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Free WordPress Websites with Mockingbird Marketing

2020 has been a strange time. Everyone has been experiencing the new normal in different ways, but through it all, a sense of community has been growing. Even while we’re sheltered in place, there are stories of people helping each other through these difficult times. Mockingbird Marketing is no different. To help struggling solo and small firm attorneys through the Coronavirus crisis, Mockingbird Marketing is offering Echo, their entry-level WordPress website, free through the end of the year with no commitment at all. 

This means a free WordPress site and associated hosting, backups, upgrades, and technical maintenance for the rest of 2020.

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Echo was created as a solution for solo and small firm attorneys needing a fast, dynamic, and professional WordPress website at a reasonable price. If you need a new website because your current one is outdated, or you’re pivoting your practice area due to current events, FrEcho (Free Echo) can help you with those changes while giving you a modern, polished, and highly-functional website for your practice.

FrEcho is a well-coded and easy-to-use template website so you can start converting online visitors into clients. FrEcho comes with page templates, schema markups, and a simple interface that makes adding new pages and content a breeze for you and your firm. If you’re worried about FrEcho sites all looking the same, don’t. The modularity makes FrEcho websites more like Legos than cookie cutter. 

Once that FrEcho website is made, it’s yours. All of the content, data, and your URL is completely owned by you, and not Mockingbird. And since it’s built on WordPress, you can have any web designer work on your site whenever you’d like. If you’re looking to give your website a facelift, now is a great time with Mockingbird and FrEcho. 

How to Get it

To get started with FrEcho, you’ll just need to make a $1 credit card payment that will go towards your Jan 2021 invoice if you decide to stay on with Mockingbird in the new year. To learn more about Echo, FrEcho, and to see some example websites, Mockingbird.Marketing/Free-Echo/ today!

Outsource Your Outbound Calls With Smith.ai

As an attorney, your days are already filled with appointments, deadlines, and other responsibilities. Following up on incomplete intake forms, making court-appearance reminder calls, and chasing down paperwork can take up precious time in your packed schedule. 

Let Smith.ai take care of your outbound calls and free up hours for you and your staff. Smith.ai receptionists can call leads and clients to follow-up on online “contact form” fills and website chats, to give case updates to clients, or even to refer leads looking for help outside your practice area to other better-suited firms you recommend. 

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Let’s say you’re set to meet some clients at court tomorrow. You’re nervous they won’t show up, but you don’t have time to call them before their hearings. You can simply have your Smith.ai receptionists call and remind your clients to be in court on time, properly dressed, parked nearby (so they’re not late after hunting for a spot). 

Or maybe you received dozens of new intake forms on your website over the weekend, but your week is booked with depositions. Smith.ai receptionists can email, call, and even text those new potential clients — all from your number — to follow up on their matters and set up consultations for you. Once the meeting is set, their call can trigger an automatic email follow-up that outlines your policies to properly set new client expectations. 

Smith.ai outbound calls and emails aren’t limited to lead screening, scheduling, and reminders. You can also use their receptionists to provide work status updates to clients, request online client reviews, conduct outreach to potential clients (they draw the line at marketing cold-calls), and request payments on past-due invoices. Smith.ai’s outbound communication services instantly help you take important, but sometimes tedious, tasks off your plate. 

If you’ve been using your paralegal for this sort of work, you can now finally hand them higher-level tasks better suited to their skills.

How to Get It

If you’re already a Smith.ai customer, simply email their support team with all relevant contact details, directions, and the message you’d like to convey, and that’s it! Smith.ai will handle the rest. If you don’t have business texting or emailing enabled for your phone number, they can even take care of these systems for you.

If you’re not a Smith.ai customer, learn more about Smith.ai, its outbound communication services, 24/7 live-staffed and AI chat, and other services, by visiting Smith.ai today!

Log Time Directly in Outlook with TimeSolv

You use Office 365, and you use TimeSolv. Isn’t it time to use them together? With its new Office 365 integration, TimeSolv helps you spend less time entering data and switching between applications and more time on what’s important to you. You’ll easily be able to enter your time through your Outlook email and calendar with just a few clicks. 

