Isn’t Google Analytics great? It works even when we don’t. The team is taking a holiday hiatus (and you should, too!), but if you just can’t resist the urge to brush up on your marketing, here are our Top 10 posts from 2018. From blogs to “best” lists, the Google machine has the definitive list of what our readers found to be the most important legal marketing topics for 2018.
A good legal blog is one of the cornerstones of a solid content marketing program for any lawyer or law firm. It’s also one of the most efficient and affordable ways for a lawyer to showcase his or her expertise.
Once you’ve posted something on your blog, of course, you have to get it in front of readers. But the central question, “What should I blog about?,” is enough to keep many people from launching a blog, let alone embarking on a more comprehensive content marketing program.
Many lawyers spend countless hours preparing CLE presentations, writing informative blog posts, giving media interviews, and generally creating informative content of interest to their clients, prospective clients and referral sources.
The smartest lawyers find ways to get multiple uses out of those efforts by recycling their content in a variety of other formats.
At Muse Communications, we love sharing tools, ideas and techniques that make our clients’ lives easier. That’s why, periodically, we’ll feature content from contributing writers. And because we’re former journalists, we feel the need to disclose that, no, we have not paid for this content, nor have we received any financial incentives for running it. Enjoy, and we hope you find this post useful! [Note: for our own (more traditional) primer on defeating writer’s block, take a look at Bruce Vincent’s post.]
If you’re a small law firm looking to grow your business, you may have encountered the phrase “content marketing” while exploring potential marketing options.
This blog post will explain some of the main concepts of content marketing and how it can be a potent tool for solos and small law firms with limited marketing budgets.
One of the biggest impediments to embarking on a full-throttle marketing plan is the reluctance many lawyers have about tooting their own horn.
I see this more frequently among women lawyers, but it is not exclusively a female problem. Lawyers of both genders have trouble with marketing, especially the part where they have to assert that they’re good at something and ask for business.
Simply put, lots of people find the act of marketing themselves to be icky. But mortgage and tuition payments don’t grow on trees, so if we want to stay solvent, we have to find ways to make marketing less icky.
