A message from Martindale-Avvo’s SVP & Group General Manager, Suke Jawanda: June is a big month for celebrating civil rights! This weekend marks 157 years since the last group of enslaved African Americans were notified of their freedom in Texas. It is the oldest known celebration commemorating the end of slavery in our country. And…Read More
If you’ve ever endeavored to learn a thing or two about the practice of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) in an effort to help increase your law firm’s online visibility, you may have come across several intimidating industry terms. Words like crawlers, robots.txt, no-follow, SERP, alt text, J-SON, pagination and the ever-dreaded canonicalization can be as…Read More
Strong SEO is not just a strategy that is structured around increasing your website’s rankings but rather a comprehensive strategy that gets your business placed on sites that a potential client may look for an attorney. The more comprehensive your strategy is the more likely you can attract a potential client from the search results…Read More
Building a new website for your business is a great step towards acquiring new clients, but it’s not enough to stop there if you want potential clients AND to have Google find you on the internet. Yes Google! If Google can’t find your website, how will consumers be able to find it? It takes time…Read More
Google has made it clear that they will give preference in their search results to businesses that demonstrate prominence. They define this as “how well known a business is” and indicate that this is measured based on information Google has about a business from across the web. Their goal is to provide the best results…Read More
In today’s digital world, more and more businesses, including law firms, are building websites to attract potential clients. But with about two billion websites online, simply getting on the web won’t cut it. As more law firms establish their digital presence, you need to do more to stand out from the competition. Search engine optimization,…Read More
Search engine optimization (SEO) and content marketing go hand-in-hand. Blog posts and other custom content can generate up to three times as many leads as other forms of marketing, and content costs 62 percent less. For content to drive traffic, though, it has to rank highly in search results and target your audience. Search engine…Read More
Marketing your small law firm seems like it should be easier than ever, but understanding your SEO settings and how to optimize them can be daunting. To get your law firm on Google’s front page, you will want to have a general understanding of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and the tools available to you. 1….Read More
Email marketing is an important part of building relationships with clients. It’s the most popular marketing channel across all firm sizes, according to the American Bar Association. Approximately 40% of all attorneys engaged in marketing are using email. Because email has a median ROI of 122%, it makes for a stronger investment than social media…Read More
On May 5, 2020 – a day after Google rolled out the May 2020 Core Algorithm Update, Google introduced a new initiative aimed at providing guidance to help website owners deliver a great user experience, called Web Vitals. While Web Vitals is made up of many site-quality signals, Google specified that 3 metrics will apply…Read More
