Amongst the main issues that lawyers and law firms face these days in regards to getting new clients is basically unknowning exactly how to do it properly. This causes them to chase after each shinny object or marketing person/company who promises all kinds of unreal results. However, the fact is that due to the increase in competition it becomes very expensive to really have the ability to maintain a routine flow of new prospects coming their way.
The main reason it has become more expensive is because everyone is fighting to be seen as number 1 in their respective area of law and geography. That is why, there are some things to take note of when it relates to aiming to be seen as number 1 these days.
To start with, it is very important to keep in mind that not a single person searches for an attorney unless they need one. This means that traditional advertising methods will not produce a positive return on investment (ROI). That is because these methods based their strategy on creating the need or hoping to take advantage of a need which may or may not exist on whoever is exposed to the information at a given time. Also, in order for these methods to be effective, they require a saturation of the marketplace, which means huge amounts of advertising for a long period of time. This obviously costs a huge amount of money and ROI will not be seen in the short term.