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Simply download the TimeSolv add-on for Office 365 to start. Once installed, click on the top right dots to open the TimeSolv integration. A time entry box will open where you’ll be able to start automatically tracking the time you’re spending on emails, or manually enter time later for any matter you’d like. You’ll also be able to link your time to a specific client or file, list the bill type, and enter a description for that time entry. 

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Once the entry is saved, it automatically syncs with TimeSolv and that matter file so you won’t have to enter time twice. 

You’re also able to automatically track calendar events as billable time when you create that event from Outlook. Just click on “New Event,” then “More Options” to access TimeSolv. From there, the same TimeSolv box opens with the event creation box so you can set appointments and track your time simultaneously.

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To help you save even more time, TimeSolv’s abbreviations function is also available within Outlook. The abbreviation function allows you to create a list of custom abbreviations, either for yourself or your firm, so you’ll only need to enter a few letters, hit the spacebar and have TimeSolv auto-fill the rest. And if you forget any of the abbreviations you created, just hover over the document icon for your list to pop up. After all, who wants to type out “Conference Call with Client” when you can just type “cc”? 

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How to Get It

TimeSolv is a cloud-based software well-suited for attorneys seeking a straight-forward yet comprehensive time tracking, billing, and document management solution. To learn more about TimeSolv, its new Office 365 Integration, or to start a free 30-day free trial, visit TimeSolv.com today!

Make Document Signing Seamless with MyCase eSignature

If you’re still chasing down clients for their signature on retainers, releases, and other documents, then waiting days or even weeks for them to return that document, we’re here to tell you there’s a much better way. With MyCase’s new e-Signature solution, you can easily prepare and send documents to clients who can sign them in just a matter of clicks, creating an easy and seamless document signing experience for both you and your client. 

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Take the complexity out of document signing with fast and convenient e-signatures on your documents and agreements. MyCase’s e-Signature functionality features a sleek interface with a drag-and-drop design for your already existing documents and is available at no additional cost to its users. It seamlessly integrates with MyCase’s other features to help you craft a comprehensive workflow that fits best with your practice.

To prepare your documents for e-signatures, simply upload your document to MyCase, click where you need signatures, initials, or data boxes, and send the document to your client with a request for signature and custom message. From there your client can sign from any location on their computer or mobile device when it’s convenient for them. 

Once the document is signed, you and your client will receive an email copy of the signed agreement and the document will automatically be saved to MyCase under that client’s file. With such a streamlined process, clients will sign and return documents more quickly, avoiding delays and bottlenecks, and saving you follow-up work.

While giving your clients the option to e-Sign documents is efficient and convenient, it also creates a high-quality experience with your firm. Clients will feel more confident in you and your firm when you provide a modern and polished service with MyCase. 

How to Get It

MyCase is a comprehensive law practice management software that helps you manage every aspect of your firm, including lead management, case management, the full billing cycle, and firm oversight. It offers powerful features and integrations to help you create a more streamlined and efficient practice. 

Make Appointment Booking a Breeze with Clio Scheduler

Scheduling appointments isn’t always the easiest thing to do. In fact, it can be a big hassle. Between the back and forth or limitations to your current method of booking appointments, you’re wasting time you could be spending with clients. Setting appointments should be a breeze, and it’s just that with Clio Scheduler, part of the Clio Suite.

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Clio Scheduler offers a convenient and hassle-free online booking process for your clients, your firm, and you. By sharing the Scheduler booking link on your website, or directly with prospective clients, you’ll be able to provide your clients with a modern and streamlined booking process, grow your firm by being able to schedule more appointments and create a better overall experience for your clients.

With Clio Scheduler, the booking process is completely automated, while you maintain control over your calendar. To determine availability, Clio Scheduler syncs with your calendar and you can also let it know your availability preferences. From there, clients simply pick a day and time from your open calendar slots that align with your designated open times.

