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Three Law Firm Marketing Shortcomings…and How to Avoid Them

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The generation of attorneys who still consider any type of “marketing” to be unprofessional is diminishing, concurrent with the increase of “Emeritus” partners listed on law firm websites. That evolution notwithstanding, most law firms and younger practitioners remain stuck in neutral, in terms of marketing sophistication.

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Bare Essentials: Marketing as a Necessary Evil

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A Website that’s Worth Reading: Your website must provide visitors with a clear understanding of who you are, what you do, how you do it, why you are doing it, and who would benefit most from what you do. Your website should also: Use plainspoken, simple language. Take advantage of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) tactics.

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Fighting Online Brand Sabotage 101

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Complaint websites such as Yelp , Glassdoor and Ripoff Report – that empower actual and imaginary customers or employees to anonymously post their accurate or bogus comments online – have created new brand-related challenges and opportunities for their corporate targets. Brand Sabotage May Warrant Ninja Tactics.

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Is Your B2B Firm REALLY Marketing…Or Simply Making Tactical Soup?

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Unless your firm has accomplished something truly noteworthy—like discovering your profession’s equivalent of cold fusion—then the likelihood of your clients, prospects and referral sources actually noticing the media exposure and doing something about it, such as visiting your firm’s website or requesting an introductory meeting, is probably low.

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Avoid the Carnival Barker Approach to Publicity

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Too often, publicity with or without merchandising potential is simply hung on a company’s website like a hunting trophy. Under pressure to produce media exposure of any kind, PR firms or corporate publicists sometimes generate a placement first, and then attempt to figure out a way to leverage (or “merchandise”) that publicity.

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5 Ways You Can Merchandise the “Masthead Value” of Publicity

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Long blocks of copy on websites that require scrolling are rarely read.) Prominently showcase high value placements – If you’ve invested and succeeded in generating media placements with high masthead value, why make it difficult for target audiences to find them on your website?