Archive for February, 2010

With most of last year spent in development and two years of planning, the attorney directory on SEOLawFirm.com went live on Monday. The directory has over 200,000 attorneys and pushes the legal marketing company in a new direction.
The parent company of SEOLawFirm.com, SEO company Adviatech, has taken on a series of ambitious objectives for 2010; [...]

We have been critical of Twitter in the past, but the fact is Twitter drives traffic. To effectively use it, you need content to which people will be sent. Doing a “tweet” that gives personal updates like “I’m at a restaurant,” or “Driving on interstate,” or “In a small accident from tweeting on the interstate” [...]

By Gode Davis, staff columnist – February 25, 2010
I was watching my television the other day, and it seemed like déjà vu.
An aircraft, in this case a Piper Cherokee PA-28 single-engine small plane, was deliberately crashed into the IRS Building in Austin, Texas by one A. Joseph Stack III, in what I’ve taken to [...]

By Delores Amorelli, staff writer of SEOLawFirm.com’s Newsroom Column ‘In Good Practice’ – February 23, 2010
A class-action suit, more than a decade old, was recently settled when a group of older Hollywood writers was compensated for the alleged age-discrimination they experienced at the hands of Hollywood networks, production studios, and talent agencies. The defendants, [...]

The Internet gives law firms many opportunities to market themselves in much more affordable ways than traditional print, television and radio. In fact, even paying an online law firm marketing company to take care of everything for you can generally cost less than using a less effective Yellow Pages advertisement.
Due to hectic schedules, most lawyers [...]

If your law firm has a website as a part of its online legal marketing strategy, chances are it’s getting traffic every day. The value and volume of the traffic are things that need to be improved through search engine optimization, but this article is more about knowing what’s going on with your website’s activity.
When [...]

An exciting part of what we do is designing new websites and re-branding law firms. It’s a lot of fun. It’s in this area of law firm marketing that we get to be the most creative as we strive to exceed what we’ve done in the past.
In our Tampa office, we have a constant arm [...]

When blogging, many are concerned about making their blog entries too long or too short. Are their standards to blogging on your own website?
While your onsite blog may not have a built-in character minimum/maximum, it generally is a good idea to at least complete a thought in 1-2 paragraphs. If you are just announcing a [...]

By Delores Amorelli, staff writer of SEOLawFirm.com’s Newsroom Column ‘In Good Practice’ – February 10, 2010
For most people, the cost of cheating with another’s spouse is a few angry words or a sullied reputation. However, the price for cheating could be much higher for some. A little known law that has been maintained in several [...]

Frequently, prospective clients will ask us why a particular lawyer or law firm in their area or local association is ranked high on the first page. It is a legitimate question – the best way to start marketing your law firm online is to find out who your competitors are.
Over the years, here are some [...]