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.
A great place to learn about creating and improving video for lawyers.
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Don’t Miss This Attorney Video Webinar!
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.
How I Got Booted Off a Video Sharing Site Without Warning
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?
You Think You Have What It Takes To Create Video?
Do you?
You know how to press “Record” on your flip camera, right? You know not to shoot in low-level light, right? You know not to use your on-board microphone, right? You know how to set your white balance, even on your little handy video camera like your Kodak Zi8, right?
Excellent. Then why aren’t you creating video to market your law practice? If you are, why aren’t those viewers calling your office? What are they waiting for, a personal invitation? Are your viewers really expecting you to reach through the computer screen and physically pull them into your office? Get real.
Attorneys – Talk is Cheap, Good Video Production Isn’t
Video production for lawyers cost either time or money. Often, it costs both.
Creating a quality-driven educational message is not as simple as standing in front of your Flip video camera and simply pressing the big red “record” button. Same goes for using your Kodak Zi8 with an external microphone. Maybe you’ve had your eye on that Sony Webbie or one of the other handheld pocket-camcorders. Regardless of what camera you use, don’t just press that ‘record’ button and upload right to YouTube.
How Can You Charge $3.20 For This?
I went skiing this weekend, and guess how much a bottle of this cost? You guessed it. $3.20.
I don’t know about you, but I can buy a case of 24 bottles of water at Waldbaums for $3.99. To pay $3.20 for a bottle of water is outrageous. I asked the cashier at the ski resort why they don’t charge $5.00 per bottle. She was shocked and didn’t understand why I even made a comment.
Don’t Tell Me How To Build a Clock, Just Tell Me What Time It Is
Most attorneys only want to practice law. For them, marketing is nothing more than an annoyance they have to deal with in order to get more clients so they can do what they enjoy, which is practicing law. Those lawyers are the ideal clients who come to me and say “I want you to create the video for me. I want it all done for me. I don’t want to know about video editing, or compression, or how to color correct, or set my white balance. I just want to show up and start talking, and then you send me an email link where my video is so I can watch the final product.”
What Do You Get When You Cross a Lawyer With a Video Camera & An Internet Marketer?
It wasn’t that long ago that I considered myself a trial attorney focused solely on handling my client’s cases.
As I learned how important it was to get new business, there was always the requisite get-to-know other lawyer meetings in order to expand my referral base. I also tried all the traditional forms of advertising including Yellow Pages, TV commercials, display ads, classified ads, 1-800 number campaigns, free recorded messages and on and on.
An Innovative Way To Market Your Legal Services
Here’s a funny way these guys have used video to “market” their legal “offerings.”
As they say on TV, “Don’t try this at home.”
The Solution To Your Problem: Video
Have you noticed that the phone isn’t ringing much these days?
You’re wondering why your colleagues are bitchin’ and moaning all the time about how tough it is to get cases now-a-days? Have you ever joined a ‘downer-festival’ where every lawyer sitting in the attorney’s lounge is complaining about how the lousy economy is hurting business (except for bankruptcy attorneys)?
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- How Really Smart Lawyers Are Using Video On The Web- New Book!
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