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Prevent the Back Button Blues: Why Your Law Firm Website Drives Visitors Away Plus Settlement Payments

By Kathryn Hughes | Tuesday, May 27, 2014

Coming today to SmallLaw: You've invested a lot of time and money in your law firm website. Perhaps you blog to attract visitors. Or buy advertising. Whatever the case, it's imperative to not only drive people to your website, but prevent your website from driving them away. In this issue of SmallLaw, online legal marketing expert Gyi Tsakalakis discusses the three most common reasons people leave your website — and the changes you can make to eliminate these problems. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week for a checklist on how to manage settlement payments.

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Small firm, big dreams. Written by practicing lawyers who manage successful small firms and legal technology and practice management experts who have achieved rock star status, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in small law firms, as well as comprehensive legal product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles (and podcasts and videos) about solo practices and small law firms. The SmallLaw newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Topics: Coming Attractions | Law Firm Marketing/Publications/Web Sites | SmallLaw

Tune Out and Turn Off Twitter Plus 79 More Must-Reads

By Kathryn Hughes | Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Coming today to SmallLaw: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 80 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our SmallLaw Pick of the Week.

Insight Into Lawyer (and Other) Entrepreneurs

The Stigma of Depression Among Lawyers

When Marketing Fails to Deliver

Why Bruce MacEwan Is Wrong About Twitter

Congratulations to Adam Smith of Adam Smith, Esq. on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: Why Law Firms Should Tune Out and Turn Off Twitter

How to Receive SmallLaw
Small law firm, big dreams. Written by successful small-firm founders, managing partners, administrators, and legal technology and practice management experts, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in solo practices and small law firms. Additionally, SmallLaw features comprehensive reviews of legal products with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles, podcasts, and videos about solo practices and small law firms. Please subscribe now.

Topics: Coming Attractions | Law Firm Marketing/Publications/Web Sites | Law Office Management | SmallLaw

How to Manage Your Law Firm From Anywhere Plus 73 More Must-Reads

By Kathryn Hughes | Friday, May 16, 2014

Coming today to SmallLaw: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 74 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our SmallLaw Pick of the Week.

A Dear Abby Letter About Law Firm Billing

Will Solo Lawyers Become Like Solo Doctors?

Understanding Local Search Behavior

LinkedIn Publishing Could Kill the Law Blog

Congratulations to Lee Rosen of Divorce Discourse on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: The 10 Requirements for Managing Your Law Firm From Anywhere

How to Receive SmallLaw
Small law firm, big dreams. Written by successful small-firm founders, managing partners, administrators, and legal technology and practice management experts, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in solo practices and small law firms. Additionally, SmallLaw features comprehensive reviews of legal products with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles, podcasts, and videos about solo practices and small law firms. Please subscribe now.

Topics: Accounting/Billing/Time Capture | Coming Attractions | Law Firm Marketing/Publications/Web Sites | Law Office Management | SmallLaw

Why I Hate Being Your Client Plus 86 More Must-Reads

By Kathryn Hughes | Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Coming today to SmallLaw: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 87 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our SmallLaw Pick of the Week.

Nurturing Client Relationships

The Incidental Lawyer

Article Titles That Grab Attention

Write Your LinkedIn Profile in First Person

Congratulations to Susan Cartier Liebel of Solo Practice University on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: Two Reasons Why I Hate Being Your Client

How to Receive SmallLaw
Small law firm, big dreams. Written by successful small-firm founders, managing partners, administrators, and legal technology and practice management experts, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in solo practices and small law firms. Additionally, SmallLaw features comprehensive reviews of legal products with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles, podcasts, and videos about solo practices and small law firms. Please subscribe now.

