Author: Guy Alvarez

Search vs. Social: Digital Marketing Strategy for Law Firms

As most marketers know, search and social are the primary ways to drive traffic to your law firm’s website. But deciding whether search engine marketing (SEM) or social media marketing (SMM) is going to work better for marketing your law practice can be a difficult proposition. Should your marketing budget be split evenly? Should you […]

5+ Digital Marketing Books that Legal Marketers Should Read

Editor’s Note: I asked Guy Alvarez for this year’s recommended reads for a new blog post, but since the titles below remain marketing classics, we’ve decided to update this post with Guy’s new recommended titles. Enjoy!  As we near the end of the year and start thinking about the holidays and winter vacations, I thought […]

Law Firm Digital Marketing Strategy: Consumer vs. Corporate

A Tale of Two Cities “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief, it was the epoch of incredulity, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was […]

The 2017 Social Law Firm Index Expands to Include the Top 200 Firms

The Social Law Firm Index measures a law firm’s reach and engagement across various social media platforms, the quality of its thought leadership content, and how the firm optimizes its websites for search engines. Download the 2017 Social Law Firm Index! This year, Good2bSocial doubled the size of its reviews and rankings to include every […]

Law Firm Ambassadors: The Value Of Employee Advocacy

The concept of employee advocacy has been around in one form or another for a long time, but the Internet, and social media in particular, have transformed the practice and brought about entirely new possibilities. Employee advocacy is the promotion of a firm or organization by its staff. Employee advocacy programs work by helping to […]

Measuring Success: Social Media ROI for Law Firms

How can we measure the success of our social media strategy? That is one of the questions I am most frequently asked. Can I determine a true ROI (return on investment)? How many likes should my page have on Facebook? How many followers should I have on Twitter? How many comments should I have on […]

How Lawyers Can Use Social Media to Promote Their Practice in Real Time

Real-time marketing in social media is a strategy that can and should also be employed by savvy lawyers and law firm marketing directors. There are many social media monitoring tools available that will enable lawyers and law firm marketing professionals to monitor conversations and posts on social media and provide them with an opportunity to […]

The Best Way to Get A Reporter's Attention?

“How do I get you to publish a story on the partners at my firm?” “Why don’t you publish lawyer profiles?” These were some of the questions that law firm PR professionals were asking reporters at an event for law firm media professionals. The event was organized to allow law firm professionals and PR agencies […]