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- Attorney Joseph Suhre
That Will Turn Your Practice Into Your Own Personal ATM
Performance Driven Attorney Marketing
If I Don't Deliver - You Owe Nothing.
"Tom is not a consultant. He's a business advisor. So much so, he helped me quadruple my revenue in less than 12 months and I now have offices in three cities, with a fourth soon to follow."
- Attorney Joseph Suhre
To Attorneys & Law Firms
That Want To Get More Clients
And Increase Revenue
Free Tips and Strategies
To Bump-Up Your Bottom Line
(See My Attorney Marketing Blog For Even More Tips and Strategies)
Make more money....isn't that the dream of every business person? Yes....we all hope that we enjoy what we do for a living....but the bottom-line is money.
And if you own and manage a law firm, to make more money, you need more clients.
My name is Tom O'Leary....and I'd like to show you how.
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For the last 12 years, I have been a Business Development Advisor to small and medium sized firms in the Trades, Automotive, Professional Services and Legal Industries. These businesses specifically wanted to grow their businesses by utilizing smart marketing and advertising strategies.
And during that time, I have helped these firms generate more than $107 million in new revenue and thousands of new clients. How was that done?
It's really very simple - they succeeded because they believed in my four "ground rules" for a successful business.
The First Ground Rule: When you see a marketing idea or strategy that's phenomenally successful in a different industry than yours, open your eyes and ears. The ones that can really pump-up your bottom-line always come from elsewhere.
The Second Ground Rule: There is only one justification for spending your cash on marketing and advertising - Revenue! Revenue! Revenue!
The Third Ground Rule: Expect immediate and positive results from your marketing and advertising - if not, cancel it.
The Fourth Ground Rule: Look at what your competitors are doing with their marketing and advertising....and do the opposite.
Why Am I Helping Attorneys Now?
It's an interesting story, but since I know you're busy, here is the "why and how" - you can look at it later if you care to.
The real story is this - The first Attorney that put my systems to work is now getting an additional 12 new clients a month - 9 of those from his redesigned websites that dominate his practice areas. And the best part of these systems...they build upon each other. The longer they are in use - the more new clients you get...year-after-year-after year. (eds. note - he's had to bring on another attorney to handle the workload.)
This attorney listened. He learned. And he believed. I promise that when you heed my advice and take advantage of my experience, you won't be the next victim of a smooth-talking sales rep, or regret that you could have avoided the costly traps they never tell you about.
I bet I'm a lot like you. My business is a serious subject. Each and every dime I invest in my marketing and advertising is my future and I don't take it lightly. I, like you, have worked hard to get where I am.
Just the thought of getting sold an "empty promise" that has a zero-chance of working gets my blood boiling. I don't have the time for it...and I don't need it messing with my bottom line. And I'm sure you feel the same.
You've achieved your dream of a solo practice or working for an established firm. Yet like many other service professionals, clients aren't knocking your door down, burning up your phone lines or draining your bandwidth with hundreds of e-mail contacts.
Yes, occasionally the phone rings and it's a client. But, more often that not, when your phone rings it's a:
- Sales rep from the yellow pages or yellow book;
- Sales rep from a radio station;
- Sales rep from the local cable service or TV station;
- Sales rep from a small, start-up Internet Company or a rep from one the legal related Internet Giants.
And you hear the same pitch from each one....their service or product has a phenomenal return on investment and it's going to help increase your revenue.
The problem is - very few do...most do not. And to top it all off, the services they offer are certainly not cheap.
Heck, you've gotten so many of these calls over the years, you now tune them out or don't believe a word they say.
For the modern attorney, there are only five "mainstream" marketing methods that will help grow your practice. In order of importance and return on investment, they are:
- Referral Methods and Strategies: Applies to every Attorney and every practice;
- Internet Strategies: Applies to a majority of practices;
- Yellow Pages Advertising: Yep, still works well for specific practice areas;
- Television Ads: Applies to very specific practice areas only;
- Radio Ads: Applies to very specific practice areas and geographical locations only.
Yet each time you invest in one of these methods, this is what happens.
Someone in the vendors "Creative Groups", who has a total of two days of training, will do this:
- Look at the ads or websites their other attorney clients (your competition) are running;
- And Copy It.
And what do you get for that? You advertise where your competitors do with the exact same ads they run. Or, your website looks and says the same things. Congratulations, you've just joined the other 98% of attorneys whose marketing and advertising dollars get flushed down the toilet every year.
Folks, the methods I mentioned above do work...it's how they are being implemented that is causing your anger and frustration.
So here's what I'm going to do for you.....I'm going to change all that. I'm going to show you how to make your firm or practice dramatically different, and more successful, than any and every competitor in your marketplace.
Just below (and to the left as well) you'll see numerous topics regarding Lawyer Marketing and Attorney Advertising....and each topic is available, FREE of charge, for you to use. Review them - and see which topics apply to your practice...and discover just how quickly you can start growing your business with very little effort, or cost, on your part.
I've been asked why give this information away. It's simple - because I've mastered certain skills that make my clients a fortune....and by giving away much of it, I'm hoping that at some time in the future, you invest further in your growth by retaining my firm for more technical, but necessary, strategies.
And always remember, that if you need help growing your business, just click here to arrange your free 15 minute consultation - I'm not going to bite and I'm not going to engage in any sales B.S. Let's find out where you are now, and where you want to go. And if we work together, so be it.
Strategies and Ideas To Grow Your Practice
- Tracking: Successful Attorney Marketing and Attorney Advertising begins with Tracking....and all it takes is 60 seconds a day. There's a very good reason it's listed first. Get more information about effective tracking of law firm marketing expenditures.
