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June 27, 2016

Yelp’s Grossly Inflated “Lead” Reporting

We spoke to a prospective client who was confused why his advertising on Yelp had yielded no clients, although Yelp's reporting indicated a reasonable, steady…

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June 21, 2016

Get Ready for $300 CpCs in Legal

I spent today at SMX Advanced Local - a Workshop hosted by the inimitable Greg Sterling in conjunction with the greater SMX Advanced Conference.  I…

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May 25, 2016

Why Great Design and UX is HUGELY IMPORTANT for Law Firm Websites

Search Engine Optimization with a "VP of Marketing" mindset continues to be Mockingbird's business focus. We focus on generating high returns for our client's marketing…

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May 25, 2016

The .law TLD Sales Conspiracy

Lawyers - you've been duped into buying the new .lawyer, .attorney, and .law TLDs by a conspiracy of numerous "studies" all citing the same bogus…

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May 24, 2016

Top Announcements From Google Ads & Analytics Innovations Keynote

This morning, we tuned into the Google Ads and Analytics Innovations Keynote at the Google Performance Summit. The theme, overwhelmingly, was a focus on mobile;  “mobile is…

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May 20, 2016

Law Firm Website Costs Graphic

Law Technology Today published my post on the Law Firm Website Cost Benchmarking Study we did for the American Bar Association.  You can read all…

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May 19, 2016

Seattle DUI Lawyers stripping for $1.99 a minute?

OK... admittedly a clickbaity title, but wait for the punchline.... So..... spam is prevalent in the local results. We've known this for ages and its…

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May 11, 2016

Evaluating Best Biz Local Lawyers (A case study in backlink analysis)

Estimated read time: 5 minutes If the average person supposedly sees ~5,000 advertising messages a day, I'm positive lawyers see 20,000. There is always a…

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May 10, 2016

Displaying Reviews with Schema

If you are following the proper guidelines for managing your web presence - providing excellent customer service, killing it in the courtroom, and asking clients for reviews…

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