Author: Tim Baran

Building Your Twitter Community

You can’t have a purposeful, meaningful experience on Twitter without a feed that compels you to keep scrolling, learning, and engaging. And to do that you need to follow the right people and in the process, build your Twitter community.  Related: Twitter Best Practices for Lawyers: How to Enhance Engagement.  Before we get into it, […]

Podcast Ep. 19: LinkedIn Advertising with Guy Alvarez

  Shownotes Law firms and companies trying to target a B2B (business to business) audience are starting to recognize the value of paid LinkedIn advertising. Paid advertising on LinkedIn is a great way to not only expand your reach, but provides you with incredible targeting opportunities. Budgets for LinkedIn Advertising Like Google Adwords, you can […]

Podcast Ep. 18: WordPress for Lawyers With Jennifer Ellis

    Jennifer Ellis is a Pennsylvania legal ethics attorney and marketer. She helps law firms and other businesses maintain a competitive online presence. She also educates attorneys on ethical online conduct. Previously she practiced law with and managed the online presence of Lowenthal & Abrams, a medium-sized personal injury firm. Jennifer enjoys educating the […]

Podcast Ep. 17 Top Three Actions To Take After Building Your Website

    Have you built a new website or redesigned your existing one and don’t know what to do next? Podcast Shownotes In this Legal Marketing 2.0 episode, hosts Guy Alvarez and Tim Baran discuss the top three takeaways – content, search engine optimization (SEO), and social media – from our popular blog post: You’ve Built a […]

Useful Google Sheets Add-ons For Law Firm Marketers

Since its start in February of 2007, Google Sheets has been an important resource for its many users. From programmers to teachers to entrepreneurs, this free, web-based application’s potential is seemingly limitless. This is especially true for marketers, particularly when you take into account all of the add-ons that can be used to expand its […]

You've Built a Website. Now What?

The first step to establishing your online presence is by building a website. Check that. There’s insta-presence on social media channels like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. There’s also Medium and Tumblr for writing long form articles by simply signing up, logging in, and start writing. But the space on these platforms are rented. The […]

Podcast Ep. 15 Law Firm Local SEO With Aaron Shepard

    Aaron is an Account Manager at Good2bSocial. His responsibilities include day-to-day account management, social media, and local SEO for clients in the legal industry. He got his start in legal marketing as a Social Media Intern with Good2bSocial. He then worked at a top political campaign consulting firm, winning a New York State […]

Podcast Ep. 14 Law Firm Brand Research With Elonide Semmes

Law firms are not just about selling legal services but the client’s experience receiving those services. To do that you need to marry good industry insight with vigorous market research and exceptional design.     Elonide Semmes is the founder and president of Right Hat, a branding agency that focuses on helping companies that have offerings […]

Podcast Ep. 13 Marketing for Litigators with Litigation Funding CMO Gretchen Koehler

How can legal marketers can use litigation funding as a differentiator for their firms’ business development efforts?        Gretchen Lyn Koehler is the Chief Marketing Officer at Bentham IMF, one of the world’s most successful commercial litigation finance firms. Prior to joining Bentham, Gretchen held marketing and business development positions at four leading […]

Why is Social Proof Important for Lawyers?

You have a solid digital marketing strategy in place, including producing useful content consistently, optimizing your site to raise your ranking, and producing occasional finely targeted online advertising campaigns. And, you dutifully post your articles and curate other useful pieces to Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Maybe you’re even posting images to Pinterest and Instagram and videos […]

Podcast Ep. 11 Building a Niche Law Practice With Evan Schwartz

How do lawyers find their niche, why is that important, and how do they grow the practice?     As one of Schwartz Law’s founding partners, Evan Schwartz is known as a highly skilled litigator and strategist. He is the leader of the firm’s Insurance Litigation, Claims & Consulting Group and Business & Complex Litigation […]