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Newly minted law firm partners must find ways to grow the practice. They have to do this efficiently and not get obstructed by spreadsheets, cluttered email, or unwieldy software programs. 

Many years back I received the advice to run away from any marketing agency that offered a guaranteed ROI. Back then it was the wild wild west on the world wide web, and my coach was right. I had a successfully helped build an eBay business, followed by a successful transition to ecommerce on my own sites, and followed it up with explosive growth with my debt settlement business. The success of all these businesses was due to my understanding of the search engines of the day.

One day our team decided to hire an agency to run our marketing campaigns. I interviewed dozens of marketing agencies looking for someone who would guarantee their work. I wanted to make sure that they put their money where their mouth is. After all, I knew based on my experience what worked and what didn't. In my search I discovered a few things:

According to a research study conducted by Bloomberg Law and the Legal Marketing Association, “67% of attorneys and marketing and business development professionals agree that their law firm is increasing its emphasis on business development and marketing efforts.” This increased focus on alignment of these traditionally separate departments leads to opportunities for marketers to grow professionally within the firm. 

In the following, we provide actionable insights to the process needed to align your marketing and BD for law firm growth.

• Define Legal Marketing and Business Development
• Define the journey of from stranger to client and beyond
• Communicate on one platform
• Measure every key touchpoint

Many law practices find themselves dependent on traditional marketing efforts. They are either unaware of the most valuable and efficient marketing tools available, do not have a website to execute a solid plan with, lack the knowledge to move their marketing efforts forward, or a bit of all three.

Outlined below are a few basic tips to help you as you design and build an efficient law firm internet marketing campaign.

“Success requires first expending ten units of effort to produce one unit of results. Your momentum will then produce ten units of results with each unit of effort.”

Charles J. Givens

Inbound marketing has grown significantly in the last decade.  As an Inbound Marketing Agency, we have seen a lot of companies and marketers jump on the bandwagon, but not all those who try it succeed. In our experience, Inbound Marketing doesn’t work for everyone.

Running a law firm is hard work. As a business owner and attorney, you’re not only responsible for your clients legal challenges, but also for running a profitable and self-sustaining practice. Having worked with many attorneys over the years, we have found that attorneys have a hard time generating quality online leads and converting them into customers with a positive return on investment. We have mastered lead generation for many law niches through the implementation of a repeatable MIT tested and validated process. Using our process, you'll be able to automate and streamline your law firm marketing, saving you time and generating more revenue for your firm.

Dwight D. Eisenhower said “Plans are nothing; planning is everything.”

The first hour of your workday sets the tone for the rest of your workday.

If you are overwhelmed before you start the workday, what will be the results for the rest of your day when challenges arise?

There is nothing more frustrating than having a website that is not getting any traffic and leads. Every website is different and the reasons you’re not getting traffic can be completely different from another site. The first thing we need to distinguish are the two ways to drive traffic to your site, Organic and Paid. The next step is to create a realistic and executable action plan to increase web traffic.

I was recently talking to a prospect, now a client, about his frustration with the countless marketing companies promising to help increase their online presence. He spoke with an SEO company that ranked very well for "SEO" industry keywords but who didn't offer social media, email marketing, or Pay Per Click. Although, he understood the value of SEO companies, he also knew that he could generate fast business with Pay Per Click. He spoke to a Social Media expert with over 10,000 followers that only focused on Facebook and Twitter. The large Pay Per Click company he spoke to didn’t offer Facebook PPC. Here inlays the problem. Most businesse