Your clients will receive confirmation of their appointment, you’ll receive a notification of a new appointment, and you can set scheduled reminders to help remind your clients of their appointment with you. 

Clients can also easily cancel or reschedule appointments from the same interface. This, combined with the appointment reminders, helps reduce the risk of no-shows—saving you time and a potential headache. Clio Scheduler also securely saves the client and appointment information automatically into Clio so you’ll be able to manage client and intake data from one central place, keeping records aligned across your firm.

With the newly redesigned Clio Mobile app, you’ll be able to sync appointments and meetings across multiple devices and calendars, and you can sync events with Outlook and Google, to better coordinate and respond to client needs.

How to Get It

Clio offers a suite of powerful and user-friendly cloud-based tools—including Clio Manage and Clio Grow—to help attorneys run a more efficient practice. To learn more about Clio, Clio Scheduler, and how it can help your practice, visit clio.com today!

SimpleLaw Now Integrates With HubSpot CRM

These days, clients have different expectations about how their experience with attorneys should go. Clients are savvy, and you need to step up your game. To get their attention, and their business, you need to connect with clients on a personal level and establish trust beyond just being a lawyer. SimpleLaw’s new integration with the free HubSpot CRM helps you do just that. 

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Managing contacts and clients is an important part of an efficient law practice, but it’s an easy thing to overlook, or worse, ignore. As your practice grows, it’s even more important to manage your list of clients, both potential and current. A good Client Relationship Management software, or CRM, gives you a systematic approach to maintain and strengthen client trust and relationships to create a great client experience, and help you generate new business.

With SimpleLaw’s new integration with HubSpot CRM, managing client relationships has never been easier. You’ll be able to track, maintain, and nurture your interactions from a single streamlined interface. Even better, SimpleLaw and HubSpot are both well-suited for small to medium-sized firms and can easily scale with you as your practice grows. Simply connect your (free) HubSpot account to start growing and maintaining your client relationships from one place. 

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But SimpleLaw didn’t stop there. In addition to the HubSpot CRM and other strategic integrations, they now also offer optional public or private attorney profiles, and additional flexibility for automated time tracking. With these new updates and integrations, combined with its already powerful features, SimpleLaw is your one-stop shop for a law practice management solution that manages your cases, matters, and clients.

How to Get It

SimpleLaw is a case and practice management software platform provider created by attorneys for attorneys. SimpleLaw helps empower you to run a more efficient practice and spend more time practicing law with its many integrations and features, like private client portals, online payments, and mobile responsive web pages. 

To learn more about SimpleLaw, its features, or its integration with HubSpot, visit simplelaw.com today!

Collect 2019 Billings with LawPay

Improving collections can be as easy as allowing your clients to pay conveniently, securely, and simply with online credit or debit card payments. Let LawPay help you end this year on a high note with features like personalized payment links. This way, you can make it easy for clients to pay online by adding a payment link to your invoices, email signature, and your firm’s website. 

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LawPay offers custom payment links that send your clients directly to a personalized and customizable payment page that is both convenient and PCI 1-level secure. Payment pages can include any information you want, like your firm’s contact information and logo, and allow you to accept online payments at your office, over email, through your website, or on any mobile device for simple and seamless payments. 

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You can include a link to your payment page through email, at the bottom of invoices, or on your law firm’s website so your clients know how to pay you for your services. One of the most popular ways to use your payment page is to directly link it in your existing email correspondence with clients. If you are sending your client an email with an electronic invoice attached or are following up on a past due invoice, adding your payment page link gives clients a convenient way to make their payment. 

Once payment is made, you’ll get an email notification and see the funds in your account in 1-2 business days. Easy, convenient, and simple for both you and your client. 

How to Get It

LawPay is a payment solution designed just for lawyers and is integrated with many popular law practice management software programs. It is recommended by over 90 state and local bar associations across the country for its support in handling credit card payments in law offices. With LawPay, you can accept card and eCheck payments in accordance with ABA and IOLTA guidelines. 

