How to Use Your Website to Qualify Leads
In today’s marketplace, the consumer is more in charge of the online search process than ever before. Because of this, a fabulous website is an absolute must. But when it comes to designing your website, it's not all about looks. It's also about whom it will attract....
What’s a Website Plugin?
What Is a Website Plugin? If you’re not immersed in the world of website development, you may not know what a website plugin is. That’s okay! Maybe you’ve heard your IT person talk about them, but you don’t really understand what a website plugin is and how it works?...
How Narrowing Your Niche Focus Can Expand Your Bottom Line
In a culture that celebrates doing all the things, the idea of focusing on a niche might seem counterintuitive or even a little crazy. I mean, won't limiting your client base squash your firm's growth potential? The truth is, concentrating on a specific niche, or...
Six Reasons Why Content Is Too Important for Lawyers to Write
Content is about the music, not the words. That’s why it is too important to be written by lawyers and other professionals. It’s not that you don’t know your stuff; rather, it’s that you know it too well. As a result, few attorneys understand how to explain something...
PSM Founder Launches CLE Connect™ | Ethical Marketing CLEs On-Demand
PSM President and Founder, Terrie S. Wheeler is proud to introduce a new service called CLE Connect™ | Ethical Marketing CLEs On-Demand. In mid-August, Terrie S. Wheeler launched a new service for Minnesota lawyers called CLE Connect. The online educational platform...
Making the Most of Facebook for Your Business
Facebook for Fun or Business? Most of us have a love/hate relationship with Facebook. We tend to love it for reconnecting with old friends, sharing our news and looking at endless pictures of acquaintances when we are supposed to be sleeping. But since Facebook has...
How Smart Marketing Will Make Your Sales Efforts Easier
When you are trying to maintain and even increase your success as a lawyer, word-of-mouth referrals are unquestionably important. While you may interact with your referrals directly through your sales efforts, marketing is also extremely important in the referral...
SSL Certificates: What they Are and Why You Need One
So, you’ve heard the term “SSL certificate” floating about the internet, from your IT team, or from your web developer. You know it has something to do with web security. But really though…what the heck is it? Well, SSL stands for Secure Sockets Layer. According to...
Right Marketing Coaching Can Guide You Towards Success
Marketing is an aptitude they seldom teach in school. This is unfortunate because, especially from the perspective of a business, marketing is a necessary skill. Even if you're doing the job right, if you’re not marketing your services well enough your business will...
The Genesis Framework: Why It Rocks
Developers build websites using intricate code structures called frameworks. I know what you’re thinking…green code cascading down your screen Matrix-style. Unfortunately, it’s not that cool. A framework is just a bunch of code that looks something like this: Once a...
So Busy You Can’t See Straight? How to Cope
As a lawyer, when you feel overwhelmed with your practice, you may want to fully immerse yourself in your clients’ needs. It can seem like you never have enough time to finish everything on your to-do list. At the peak of your career, you might even feel forced to put...
The Evolution of Marketing for Solos and Small Firms
With the growing use of technology and mobile devices, marketing has changed forever. Most Americans spend hours on their computers and other electronic devices every single day. Our technology-centric society means there is more opportunity to reach potential clients...
Pillar 4: Targeted and Effective Communication Strategies
Effective Communication means saying the right thing at the right time. It is difficult for growing firms and solo practitioners to keep up with their marketing and communications plans. An effective and concise marketing strategy can do wonders for them. Through this...
How to Boost Your SEO Without Breaking The Bank
It is a trend to invest in SEO today. Search Engine Optimization deserves to be called a necessity in this digital age. According to an interesting statistic, 91 percent of searchers do not go beyond the first page of any search engine. So, if your business isn't...
Why Case Studies Are Crucial on Websites for Professional Services
Not many professional and financial firm websites feature them, which is both surprising and astounding. Why? Because on sites with easily-found, searchable and readable case studies, typically they are the third-most read items after a practitioner’s bio and blog....
Why Was That Lawyer Quoted? Tips To Secure Positive Press Coverage
PR 101 for Lawyers PSM Marketing relies heavily on a comprehensive PR strategy to help clients build name recognition and awareness in the marketplace. PSM Founder and President, Terrie S. Wheeler, MBC, a veteran in Law Firm Marketing, shares her understanding of the...
Looking Back to See Ahead: Trends In Law Firm Marketing
Terrie S. Wheeler, MBC, is the founder of PSM and a professional marketing coach. She specializes in the legal marketing industry and has nearly three decades of experience for small and mid-sized law firms. In one of her recent articles, Terrie spills the beans on...
Abby Hoffman Wrote Steal This Book; Here Are 5 Ideas PSM Marketing Should Steal From Products Companies
A crucial but little-noticed article popped up briefly on my LinkedIn newsfeed recently. Were it not for the wind chill in Toronto that ranged from -20’C on a “mild” day to -30’ on others, I might have been out doing something more diverting and would have missed it...