough anymore. According to a recent AVVO study, 31% of legal consumers are finding their lawyers online. It is the virtual doorway to your office and the way that many potential clients will find you. It must reflect your presentation of professionalism and serve as a gateway rather than a billboard. A poorly crafted site, or one that’s behind the times, won’t do you any favors.
9 Reasons Why Your Law Firm Website Needs a Live Chat Feature [Infographic]
Your knowledge of the law is something that a lot of other people don’t have, yet desperately want and need. The easier you make it for you to showcase that knowledge, the more likely you are to build a strong brand and therefore get more clients. One of the simplest ways to do this is to have a chatbox on your website that gives you the option to respond to and help people quickly and efficiently. Live chat software enables you to engage in real-time conversations with clients and potential clients alike. Just think about how long it can take you to respond to quick questions via email. That time between receiving the email and responding can determine whether that potential client signs up with you or your competitor.
Simple Website Tweaks that Actually Bring in Business
Your website might look pretty and have cool animations, but if it doesn’t convert visiting leads into paying clients then it’s nothing more than a waste of time and money. What you need is an intriguing and enticing copy displayed all over your website that catches the attention and peaks the interest of your visiting potential clients. To help ensure your website performs to its highest potential, follow these five simple tips:
Your Law Firm Website Bio: Why It Matters & Tips For Nailing It
When you’re starting your law firm, many things are running through your head, such as finances, finding an adequate office situation, marketing, and so on. It takes a lot of time and effort to get everything up and running, especially if you’re a solo or small firm attorney. This means that there is a greater possibility of overlooking seemingly minor tasks. Although it may seem minor at first, one major element of building a successful law practice is your bio on your firm’s website. To some, a website bio is minuscule and not worth worrying about. THEY’RE WRONG.
SEO Guide For Law Firm Websites
In this digital world, people rely on the Internet for almost everything, even legal matters. Whether someone’s looking to find more information on the consequences of underage DUI or in need of a criminal defense lawyer, the first thing they’ll probably do is run a search online. A law firm without a website is clearly behind the times and missing on a lot of potential clients. However, merely having a website won’t be enough to attract and convert new clients via free search engine traffic. You need to develop a good SEO strategy to reach your target audiences and hit your goals. SEO is a long-term strategy and, therefore, will take time. The process of improving your website to increase your visibility can seem daunting. Be sure to focus not only on the quantity of your website traffic but the quality to yield positive results. This search engine optimization blueprint for attorneys will help set your website up for SEO success.
How to Turn Your Law Firm Website Into a Referral Machine – DIY Guide Part 1: NAP(S)
After a grueling nine months of full-time lawyering and after-hours website creation, I finally launched my law firm’s new website! As proud of I was with all of my work, I knew it would all be for naught if it does not bring in new clients. In other words, although my full website was finally live, my work on it was far from done. Now I had to start on the second part of my online marketing journey and figure out how to become visible on search engines and found by potential clients. So how do you go about getting found by Google and other major search engines? The answer = Search Engine Optimization (SEO). There are many different parts to SEO – if like me, you used a program like wix.com. These types of programs do a lot of the heavy lifting (i.e. coding) for you. I will be blogging about each of the following topics in this and subsequent Law Firm Suites blog posts, all of which are critical components of effective SEO:
4 User Experience Design Tips for Attorney Websites
User experience (UX), or the overall experience while using a website, especially in terms of how easy or pleasing it is to use, is more important than ever in marketing as an attorney. UX can increase a website’s performance in search while also generating leads. It used to take much less to rank well, but now Google also takes into consideration what users are doing after clicking on your link. Google evaluates how people interact with websites they find through their search. When people have a good experience (as evidenced by low bounce rates, high time on site and number of pages visited) Google ranks those sites higher. Here are some best practices lawyers can follow to increase search rank and generate more leads.
Law Firm Website Best Practices [Infographic]
We all know it, the world of legal marketing is changing faster than ever. The days of TV ads and billboards are fading and a client-centric educational based content marketing approach is rising to the top. A strong web presence, mastery of local SEO and content strategy is crucial to your firm’s success. That is why if you hope to build a successful law firm, having a website that follows today’s digital best practices is critical. To help ensure your marketing efforts and website are on the right path, the pros over at Imarc have identified the Top 4 Best Practices to thrive in this new era of legal marketing and put them into one super helpful infographic. Take a look for yourself and see what changes you can make to keep your firm’s website on top!
25 Must-Have Components for Every Law Firm Website [Infographic]
In today’s legal industry, a well-designed and thorough website is essential to your firm’s success. Seriously, if your firm’s website isn’t up to par, then your practice is in trouble. But at the same time, you went to law school to practice law, not design good looking and effective websites. And hiring web developers can be expensive and time-consuming. Especially if you are unsure of what you would like your website’s end product to look like. To help, the web development pros at UK Web Host Review have put together an infographic that details what they believe to be the essential features of every successful website. They even go on to show you what information needs to be where, thus giving you a blueprint of what your site should look like.
What’s the Verdict on Your Website?
Your website is a key component of your practice, but it’s a missed opportunity if it’s approached the wrong way. Merely having a web presence isn’t enough anymore. According to a recent AVVO study, 31% of legal consumers are finding their lawyers online. It is the virtual doorway to your office and the way that many potential clients will find you. It must reflect your presentation of professionalism and serve as a gateway rather than a billboard. A poorly crafted site, or one that’s behind the times, won’t do you any favors. The whole point is to attract more clients and to make it easier for them to find and choose your firm. Here are five common mistakes that can shoot your best efforts in the foot.
