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How Can Attorneys Reduce No-Shows?

Empty Chair The new client no-show is a triple-whammy of lost income, lost future referrals and lost marketing dollars. This week we cover tips on how to improve communication with potential and current clients to keep your appointment book humming along....
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How do Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant Find Attorneys?

Hey Siri, who’s the best lawyer? Just like being the first lawyer to have a website in 1997, or to have a mobile-friendly site in 2008, taking some initial steps to show up in voice searches may be easier to do now before it inevitably becomes more saturated and monetized later....
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How Should an Attorney Handle Negative Online Reviews?

Responding to Bad Attorney Review Warren Buffett said, "It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it. If you think about that, you'll do things differently." The problem is, today, even if you do everything right, you can still get hosed by bad reviews....
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What Email Services Are Best for a Small Law Firm?

Email Mailbox A modern law firm cannot operate without reliable access to email. Its ubiquity and features allows email to serve as the solution to many tricky communication problems. Everything from managing asynchronous communication, to collecting documents,...
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Bankruptcy Attorneys: Whether and Where to Put the Federal Bankruptcy Disclaimer on Your Website

Bankruptcy Disclaimer image – arrow with dollar sign Most bankruptcy attorneys and marketers for lawyers know the magic phrase: "We are a debt relief agency. We help people file for relief under the Bankruptcy Code." But some haven't even heard of it. And many don't know this phrase's implications…...
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Is My Website Ready For 2018?

2018 loading Answer these 6 straightforward questions to be sure your law firm website won't let you down in the new year. For most practices, sorry, you can't just set it and forget it....
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What Options Do I Have for Offering Client Forms on My Website?

Man Clicking Online Form It doesn’t matter what kind of law you practice: you’re going to need information from your clients while working on their matters. Likely, there will be similar information you’re going to collect from every client: maybe their...
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How Can I Stop Doing So Much Non-Billable Work?

Too Much Non-Billable Work – Hand with Help Sign If you’ve ever taken an economics class, one of the first things that you learned was the concept of “opportunity cost”: a dollar you spend on one thing is a dollar you don’t have available for something else. The same is...
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Things Have Been Slow: What Can I Do to Boost Calls?

graph_predictable_growth To mix metaphors, as a small business owner, you’re used to juggling all of the hats: keeping the books balanced, handling your paperwork or court dates, and managing everything else it takes to make your firm run smoothly. It may often seem...
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How Do I Choose a Domain Name for My Law Firm's Website?

Cursor pointing to http://www. Choosing a domain name is something that you'll ideally do just once. Read on to learn important things to consider when picking a name such as ease of use, marketing potential and sellable value....
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