Why watch this? Not only is it entertaining and amusing, but the graphics and animation are astounding. But really, why should an attorney who creates video watch this?
Because the creators of this video clearly know how to tell a story without any words at all. As lawyers, our goal is to create stories and tell stories with words. Lawyers who create…
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I just don’t get it. Every day I see lawyers putting videos online that mimic the TV commercials we loathe and detest. It’s those same daytime lawyer commercials that have made us the butt of jokes for the last 25 years. If these videos are so bad, why do lawyers continue to put up bad [...]
In today’s YouLaw, we look at Tennessee trial lawyer Rob McKinney who gives viewers an overview of what they need to ask when looking for the best DUI attorney. The video is 3:25 long, and at times appears drawn out. However, Attorney McKinney offers great content for viewer trying to figure out who they should hire. Experience is the obvious first answer. He talks about how important it is for the attorney to have a mastery in the science of a field sobriety test, the breath test, and the blood alcohol test.
That’s the total number of views that my videos have received as of today, February 16, 2010. That’s not a misprint. That’s not my mother-in-law clicking on the same video 10,000 times either.
Just imagine if that number of viewers saw your videos. Would you have more callers to your office?
When you do a YouTube search, they now offer ‘promoted’ videos in the yellow space at the very top, very bottom and right side of the page. To get those spots, you must pay to advertise your videos there. How much you pay depends on what you’re willing to pay, similar to Google’s pay-per-click campaigns.
Anytime I see a video being ‘promoted’ it tells me:
If you do not know Trey Ryder and you are an attorney, you should take a look at his marketing materials immediately. Trey is a big proponent of education-based marketing for lawyers and has excellent advice and amazing articles for every attorney trying to market themselves.
If you missed my attorney video webinar in December, you definitely do not want to miss this one on March 17, 2010 (St. Patricks day) at 12:00 noon (Eastern time).
Legal marketing expert Larry Bodine is hosting this seminar, and I’ll be explaining the importance of why you need to be on video to market yourself in today’s economy.
It’s true. 99% of attorney video truly stinks. It’s boring. It’s unimaginative. It lacks useful information. It’s stuffy. It continues to personify lawyers as inaccessible and unapproachable. Many lawyer videos do nothing but talk about themselves.
Guess what? In case you haven’t noticed, viewers don’t care about you. They only care about themselves. Until lawyers and their video producers recognize this, lawyers will continue to make video that stinks.
Ever hear of Blip.tv or Dailymotion.com? You should have.
These are free video sharing sites. Naturally, I upload my videos there, among many others. I only post original content. I only post useful and educational material in my videos. I never violate terms of service. I respect others, and expect others to respect me. I always respond to comments on my videos. I’m always considerate of someone else’s comments even though I may not agree with them. Well, guess what?
