Strict new lawyer advertising ethics rules are being proposed in New York. Will you have to redesign your ads?
A review of the proposed lawyer advertising ethics rules for New York
Are E-Mail Problems Damaging Your Marketing Effort?
Do you know how many potential clients you are losing because their e-mails are returned undelivered? I believe lawyers don’t really need new clients because eliminating spam e-mail seems to be more important.I do TV advertising for personal injury lawyers and marketing for criminal lawyers. I often send e-mails to lawyers who request [...]
Think You Should Cross Sell Other Law Practice Services to Your Clients?
Many legal practice consultants advise attorneys to cross sell legal services to their existing clients. For example, I, as a personal injury lawyer, could let my clients know that my law firm also represents clients for immigration, divorce and bankruptcy. It sounds like a good way to generate new business. Even if [...]
How should you really evaluate ROI when advertising your law practice?
Many lawyers tell me that they would like to try TV advertising or billboards for a month. If it’s working at the end of the month, they will continue. When these lawyers consider if their advertising is going well, they look at the number of calls they received and want to see that [...]
Will Your Business Be Successful?
When there is little competition, business is easy and brute force advertising, using lots of money, works. But, when the going gets tough, brute force is destined for failure.When the competition intensifies, differentiation decides success or failure. A few large companies may survive by increasing brute force, but most will fail. [...]
What does the image of lawyers have to do with Lays potato chips?
Today, a friend who is a collection lawyer in New Jersey, told me a story about a woman who he represented for free. The woman was previously represented by a New York lawyer in the Bronx who stole her entire $25,000 settlement. The client, on her own, obtained a default judgment against the [...]
