Written on
August 19, 2009 by
Gerry Oginski in
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1. Your yellow pages, classified ads, billboards, lawyer directories and TV advertising is bringing you tons and tons of business.
If this is your situation, then you are probably the most savvy lawyer in the Country. I wish you the best of luck. However, if you’re like most attorneys, you are looking for cost-effective and ethical [...]
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Written on
July 27, 2009 by
Gerry Oginski in
YouLaw,
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I found this video from Morrison & Wagner while looking for a newly uploaded attorney video. I watched it once. Then twice, then three times. A few days later, I came back to it again after reading the lawyer section of my local Yellow Pages. I couldn’t believe the similarities.
All the Yellow Pages ads say [...]
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You’ve shot an hour of video. You’re going to create 4-5 usable video clips from that video shoot.You then shoot another hour of video. Yet you forget to change your clothes. A viewer does not want to see you wearing the same thing in every singe video clip. It gets dull and boring. Don’t believe [...]
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Why do lawyers still insist on creating video in their cars? I just wrote a YouLaw review on this which will go live in 2 weeks which skewers the entire concept of creating video in your moving car.
Here’s a hint: The lawyer should have been pulled over for DWV (a new crime I created called [...]
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Written on
July 22, 2009 by
Gerry Oginski in
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ny,
nyc,
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seo,
video,
web video
Think video has no place in a lawyers’ marketing message?Think nobody watches video?Think potential clients don’t watch videos online?If you answered “Yes” to any of those questions, you’re wrong.
Watch the video to find out why.
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Written on
July 21, 2009 by
Gerry Oginski in
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ny,
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susan cartier liebel,
victor medina,
video,
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web video
1. Static websites are out.
In case you haven’t noticed, websites that do not interact with a viewer quickly lose the attention of someone searching for an attorney. Unless you can immediately provide a viewer with the information they are looking for, they will go elsewhere.
2. Yellow Pages are out.
If you still haven’t figured [...]
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Written on
July 15, 2009 by
Gerry Oginski in
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ny,
nyc,
search engine,
seo,
video,
web,
web video
In this video you will learn four reasons why it is so important for attorneys to create educational and informative videos. Creating educational video is the key to getting a website viewer to cool you instead of your competitor. Having a static website is no longer sufficient to distinguish you from all of your competitors. [...]
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Written on
July 12, 2009 by
Gerry Oginski in
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lawyer,
lawyer marketing,
marketing,
medical malpractice,
negligence,
new york,
ny,
nyc,
search engine,
seo
I see people creating attorney “videos” with nothing more than a slide show with accompanying audio. Many times these glorified slide shows don’t even show a picture of the attorney who is talking. Instead, they show photos of crashed cars, people in wheelchairs, the outside of a hospital, an ambulance or a police car.
If you [...]
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Written on
March 28, 2009 by
Gerry Oginski in
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How do stores all selling the same thing distinguish themselves? I was in St. Maarten on vacation last week walking through shoppers paradise in Phillipsburg. One store after another. All trying to sell you rings, bracelets, watches, sunglasses, and designer handbags. How do they set themselves apart if they all have pretty much the same [...]
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