To learn more about LawPay and how they can improve collections for your firm, visit lawpay.com today!

Maximize Referrals with Spotlight Branding e-Newsletters

For many solo and small firm attorneys, word-of-mouth referrals is how you get a lot of your business. But getting most of your business from referrals is not the same as maximizing your referrals. You’re probably missing out on referrals you should be getting because people either forget about you or don’t remember how your firm can help. An easy way to stay top of mind, connect with people, and maximize your referrals is through an email newsletter. 

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Email newsletters are the most efficient way to stay in touch with people and keep them connected, engaged, and informed about what’s new with your firm. It gives you the opportunity to showcase your firm, personality, and brand; bring people to your firm’s website; and help distinguish you from your competitors. Great newsletters will further your credibility, build your brand, and remind people of what you do so no opportunity is missed. 

Spotlight Branding, a digital marketing firm that works exclusively with solo and small firm attorneys, can handle the entire process of creating, sending, and maintaining regular email newsletters for your firm. This includes crafting content and creating a quality newsletter design that matches your website to impress your clients. 

In addition to putting together content for your newsletter each month, which could feature your blog, videos, and any firm news or announcements, Spotlight Branding can also help you maintain your email list in a private, secure account. They will also integrate your list with your website so any and all new contacts are added directly to your list. 

If you’re looking for a team to help you send out newsletters for the sake of sending newsletters, then you’re looking in the wrong place. Spotlight Branding focuses on building a premium brand for you and your firm. They only help you craft newsletters that help you solidify your reputation as the go-to expert in your practice area. 

An email newsletter is just one way Spotlight Branding can help you maximize your referrals. To learn more about how Spotlight Branding can help you craft an effective e-newsletter or how they can help you strengthen your brand, visit spotlightbranding.com today!

Never Miss a Lead with Smith.ai Live Chat

One of the more difficult challenges of running a law firm is balancing the time spent supporting clients, managing potential new clients, and getting your work done. Many times, a visitor will come to your website and leave almost as soon as they arrived because reaching out felt overwhelming or they weren’t immediately able to find what they were looking for. Smith.ai’s new live chat changes that. You’ll be able to have live chat at all hours to answer any questions your visitors might have, keep them engaged, and can even connect them to you when the moment is right. Never miss a lead again!

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Smith.ai has launched new live-chat features to its impressive set of services.  You’ll now be able to add AI-powered or live-staffed chat to your website to help you keep your website visitors interested and engaged.

The AI chatbot is completely free, includes unlimited chats, and is available for instant setup. Simply create your free Smith.ai account, and you can get started generating FAQs, a knowledge base, and playbooks for your chatbot to start bringing more value to your website. Visitors will be able to have their questions answered 24/7. As more people interact with your chatbot, it gets smarter, constantly refining and improving its conversations. And if you see room to improve a response the chatbot is giving, you can approve or disapprove the answers it develops as it learns.

For the live-staffed chat, which also includes the 24/7 AI chatbot, Smith.ai’s professional chat agents talk with your visitors and clients, answer questions, set appointments, screen leads, and can even respond via SMS text with clients. For those with Spanish-speaking clients, Smith.ai instantly translates between Spanish and English, with more languages coming soon. You’ll also get a white-glove setup and 2+ hours of custom chat programming to make your chat the best it can be without the guesswork or time tinkering on your own, unless that’s your thing.

If you’re not sure whether you want to commit to the live-staffed chat, Smith.ai offers a free trial with 10 chats. And that’s 10 real chats where contact information and intent are captured. You won’t get charged for irrelevant chats. With its AI technology, just like with its receptionist services, Smith.ai’s chat technology weeds out spam chats so you’ll only pay for real chats with real people, most often individuals looking to hire a lawyer.

How to Get It

If you’ve ever wanted to try live chat on your website, this is your opportunity. At a minimum, their free AI chatbot is a no-brainer that every lawyer should install today. If it’s live-staffed chat you’re after, then sign up for their free 10-chat trial. To learn more and sign up, visit smith.ai/chat today!

