Re: Best Way to Advertise?

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It is not a question of due diligence, Ms. Thier. Even if you work for a
reputable company, it is a despicable tactic to monitor blogs such as
this to try to sell your services. As Jiff pointed out, this is spam.

On 4/21/06, Shannon Thier wrote:
> **By the way, that $2,000 is PER YEAR not month.
>
> On 4/21/06, Shannon Thier wrote:
>> Jiff, I am sorry you feel that way. Please tell that to the
>> thousands of attorneys that are onboard, and have been extremely
>> satisfied with the service for over 7 years. SWI Digital boasts a
>> renewal rate unmatched in advertising.
>>
>> By the way, a large percentage of firms onboard are solo
>> practitioners. If you find $2,000 expensive to be the only lawyer
>> in a particular county or even the state for your area of
>> practice, to recieve access to literally hundreds of potential
>> clients who are anxiously seeking representation, AND to piggyback
>> off of the power of a national company with over 17,000 web
>> domains to bring your firm to the forefront of the internet
>> without paying several grand per month to have yourself optimized
>> as a sponsored link, I don't know what to tell you. Like I said,
>> email me. I CAN AND WILL PROVE IT.
>>
>> Please do your due dilligence before you reply next time.
>>
>>
>> On 4/21/06, Jiff wrote:
>>> The below post is spam, and of no real benefit to a solo.
>>>
>>> On 4/21/06, Shannon Thier wrote:
>>>> Hi Jiff,
>>>>
>>>> I agree with you, and I have found that the mostpowerful
>>>> company out there for Lawyers on the internet is
>>>> www.swidigital.com bar none. This is in fact why I have chosen
>>>> to work for them myself.
>>>>
>>>> They own 17,000 legal web domains - the largest legal
>>>> portfolio in the entire world, from
>>>> www.MedicalMalpractice.com, AccidentAttorneys.com,
>>>> RealEstateLawyers.com....any practice you can think of. It
>>>> costs literally around $2000 per YEAR (depending on county
>>>> population) to become exclusive - as opposed to FindLaw and
>>>> Lawyers.com and all the other multiple listing services out
>>>> there. Plus because they have such an extensive network, they
>>>> spend an insurmountable amount of money to have Google - and
>>>> anything powered by it such as AOL, Ask Jeeves, Lycos,
>>>> Earthlink, etc. - optimized to bring up their domains to the
>>>> top of the very first page Google, and then once there, only
>>>> one firm exclusively per county is highlighted. They take away
>>>> the need for a middleman as well since they are essentially
>>>> just a portal that leads directly to your firm's site.
>>>>
>>>> The most unbelievable thing they offer is Live Access Overflow
>>>> Cases...nobody else can offer you this at all - every attorney
>>>> who is signed up gets a password to access all of the
>>>> potential clients that have come to the site throughout the
>>>> state over every area of practice. Lawyers can read pre-
>>>> qualified clients and cherry-pick the ones that make sense for
>>>> the firm, even refer out the ones that don't. At no additional
>>>> cost! These are not referrals because access is free for any
>>>> attorney who is already benefitting from being the exclusive
>>>> firm in that particular geographical area.
>>>>
>>>> It is a very unique program, backed by literally hundreds of
>>>> testimonials from both small and large firms all over the
>>>> nation, and really provides HUGE exposure among the internet -
>>>> and you are right Jiff, the internet is the future of
>>>> marketing! By the way, if you are a skeptic, please contact
>>>> me... I HAVE PROOF!!!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 4/19/06, Jiff wrote:
>>>>> I dont understand why anybody would use Legalmatch or any
>>>>> other middle man. The internet flattens things, in case you
>>>>> havent noticed. You can directly target the
>>>>> consumer. "Guru" has several excellent posts here on this
>>>>> topic. The gist is, focus on Internet ads, be frugal and
>>>>> shop around, highly target your keywords. $1000 will bring
>>>>> in many quality clients.
>>>>>
>>>>> Yellow Pages is a dying medium. Internet is here now.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 4/19/06, JAG22 wrote:
>>>>>> What is the best way to advertise? This board pretty much
>>>>>> makes it clear that LegalMatch, Casepost, LegalFish etc are
>>>>>> a toss-up at best... and usually a bad investment...
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Would you guys recommend going it alone and doing your own
>>>>>> advertising on Yahoo? Pay-per-click?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know that there are small firms spending $3,000+ each
>>>>>> month to advertise... and that just seems a bit
>>>>> expensive.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I have a decent amount of business right now, but I'm
>>>>>> looking to expand, and hopefully take on an associate.
>>>>>> Right now, I have the capital to do roughly $1,000 each
>>>>>> month for advertising.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any suggestions? What has worked for people on this board?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I saw 'Jim' posted about LawInfo. I'm guessing that its
>>>>>> just another one of the scams. Is there any legitimate
>>>>>> organization that does advertising for lawyers? Is the
>>>>>> yellow pages worth it?