Topics: Coming Attractions | Law Firm Marketing/Publications/Web Sites | Law Office Management | SmallLaw | Technology Industry/Legal Profession

Rengaged: Read Our Exclusive Report

By Neil J. Squillante | Friday, May 2, 2014

Today's issue of TL NewsWire covers an automated email newsletter creation service for law firms (see article below), an iPhone note-taking app that can scan documents, a stand for the iPhone and iPad mini, and an iPad keyboard case. Don't miss the next issue.

AUTOMATE AND PERSONALIZE YOUR EMAIL NEWSLETTERS

Email is an effective direct marketing channel and the world's largest social network. But it's a challenging medium to master. Email requires perfection and precision because you cannot edit a newsletter after you send it. Also, prospective and existing clients will directly or indirectly tune out if you don't send them information of interest.

Rengaged … in One Sentence

Launched today, Rengaged is a cloud application that enables you to create and send personalized email newsletters.

The Killer Feature

Here's how email marketing works. You email useful information to clients and prospects. These newsletters reinforce your expertise and knowledge. Existing clients send you more work. Prospects hire you.

There's just one problem. You're not a media company. You probably don't have a journalist on your staff.

Rengaged enables you to assemble personalized email newsletters comprised of links to relevant articles from any source on the Web. It automatically embeds a fair use snippet, image, and link. You can categorize sources by client areas of interest or your firm's practice areas.

"Law firms now have the ability to take advantage of big data for their email marketing," Rengaged CEO Josh Meyer told us. "Clients and prospects don't want generic content. Rengaged's technology enables law firms to build a better brand and stronger relationships that generate a more robust pipeline of new matters."

Other Notable Features

Rengaged offers a number of professionally-designed templates for your newsletters. You can customize templates with your firm name, contact information, etc.

List segmentation enables you to send targeted newsletters. For example, instead of emailing a newsletter to your entire database, you can send it to groups that you create or even to just one person (a hot prospect for example).

Rengaged measures various metrics such as the open rate and clicks. You can use this data not only to fine-tune your selections, but also to better understand the needs of clients and prospects. Rengaged's algorithms learn subscriber preferences over time to help you choose what to include in your newsletters.

Other features include manual and scheduled sending, archiving of sent newsletters (which you can resend), integration with social media networks, and SSL encryption to protect your subscriber database.

What Else Should You Know?

Three plans exist that cost $100, $200, and $400 per month respectively. They differ by number of users and number of subscribers. Rengaged can create a custom plan if you have more than 2,500 subscribers. Learn more about Rengaged.

How to Receive TL NewsWire
So many products, so little time. In each issue of TL NewsWire, you'll learn about five new products for the legal profession. Pressed for time? The newsletter's innovative articles enable lawyers and law office administrators to quickly understand the function of a product, and zero in on its most important features. The TL NewsWire newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Topics: Coming Attractions | Email/Messaging/Telephony | Law Firm Marketing/Publications/Web Sites | TL NewsWire

Reviews of Olympus DS-7000, PunchBowl; Saving Client-Related Email; Shopping for Billing Software

By Kathryn Hughes | Friday, May 2, 2014

Today's issue of TL Answers contains these articles:

Fred Kruck, Review: Olympus DS-7000

Steve Loewy, How to Save Client-Related Email With All Other Correspondence

Caren Schwartz, Where to Start Your Search for Billing Software

Chuck Pollack, Review: PunchBowl

Don't miss this issue — or any future issues.

How to Receive TL Answers
Do you believe in the wisdom of crowds? In TL Answers, TechnoLawyer members answer legal technology and practice management questions submitted by their peers. This newsletter's popularity stems from the relevance of the questions and answers to virtually everyone in the legal profession. The TL Answers newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Topics: Accounting/Billing/Time Capture | Coming Attractions | Consultants/Services/Training | Dictation/OCR/Speech Recognition | Email/Messaging/Telephony | Gadgets/Shredders/Office Gear | Law Firm Marketing/Publications/Web Sites | TL Answers

Responsive Websites for Law Firms Plus 80 More Must-Reads

By Kathryn Hughes | Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Coming today to SmallLaw: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 81 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our SmallLaw Pick of the Week.

