Marketing for lawyers, accountants and professional services
Designing a content marketing strategy for your law firm? Don’t overlook the power of great SEO to attract new clients. What is SEO? SEO, or Search Engine Optimisation, has gone through quite an evolution since its inception. Gone are the days when online content was littered with keywords that did nothing to improve the quality of the prose. Today’s SEO content is dynamic and seamlessly…
Creating content to market your firm should be easy. You pick a relevant topic and write away, right? Actually, there’s a lot more science behind content marketing and what it should contain in order to attract a potential client, and then help them decide that you’re the best firm for them. This process is called the sales funnel and it’s based on your buyer’s journey….
You’re convinced. This is going to be the year you develop a content marketing strategy for your law firm, sit back and watch the new clients stream in. You’ll build your brand, become known as legal thought leaders, and maybe even go viral. Yes, this will definitely be Your Year. But first you have to get started. One common mistake that firms make is…
So reluctantly you’ve decided to take the plunge and set your firm up on social media as part of your accounting or law firm marketing strategy. You’re excited at the promise of opening your firm up to a range of new clients and networks, but nothing is happening. It’s frustrating but before you decide to close down your account consider whether you’ve made any of these common…
So you’ve decided to develop a social media strategy. You’re not alone; law firms are increasingly competing in the online space, with a content marketing strategy and social media presence serving as a point of difference. But knowing that you need a social media strategy isn’t enough. You need to know who your strategy is aimed at. For example, a firm specialising in tax…
If the events of the last couple of months have shown us anything, it’s the power of social media. One day tweeting your mind can help you become President and the next it can land you in a boiling soup of constitutional and ethical dilemmas. So when it comes to your own reputation and that of your firm’s is social media for lawyers just…
Recently I had a question about a particular point of immigration law. I didn’t know whether I needed a lawyer, I just knew I needed some more information so I could decide whether I needed to engage an expert. My first point of call was Google. I typed in “immigration law Australia” and up popped a long list of websites, most of which looked rather…