2017 is almost upon us, and that means it's time to look back-- but also look forward. Let’s look back at 2016 for a moment. In 9 short months, we’ve grown a company from the ashes with zero clients to a thriving and growing clientele. We’ve won awards that showcase excellence in web design: the prestigious Marcom Award and the Davey Award. Our team has even spoken at conferences and given CLE-earning webinars. Every client we’ve worked with thus far has shown great growth in organic search traffic, [...]
Published on December 1, 2016, by GAVL
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On the heels of winning a prestigious Gold MarCom Award for the design of our home page, it's my pleasure to announce that Legal InSites has won a Silver Davey Award for the category Websites-Professional Services. The award is judged and selected by The Academy of Interactive and Visual Arts. We couldn't be more excited. What we truly love about this award is that it's meant to exclusively honor the "Davids" of creativity, the small agencies looking to make their mark in the world and take on the [...]
If you think that your social media presence is a huge hassle that you’re forced to deal with and maintain, STOP. If you think that social media success for law firms is an unattainable feat, STOP. Stop thinking and start realizing that social media can be an incredible opportunity for your firm! The faster you stop with the negativity and start with the opportunity, the easier it all gets. Of course, getting the right kind of help for any stage of your tweeting career can’t hurt either. Oh, [...]
Published on November 28, 2016, by GAVL
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It's my pleasure to share with you Legal InSites' latest web design & development work with the launch of the new Daryl T. Dixon Law website. Daryl came to us looking to improve his web presence with a new website that not only looked impressive but was responsive (mobile-friendly) and built with SEO in mind. Done and done. "Ryan and the team at Legal InSites really impressed me with the level of expertise throughout the entire process of designing and implementing my law firm's new website. I couldn't [...]
A great looking law firm website that runs smoothly, helps visitors locate the information they need, and is easily and organically found on search engines is the #1 way to gain new clients online. By now you may already know this, especially if you’ve read our spiel. What you may not know is how to turn a decent website into one clients won’t gloss over. Or, perhaps more imperatively, how do you turn a not-so-decent site into one that’s more than decent? You do this by utilizing proven [...]
Published on October 18, 2016, by GAVL
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When we started Legal InSites earlier this year it was a goal of mine to design an award-winning website for ourselves. It's my honor to share with you that we've achieved this goal. It's just been announced that Legal InSites has won a very prestigious Gold MarCom Award for the design of our home page! It's such an incredible feeling to be recognized by industry leaders and in the same discussion as some of the world's top brands like Cisco, IBM, and Bank of America. MarCom Awards is an international creative [...]
At Legal InSites, there’s nothing we enjoy more than helping law firms and lawyers reach out to new clients who are in need of legal services. When we get a chance to help bridge those crucial first connections that help families recover from tragedy and get back on their feet again, that’s when we feel most victorious. There are other times we feel victorious, too. When we’re not busy developing new website designs, content, and SEO/social media strategies to help lawyers meet new clients, some of our team [...]
Google’s dubbed “Penguin” algorithm has been a vital part of how legal clients locate law firms every day since its implementation in 2012. Essentially, the algorithm targets web spam, decreasing rankings for sites that violate Google’s existing quality guidelines by using excessive links, keyword stuffing, or other “black hat” SEO strategies to attempt to force a site to rank without featuring quality, engaging content. The Penguin update was great for businesses that wanted to rank well by doing all the best SEO practices that are regularly encouraged by [...]
If you’re a lawyer, you may already be familiar with the term “legalese”. For those who may be unaware, it refers to “legal speak” or language that is filled with a whole lot of legal terminology and scholarly/academic words, phrasing, and terms. Legalese is using terms like “stipulation” and “statute” without explaining their definitions. It’s using odd words like “herewith” and “henceforth”. When using legalese, you’ll generally avoid using contractions and common lingo for the most part. There’s a time and place for legalese. When completing court documentation [...]
Legal InSites is proud to announce that two of our founders, Ryan Raplee, CTO, and Tad Thomas of Thomas Law Offices, are hosting a live American Association for Justice (AAJ) webinar that may interest attorneys who are looking to make the most of their time spent promoting their practices online. The webinar is entitled “What’s Wrong with my Website?” and will be held on September 8th, 2016 from 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm EST. The webinar is based on an article co-authored by Tad Thomas and Ryan Raplee [...]
