Your Law Firm Has Answers, But Can People Find Them?

Your Law Firm Has Answers, But Can People Find Them?

Whether you practice immigration, criminal defense, medical malpractice or securities law, your FAQ page is vitally important to existing and potential clients. While you cannot answer every single question someone is bound to ask, if your law firm does provide solid answers to the most frequently asked legal conundrums, you get noticed. It’s just that simple.

It also helps to keep adding new questions your law firm fields as they come in. Staying up-to-date and relevant in your area...

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5 tips for writing effective practice area page content

5 tips for writing effective practice area page content

Your practice area pages have a lot of heavy lifting to do. A practice area page may be the first and only page a visitor sees on your website. It should be informative, interesting and speak to the concerns of your potential clients. It should hold readers' attention. And a good practice area page should also convert readers into leads and clients.

Know the purpose of your practice area pages

Practice area pages do more than just tell visitors what...

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What clients and visitors expect in a modern law firm website

What clients and visitors expect in a modern law firm website

Your firm's website must play many roles. At its core, your website works as a marketing tool and 24-hour brand ambassador for your firm. However, technology has advanced to such an extent that static sales pages no longer suffice — either for visitors or search engines.

“In the future, the winners in the legal world may succeed by dint of survival of the most responsive.”

–Richard Susskind, The End of Lawyers (2008)

Attorney websites are evolving to become client relations...

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Creating a Sitemap for Your Law Firm’s Website

computer sitemap law firm websiteSince content is one of the most important aspects of your website, it is time to do some planning. For the sake of this demonstration, we are going to use the fictional law firm of Smith & White, divorce lawyers in Boston.

Decide on the type of general overview page you want to use – for example, “About Us,” “Attorney Profile,” or “Firm Profile.” The “About Us” or...

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How your law firm can dominate Google for hundreds of keyphrases

Lawyer faq seoYour search engine optimization strategy is often centered around high-traffic, targeted keywords. These keywords are generally based on a city and practice area, like “New York personal injury lawyer” or “San Francisco business attorney” or “Divorce lawyer in Seattle.” But many law firms have learned how to dominate hundreds of keyphrases simply by answering questions.

To do this, consider all of the questions prospective clients have asked during consultations. A family...

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