by Dan Jaffe | Mar 22, 2020 | COVID, Dan
This post will outline the technology that the LawLytics team uses to effectively work (from the office and recently from home). Some of the technology may be useful to lawyers trying to adapt to the new reality of remote work in the thick of the Coronavirus pandemic....
by Dan Jaffe | Mar 18, 2020 | COVID, Dan
Several of our customers have asked us how they can position their firms to not only survive, but thrive through economic downturn. Let me start by stating the obvious. As a law firm owner, your practice is your business, and your responsibility. Nobody will ever care...
by Dan Jaffe | Mar 16, 2020 | COVID, Dan
This is the first post in a new series that I’ll be writing about how solos and small law firms can set themselves up for long-term success during the current pandemic. Introduction: Why I’m writing this now At LawLytics, we’re on mandatory work from home...
by Dan Jaffe | Mar 11, 2020 | Announcements, COVID, Dan
Dear LawLytics Members, Thank you for entrusting your firm’s most essential piece of marketing infrastructure, your website, to LawLytics. We take the responsibility very seriously, and want to let you know our planning and thinking around the COVID-19 outbreak....
by Dan Jaffe | Sep 22, 2019 | SEO
Google has once again killed the SEO salesperson’s trick du jour. For roughly the past two years, some SEO companies have added reviews markup to their clients’ websites in order to cause Google to display stars next to the websites’ results in the...
by Dan Jaffe | Apr 13, 2019 | Websites
Landing pages are website pages designated as the destination for paid advertisements — typically pay-per-click ads, display ads, and social media ads. When somebody clicks on your ad, the landing page is what they see. When one of your viable potential clients...
by Dan Jaffe | Jan 26, 2019 | Websites
We’ve recently noticed a growing concern from lawyers that their law firm could be subject to Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) enforcement or lawsuits because of their website. This blog post is meant to help attorneys understand how to make their websites...
by Dan Jaffe | Sep 13, 2017 | Features
Author: Dan Jaffe, Attorney and LawLytics CEO Read Time: 10 minutes Relevant For: All lawyers with websites Urgency Level: High Key Points: Google will release a Chrome browser update in October 2017 that will make upgrading to a secure (SSL) website imperative for...
by Dan Jaffe | Sep 12, 2017 | Content
Which case results are the most lucrative to display on a law firm’s website, and in what order should they be displayed? Posting case results on your law firm’s website is good for business. In this blog post I’m going to use two case result examples from a single...
by Dan Jaffe | May 3, 2017 | Websites
Last month, I asked if your law firm is seen as a vendor. Some of the tell-tale signs are clients leaving without warning, clients refusing to refer you to others, and clients regularly pushing you to cut your rates or provide free services. In my own experience, and...
by Dan Jaffe | Apr 3, 2017 | Dan
We hear from many attorneys who are frustrated because they have lost business to a competing firm that cut its rates. Gone are the days where client loyalty and referrals provide predictable business. Most attorneys simply do not have the ability to generate organic...
by Dan Jaffe | Oct 16, 2015 | Dan
I want to take this opportunity to discuss how lawyers can be sure they are selecting and using the best possible domain name for their law practices. Selecting a domain name for your law firm is one of the most important decisions that lawyers make in the early...
by Dan Jaffe | Sep 22, 2015 | Dan
With so many attorneys wondering what the next best thing is for their marketing, sometimes it makes sense to get back to the basics. While there is a constant bombardment of noise telling attorneys the hundreds of things that they can buy, or do, to help build their...
by Dan Jaffe | Sep 17, 2015 | 3rd Party Software
NOTE: The text of this blog post is completely un-edited. This is intentional. I have done this because I’d like our readers to see any grammar, spelling, or punctuation errors that result from creating a blog post entirely hands-free. The picture of me, with...
by Dan Jaffe | Aug 21, 2015 | Websites
Some law firms have several websites (or even dozens of them). Is there a strategic reason for having more than one law firm website? In this post I will discuss some of the pros and cons of having more than one domain, as well as some of the reasons why it may be a...
by Dan Jaffe | Aug 17, 2015 | Dan
The phone rings. It’s an attorney. She’s frustrated. She explains to me that her firm has invested a lot of money in their firm’s website. Tens of thousands of dollars. “They’re lucky,” I think to myself. “I’ve seen much...
by Dan Jaffe | Aug 10, 2015 | Websites
In the “.law” domain extension will soon be available for purchase by attorneys. This post examines whether lawyers should consider investing in this new product. Should you buy a .law name for your law firm? Rarely a week goes by where our sales team...
by Dan Jaffe | Aug 3, 2015 | Dan
The news is full of gloom and doom for law students. Job prospects suck. Pay sucks. Student loans suck. If you listen hard enough you might even conclude that finding a decent law job out of law school is like winning the lottery. And being a realist, you might resign...
by Dan Jaffe | Jun 10, 2015 | 3rd Party Software
Thumbtack is a service that offers to introduce consumers with professionals. You can compare professionals. You can look at reviews. You can get price estimates. And, according to their website, you can “Hire the right pro.” What kind of pros? Well, there...
by Dan Jaffe | Jun 3, 2015 | Dan
According to Ray Kurzweil, director of engineering at Google, robots will reach human levels of intelligence by 2029. Since there is wide variability in intelligence in humans, it’s a matter of degree. According to Gartner, robots are set to take over one-third...