When looking for a marketing partner for your law firm, you probably come across half a dozen firms that say they specialize in law firm marketing. From giant publishing companies that dabble in web marketing in an attempt to stay relevant to directory based solutions offered by conglomerates, should we mention these firms by name you are sure to recognize them.

Now that smartphones are becoming commonplace and are able to render websites with the same standards as mainstream browsers like Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome, your law firm should embrace what is sure to take over the legal marketing industry – a mobile website.

It is unconstitutional because U.S. District Court Judge Victoria Roberts ruled that the Michigan’s drug testing scheme, which is the same as Florida’s, violated our Constitution’s 4th Amendment. Judge Roberts ruled the rationale for testing welfare recipients “could be used for testing the parents of all children who received Medicaid, State Emergency Relief, educational grants or loans, public education or any other benefit from that State.”

Whenever you look for solutions, some online law firm marketing company is saying that they have a comprehensive marketing plan. A complete solution. A one-stop-shop formula for success. You get the point. In fact, you may be working with one of these companies right now. But what is comprehensive?

Mexico’s legal system differs from that of the U.S. in a number of important ways that any U.S. citizen accused of a crime in Mexico needs to understand. Most importantly, many of the legal rights and protections that U.S. citizens enjoy at home do not apply in Mexico and punishments for many crimes are more severe. Worldwide, Mexico has the highest number of arrests of U.S. citizens abroad and the largest U.S. prisoner population outside the United States.

Videos have become a strong part of the online law firm marketing strategy. They are helpful to your website visitors, and also provide valuable links back to your firm’s website. But what you film and how you play it can determine the success of your videos.

Search engine placement is a vital part of your online law firm marketing campaign. If potential clients cannot find you, it makes it difficult for them to contact your firm. However, once you are getting visitors to your website, it is time to focus on conversion. Conversion simply means converting a visitor (a stranger) to someone that contacts your firm via a form, or calls to set up a consultation. Here are a few tips to improve your website's conversion rate.

Lawyers frequently tell us that they don’t want a big website, they just want something small and well ranked in the search engines. However, Google prefers something different.

The Obama Administration today announced additional support to help homeowners struggling with unemployment through two targeted foreclosure-prevention programs. Through the existing Housing Finance Agency (HFA) Innovation Fund for the Hardest Hit Housing Markets (the Hardest Hit Fund), the U.S. Department of the Treasury will make $2 billion of additional assistance available for HFA programs for homeowners struggling to make their mortgage payments due to unemployment. Additionally, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will soon launch a complementary $1 billion Emergen

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