The quest for most lawyers is to acquire the best possible clients, who always pay in full. I know, right: from your lips to God’s ear. But, how do you know if a client is… Read More
Boo Hoo: Scary Clients to Avoid
Effectively vetting clients is one of the more important things you can do as a law firm owner, because those bad clients can haunt you for years and years. The best policy is to never… Read More
Talk It Out: Communicating with Potential Clients About Communicating with You
Lawyers generally like to avoid upfront conversations about money and communications, as they try to cross the finish line to signing on new clients. The reason, probably, is that they feel that that will slow… Read More
Image Conscious: Your Text and Audio Content Needs Vibrant Scenery
Reading, at any great length, seems to be a habit left behind in the 20th century. Most of us treat reading copy like Leopold Bloom abuses newspaper advertising in an outhouse – which is probably… Read More
To-Do List: A Simple Marketing Tactic Can Get You More Referrals
Over the last several years, community- and family-based referrals have been on the rise for law firms, especially since the COVID-19 pandemic made certain that everyone was hanging close to home from 2019-2022. That change… Read More
The Art of the HumbleBrag: How to Market Your Legal Services Without Feeling Too Bad About It
Lots of lawyers say they don’t like to talk about themselves, which is why they struggle in online marketing. Which is odd, because it you look at literally any lawyer’s website bio, it’s a litany… Read More
Turn on the Faucet: Drip Campaigns Can Be Used for a Lot of Different Things
A ‘drip campaign’ is a series of marketing messages. And, those messages could be sent via a number of different platforms, including email and text. Drip campaigns can be used to stay in touch with… Read More
Range Rover: Reduce Your Practice Areas to Reduce Competition and Stress
Most law firms have too many practice areas. That’s the 10% or 20% of the caseload that most law firms maintain, that usually gives them the most trouble, and generates the least income. That’s the… Read More
Next on the Docket: Gideon Launches Lead Docket Integration for Filevine CRM
Chat tools tend to pair well with customer relationship management (CRM) softwares. Chat softwares – especially chatbots like ours that can qualify and schedule leads automatically, without attorney or staff intervention – allow law firms… Read More