- Attorney Referrals: If 50% - 60% of your new clients are not the direct result of Referrals....it's costing you a fortune. Discover how to start a successful referral system or jump-start your existing one by reviewing How Attorneys & Law Firms can get more referral clients.
- Attorney Internet Marketing - Law Firm Internet Marketing: If your website is not on the first page of Google,Yahoo and MSN for search terms related to your practice....you might as well not even have a website. Let me show you my Attorney Internet Marketing Strategies....and how to get on the first page of the search engines....GUARANTEED. Click on Attorney Internet Marketing to discover how it's done.
- Attorney Web Site Hosting: If you're spending more than $1,000 a year for your website hosting....you're getting hosed. Find out how easy it is to switch to another reliable hosting company at a fraction of the cost. Click Web Site Hosting for Attorneys and Law Firms to read more.
- Attorney Yellow Pages Advertising: Is Advertising in the Yellow Pages still a viable option for Attorneys? And if so, how do you dominate one of the most crowded and competitive sections in the yellow Pages? Check out whether the Yellowpages are a sound investment for the modern law firm by clicking Attorney Yellow Pages Advertising.
- Attorney Radio Advertising: For certain Practice Areas, effective Radio Advertising can open the doors to your own, personal "Ft. Knox". Use it incorrectly though, and it can cost you a fortune....and not get you any new clients. Read more by clicking attorney radio advertising.
- Attorney Television Advertising: For PI Attorneys (and sometimes other practices areas as well), TV advertising is the "Holy Grail"....and a deadly efficient way of dominating your competition. Be careful though. Television Advertising is a minefield. See if this strategy is right for you by clicking on Lawyer TV Advertising.
- Advertising and Marketing Budget: What do you spend annually on your marketing and advertising efforts? Just a few grand? Or, $20,000 a year? Discover what you should be spending yearly - whether you're just starting out or have been practicing for decades - click attorney marketing and advertising budgets to see more details.
- Expected ROI: It's been my experience that less than 2% of business owners know what their Return On Investment (ROI) is for their marketing and advertising efforts. The other 98%? They might as well be playing craps in Vegas. Find out how smart attorneys determine their exact ROI and what ROI you should expect by clicking Marketing ROI for Attorneys.
Don't know how, or have time to to make your marketing and advertising fuel the growth of your law firm?
Then click here, call me at 859 816 3344, or e-mail me at tom (at) the-attorneys-atm.com, to arrange your Free phone consultation to see if I can help.
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You Need to Track Your Leads If You Want to Turn Them Into Clients
It doesn't matter if you spend thousands of dollars on lawyer advertising, if you have a poor follow up system in place, you're letting potential clients slip through your fingers.
I have found that follow up marketing is a huge component in getting the right clients in the door. At my law firm, we monitor all of our leads, including the length of time between incident date and first contact with our office. We then look into the amount of time that goes by between when they contacted us and when we signed a fee agreement. That's not the only area we examine. We go as far as correlating this information based on severity of injury or size of case.
What we have found through our research is huge. We discovered that when it comes to our largest cases, it often takes several months between the incident date and inquiry and then another two months to a year from the time they contacted our office and signed a fee agreement. How many law firms continue to market to prospects after they first contact them?
Don't miss out on cases because you have a poor follow up system in place, or none at all. There are many software programs out there that will handle everything automatically, so you really don't have an excuse not to get your system up and running.
For more marketing tips, visit GreatLegalMarketing.com.
The Best Way to Attract People Looking for a Lawyer Is...
How do you attract people who are researching their situation and are ready to hire a lawyer? It's not an easy task. You have to learn how to grab their attention when there are hundreds (if not thousands) of other attorneys competing for these same clients.
Here are some crucial things that you will need to be able to accomplish if you want a potential client to stop and listen to what you have to say:
1. You have to find a way to stand out from the crowd.
2. You need to get them interested in you.
3. They need to be encouraged to get the conversation started.
4. You must be able to stop their search for a lawyer, until they have heard from you.
This list is quite overwhelming, but you would be amazed to learn that there is one way you can accomplish all of the above and that is with an irresistible offer. People love free offers. Just think about how restaurants promote "kids eat free" nights or how timeshare companies lure people into presentations by giving gifts.
You can also offer something for free that is going to get your prospects to say to themselves, "I would have to be a fool to do anything before I took advantage of this offer from this attorney." This incredible free offer shouldn't come in the form of a case evaluation. That is not original. Some of the best offers are books, CDs, DVDs or reports. It needs to be something that is interesting and has perceived value.
For more marketing tips, visit GreatLegalMarketing.com.
Make Sure Your Lawyer Ads Have These Three Things
It doesn't matter if you are working on a Yellow Pages ad, website or some other form of advertising, there are three components that must be included - an interesting headline, copy that addresses what is going through the consumer's mind and an irresistible offer.
Headline
When you are working on your marketing pieces, you need to put some thought into your headline. For example, consider what you do when flipping through the magazine or newspaper. Do you stop to read boring headlines or are you attracted to the headlines that are interesting or unique?
The headline is what will draw people in and will encourage them to keep reading. Don't waste your headline on something like, "Injured?" or "We Can Help." Be creative.
Copy
Lawyers make the common mistake of beginning their copy with information about themselves. People just want to know if you have the solution to their problems, they don't really care at this point where you went to law school or how many combined years of experience the lawyers in your firm have. Focus on speaking to the concerns that are on their minds.
Irresistible Offer
You need to have a call to action, other than "call us for a free consultation." Consider offering a free book, report, CD or other useful information. You want the offer to be so compelling that the person reading your ad will think that they shouldn't do anything else before taking you up on it.
For more marketing tips, visit my website, GreatLegalMarketing.com.
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