The Solo Practitioner Self-Assessment Test

The Agile Results System

Top 10 Law Firm Video Mistakes

Internet Lawyer Marketing 101

Congratulations to Joe Dysart of ABA Journal on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: The Debate Over Responsive Websites for Law Firms

How to Receive SmallLaw
Small law firm, big dreams. Written by successful small-firm founders, managing partners, administrators, and legal technology and practice management experts, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in solo practices and small law firms. Additionally, SmallLaw features comprehensive reviews of legal products with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles, podcasts, and videos about solo practices and small law firms. Please subscribe now.

Topics: Coming Attractions | Law Firm Marketing/Publications/Web Sites | Law Office Management | SmallLaw

Top 10 Ways to Use an iPad in Law Practice; Reviews of PhraseExpress, Dragon 12.5, Avvo, LegalWebPro

By Kathryn Hughes | Thursday, April 24, 2014

Today's issue of TL Answers contains these articles:

Wesley Y. S. Chang, The Top 10 Ways I Use My IPad In Law Practice

John Drisdale, Review: PhraseExpress

Christian Onsager, Review: Dragon NaturallySpeaking 12.5 Plus Headset Advice

Ben Ballard, Review: Avvo And LegalWebPro For Law Firm Website Creation

Don't miss this issue — or any future issues.

How to Receive TL Answers
Do you believe in the wisdom of crowds? In TL Answers, TechnoLawyer members answer legal technology and practice management questions submitted by their peers. This newsletter's popularity stems from the relevance of the questions and answers to virtually everyone in the legal profession. The TL Answers newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Topics: Accounting/Billing/Time Capture | Automation/Document Assembly/Macros | Business Productivity/Word Processing | CLE/News/References | Collaboration/Knowledge Management | Computer Accessories | Dictation/OCR/Speech Recognition | Document Management | Laptops/Smartphones/Tablets | Law Firm Marketing/Publications/Web Sites | Legal Research | TL Answers | Utilities

Retaining Clients When Lawyers Leave Plus 75 More Must-Reads

By Kathryn Hughes | Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Coming today to SmallLaw: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 76 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our SmallLaw Pick of the Week.

Fire These Clients

My Lean and Successful Solo Practice

Eliminate Your Disfluencies When Speaking

Marketing to Small and Midsize Businesses

Congratulations to Margaret McCaffery of Slaw on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: The Key to Retaining Clients When Lawyers Leave Your Firm

How to Receive SmallLaw
Small law firm, big dreams. Written by successful small-firm founders, managing partners, administrators, and legal technology and practice management experts, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in solo practices and small law firms. Additionally, SmallLaw features comprehensive reviews of legal products with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles, podcasts, and videos about solo practices and small law firms. Please subscribe now.

Topics: Coming Attractions | Law Firm Marketing/Publications/Web Sites | Law Office Management | Presentations/Projectors | SmallLaw

Reviews of Olympus Digital Recorders, Yola, RingCentral; Worldox Migration

By Kathryn Hughes | Friday, April 18, 2014

Today's issue of TL Answers contains these articles:

Gil Marquez, Review: Olympus DS-5000 and DS-7000

Michele Peters, Review: Yola (Law Firm Websites)

Philip Landsman, Review: RingCentral (Including Fax Lines)

Ron Fox, Dates in Document Names and Our Migration to Worldox

Don't miss this issue — or any future issues.

How to Receive TL Answers
Do you believe in the wisdom of crowds? In TL Answers, TechnoLawyer members answer legal technology and practice management questions submitted by their peers. This newsletter's popularity stems from the relevance of the questions and answers to virtually everyone in the legal profession. The TL Answers newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Topics: Coming Attractions | Desktop PCs/Servers | Document Management | Email/Messaging/Telephony | Law Firm Marketing/Publications/Web Sites | TL Answers
 
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