Jeffrey Henderson Director of Business Development jeff@doneseo (310) 424-4492

1. Jeffrey Henderson Director of Business Development jeff@doneseo.com (310) 424-4492 Navigating the Rough Seas of Search Engine Optimization: 5 Ways Legal Marketers Can Leverage Search

2. Why Search? Actively Seeking Services Search is often the first place a potential client goes when they begin looking for legal services Avoids Restrictions on Advertising As Attorneys you face many restrictions in how you can promote your firm unlike any other professional service Long Term ROI Benefits Achieving high natural rankings in search engines provides long term ROI even after discontinuing services Instant Traffic Utilizing paid search can bring instant traffic to your site allowing you have much more control of your advertising

3. How Many People Really Search For Lawyers? Luckily for us Google just added search volume to it's keyword research tools:

4. How Many People Really Search For Attorneys? Search volume statistics for “attorneys”

5. How Many People Really Search For Law Firms? Search volume statistics for “law firms”

6. Leveraging Search #1 ~ Organic SEO Pros: Natural search results receive 5-10 times the traffic as sponsored results Users associate high rankings in Google with trustworthiness No cost per click Long term ROI Cons: Large initial investment Longer time frame to achieve results Lawyers will be mad due to largely increased workload Higher accounting fees due to count increased revenues

7. Implementing Organic SEO On Site Site <title>, <h1>, and <h2> tags Keyword targeted URLs Image optimization - <alt> text and <title> tags Cross referencing internal content – think Wikipedia Well written content Keyword 'Siloing' XML Sitemap Off Site SEO Inbound Links Article Syndication Directory Submissions

8. Titles, Header Tags, and URLs

9. Image Optimization HTML Code for an Image: <img src=“http://website.com/images/image1.png”> Optimized Image HTML <img src=“http://website.com/images/patent-lawyer-john-doe.png” alt=“Picture of Patent Lawyer John Doe in Los Angeles”>

10. Cross Referencing Relevant Content

11. IT WORKS!

12. Inbound Links Ranking in Google is largely a popularity contest.

13. Article Syndication Build links and authority through article syndication Top ten article submission sites: http://www.articledashboard.com http://www.articlepoint.com http://www.businessknowhow.com http://www.businessknowhow.com/ http://www.ecomallbiz.com/ http://www.ezinearticles.com/ http://www.isixsigma.com/ http://www.aboutpublicrelations.net/ http://www.aish.com/ http://www.allfreelancework.com/ Download list of 420 article syndication sites @ www.doneseo.com/lma/

14. Directory Submission Capture traffic and build links with web directories Top ten web directories: http://www.dmoz.org http://www.aardvark.co.za http://www.accoona.com/ http://www.customsearchengine.com http://www.ezilon.com http://www.londovor.com/ http://www.marketersportal.com/ http://www.seocourt.com/ http://www.abc-directory.com http://www.aboutmalta.com Download list of 1370 web directories @ www.doneseo.com/lma/

15. Leveraging Search #2 ~ Pay Per Click Pros: Instant results Guaranteed traffic Strict budget control GEO targeting capabilities Cons High cost per click No long term ROI Complicated platform

16. Pay Per Click Search Engines Google https://adwords.google.com Yahoo http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com MSN/Live https://adcenter.microsoft.com/ Ask.com http://sponsoredlistings.ask.com LookSmart.com http://www.looksmart.com/

17. Online Reputation Management Control the online image of your firm and top partners (From the Florida Bar News) Attorneys should consider "Google lawyering" to research clients, parties, witnesses, experts, lawyers (4) as well as items and locations relevant to your case. A quick Westlaw search for "google" revealed over 30 published opinions where experts and/or the court relied on information retrieved from Google.com. 53% of adult internet users said they had looked for information connected to at least one of these groups: 1) family and friends, 2) romantic interests, and 3) business colleagues

18. Reputation Management Resources Business PRNewsWire.com Monster.com CareerBuilder.com FastPitch.com Spoke.com ZoomInfo.com Plaxo.com Facebook.com PR.com Flickr.com ClaimID.com HotFrog.com Personal Naymz.com Ziggs.com MySpace.com Facebook.com LinkedIn.com Ryze.com ClaimID.com Digg.com Reddit.com Twitter.com Flickr.com

19. Blogging for traffic and links Blogging Cases with lots of media coverage Controversial/relevant Supreme Court/Appeals Court rulings Strange, odd, unique news – think Reuter's Oddly Enough http://www.reuters.com/news/oddlyEnough Tips Catchy post titles Link to other blogs/news sites that are covering the story Always allow comments!! And PARTICIPATE!!

20. Micro Site Strategies Leveraging Google's Navigational Search Alogrithm Buy domain names that exactly match search phrases i.e. www.patentattorneybeverlyhills.com Build simple sites highlighting different services offered by firm Submit to directories Allows you to obtain highly targeted traffic for niche services within a firm

21. Resources Keyword Research: DONE! SEO KW Research Tool - http://www.doneseo.com/seo-tools/keyword-research-tool.php AdWords Keyword Tool - https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal Wordze KW Reseach Tool - http://www.wordze.com/ Keyword Discovery - http://www.keyworddiscovery.com/ Blog Resources: Wordpress Blog Software - http://wordpress.org Best Wordpress Plugins for SEO and Usability - http://www.doneseo.com/blog/seo-plugins-for-wordpress/

22. Resources (cont)‏ Additional resources can be found at www.doneseo.com/lma/ All questions or inquiries can be sent to jeff@doneseo.com or info@doneseo.com