LegalMatch Marketing for Attorneys

LegalMatch Attorney Blog

LegalMatch is excited to launch the LegalMatch Attorney Blog, a new blog that discusses current legal issues, reviews new laws or cases, and offers legal marketing tips. All content is submitted by LegalMatch attorneys.

The LegalMatch Attorney blog is a forum for attorneys to express their opinions about legal news and current issues in the law. It is also an opportunity for attorneys to gain exposure for their practice and to promote their own websites or blogs.

Subject Areas for the Blog

• Insights or commentary about your area of legal expertise – e.g. recent changes in bankruptcy law.
• Law practice marketing tips – e.g. how you have found success utilizing LegalMatch to engage clients.

Reasons to Contribute

• Gain practice exposure: We’ll promote our favorite posts on our social media outlets. Posts will be read by attorneys/peers as well as potential clients.
• Promote your website or other legal writings: We will link to your website from the bio at the end of the article. You can also link to articles from your website or blog throughout the article.

How to Submit?

If you are an attorney and would like to contribute an article to the LegalMatch Attorney blog, you can submit a 300 - 800 word article directly to: peter.clarke (at) LegalMatch (dot) com.

Law Practice Tip: Introduce Your Clients to Reality

A reality of the legal field is that lawyers have to regularly deal with problematic clients. When a case isn’t going in a client’s favor and there’s nothing that can be done, many clients will become frustrated and immediately blame the lawyer. Situations such as this generally occur when a client’s expectations are unrealistically high.

Prior to representing a new client, you should always be sure to discuss the difference between realistic and unrealistic expectations. Determine what the client wants to achieve and let him or her know if the goal is feasible. If your client comes in with high expectations and you aren’t confident that you can deliver the desired results, you should be honest. Tell the client the truth! Also, don’t ever take a case outside of your comfort level just to earn a few extra dollars. You’ll thank yourself later.

If you don’t establish realistic expectations before taking on your new clients, you are setting yourself up for disaster. Your time spent in the office will be far more productive when you’re not nursing a stress headache.

Authored by Peter Clarke, Content Manger for LegalMatch.com.