On Custom Legal Marketing's YouTube channel, we're working on a series about schema markups for law firms. Schemas help you communicate to Google what your content is about and what you want them to do with it. They're really powerful! Some schemas are a little less exciting but no less important. In the latest video, I'm talking about breadcrumb schema.
Aug 2
Google Says AI Content is Allowed but They’re Also Raising the Bar on Quality
Many law firm marketers are stepping into a trap by leaning too heavily on AI tools for content. I recently talked about this in an article on Forbes. Just because Google is allowing AI generated content doesn’t mean they’re not taking action against low-quality content. In fact, they’re stepping up enforcement and their SpamBrain algorithm will ignore or remove content that it believes isn’t helpful.
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Jul 26
Article Schema and Structured Data: A Guide for Lawyers
You might now know this but Google has over 30 structured data types to help content creators like your law firm stand out in search results. This week, we launched the first video in our series on schema markups for lawyers, which is available on YouTube.
Understanding the Power of Article Schema for Your Law Firm
At first glance, structured data might seem complex and...Read More
Jul 21
Internal Link Building Best Practices to Boost Your Law Firm’s SEO
Internal linking, which is placing hyperlinks between pages on your law firm's website, is a critical yet often overlooked practice that can boost your law firm's search engine optimization efforts; if you do it right.
Law firms that are actively focused on search engine marketing will want to utilize internal linking strategies on their website in order to help users navigate the website seamlessly, assist Google in understanding which pages to show on...Read More
Jul 6
Google is ranking generative AI outputs above websites. What does that mean for your law firm’s SEO strategy?
Generative AI tools like ChatGPT basically learn from large libraries of content. When told to “generate” it basically writes an output that is an average consensus of all of the similar data that it has digested. Therefore, by design, AI content is average.
Google recently changed their content policies and now allows AI generated content in its index… this is a big policy reversal. For decades, anything but human created content was against their terms. But then they got...
Read MoreJun 30
6 Red Flags to Watch for When Choosing a Law Firm Marketing Agency
It's not easy finding the right legal marketing partner. You to find a company that is a good fit for your firm’s style and personality. You will also need an agency that is responsive and whose communication methods are in sync with yours. And, of course, you want your agency to be successful and able to provide measurable results for your firm.
With all these considerations, it is helpful to know there are certain things you can be...
Read MoreJun 23
Is it time to remove the ‘home’ button from your website’s header?
Large or small, no law firm can escape the size constraints that apply to their website’s main navigation. The screens we use to consume web content produce an unyielding reality that all firms have roughly the same amount of real estate to display their most important links.
Visitors use your law firm's website’s main navigation as a go-to when either they first land on a site or when they need to navigate out of one area to another of...
Read MoreJun 15
How to Create Your Law Firm’s Unique Selling Proposition
One of the first things business students, marketers and entrepreneurs learn about when starting their careers is the idea of a unique selling proposition, or unique selling point (USP). A company’s — or in this case law firm’s — USP is the one big thing that makes it different from its competitors and, therefore a better choice for prospective clients.
The understanding of what differentiates you from other law firms in your area will drive everything marketers do on your...
Read MoreJan 4
The Problem with ChatGPT Being a ‘Google Killer’
We've been having some fun with OpenAI's ChatGPT. It is, by far, the most impressive AI chatbot to be evaluated by the general public. Over at Bigger Law Firm Magazine, I tested the bot's ability to write unique content around a fictional character named Larry, the Hairy Canary. In this experiment, the bot really spread its wings (sorry, I couldn't resist.)
While we're having fun playing with this new technology, the doomsday predictors are out there saying that chatbots...
Read MoreOct 17
We just won a W3 Award for Steinberg Law Firm’s Website
We're very excited to announce that we've won another W3 Award, this time for the Steinberg Law Firm website.
Steinberg Law Firm is a great client of ours that has been fighting for the rights of South Carolinians for almost a century and the hundreds of five-star reviews they've earned show how much their clients appreciate the firm's hard work and dedication.
We've been working with Steinberg Law Firm for several years and have increased their monthly organic leads by 1,100%...
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