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Write This Down: Content Marketing is Cheap and Effective

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Despite changes to advertising rules, lawyers have marketed themselves in much the same way for generations.  You find an office space, you go out and network, you do good work, and more work comes in.  But, as consumers have become more discerning, and as law firm choices continue to proliferate, lawyers continue to stick with the same marketing strategy they always have.  There is, however, a cost. As more and more potential law firm clients look for lawyers online, lawyers ignoring that medium risk decreased intake, and consequently decreased revenue.  This is not to say that attorneys don’t understand that the internet is a thing.  To the contrary, lawyers want to access more leads online.  But two roadblocks stand in their way: (1) they don’t know how to do it; and, (2) they think it costs too much.  Fortunately, content marketing solves for both problems. As a lawyer, you’re an expert in what you do.  You talk about it all th...

What Is Law Practice Management Consulting?

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Law practice management consulting is, essentially, business management consulting for law firms.   That may sound basic, but law practice management consulting is a highly specific genre, that contemplates the special components related to law firm management that do not attach to running other small business, including the ethics rules that lawyers must adhere to. Why Does Your Law Firm Need Business Management Consulting? There are at least a couple of major reasons that it’s helpful for lawyers to access business management consulting.   The first relates to their educational background.   Only recently have law schools begun to focus on teaching law students about business management -- and, even now that practice is only just beginning to gain acceptance.   That means that the vast majority of lawyers who have started law firms did so with no formal business training whatsoever.   The second reason why business management consulting is help...