Check Out The LAWsome Podcast by Consultwebs

The LAWsome podcast brings you the latest in law firm development and legal marketing. LAWsome is powered by Consultwebs, a digital marketing solution for legal professionals since 1999 with a proven track record of successful marketing campaigns. LAWsome takes that experience and combines it with legal industry insights and interviews with the best experts in law firm development and legal marketing. The LAWsome podcast is like a legal seminar that people actually want to attend. Plus it’s grass-fed.

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Hosted by Jake Sanders and Paul Julius, LAWsome helps attorneys and legal professionals grow and market their practice. The inspiration for LAWsome came after Jake and Paul kept hearing the same concerns from frustrated clients. They wanted to serve the legal community by providing an authentic and inspirational resource for lawyers and people working in law firms and make legal marketing LAWsome.

Jake and Paul take their experience as attorneys and legal marketing professionals with thousands of advertising campaigns under their belt to give you advice, insight, and practical tips to up your game. They know the pain points you’ll inevitably encounter as you grow and market your law firm and want to help you overcome them with ease.

Each episode starts with introducing the topic of the show, then going through articles, blogs, and other resources relevant to the topic and the legal community. They then jump into an interview with an industry expert or roundtable conversation to take a deeper dive into the topic. With humor, wit, and heart, you’ll learn how to make your firm better — episode by episode. And, according to Jake and Paul, they “typically end each episode with no injuries.”

The weekly episodes have covered topics ranging from legal research and AI, how to create a marketing strategy, the torts of tomorrow, building a virtual law firm, and building a law firm that lasts. After listening, we hope you’ll be a little more LAWsome in your work and lives.

How To Get It

Start listening today! To learn more about LAWsome or Consultwebs, check out thelawsomepodcast.com

Be More Productive Everywhere with the Clio Mobile App

The new Clio Mobile App is perfect for attorneys on the go and makes life away from your computer so much easier. Not only will you be able to access your matters, documents, and calendar from the app, but it also has an intuitive user interface, so you can become a power user within minutes. Plus, the app is built specifically for mobile devices for improved performance. This means no bugging, no crashing, just you getting more work done outside your office. 

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The third generation of the Clio Mobile App, available for both iOS and Android devices, focuses exclusively on the top of mind actions legal professionals take away from their desk, creating a focused mobile experience for improved productivity. It isn’t built to replace your computer or your Clio Manage online experience. Instead, it’s built to be the best mobile app for attorneys on the go. They’ve taken in user feedback and have improved and created key features to help you be more productive away from your desk. 

Securely log in to the app using your Clio credentials, a personalized pin, or using face ID. Once you’re in, you’ll see your homepage which can be customized to be contact or matter centric. From the home screen, you’ll be able to duplicate or create new entries, expenses, appointments, and more from the green global create button with just a few taps and swipes, saving you time and helping you simplify recordkeeping. 

You can also share and manage documents from the app. With a few taps and swipes, you’ll be able to send documents to clients and colleagues, move a document to Google Drive, or move a document to another folder. 

What’s more, the app also integrates with the apps and actions on your phone so you’ll be able to pull up directions or call, text, and email clients with just a tap. This means you won’t have to save client contact information to your phone. It’s all accessible from the Clio app. The new app also offers a secure messaging system so you can instantly communicate with members of your team all from within the app.

How to Get It

Not a Clio user? The Clio Mobile App is available as part of a Clio Manage free trial so you can sign up, try it out, and instantly get Clio benefits and be more productive everywhere. To learn more about Clio and the Clio Mobile App, visit Clio.com today!

Get Control Over Document & Data Overload with NetDocuments

Growing law firms need a simple and secure way to get more work done and collaborate with less friction. Shared folders are slow and cumbersome, and finding what you need is a productivity nightmare. NetDocuments gives you powerful document management tools that allow you to share, edit, and organize documents and emails in the way that best meets the demands of your practice. 

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NetDocuments is a cloud-based document and email management system with military-grade security. Your documents are secured and organized through NetDocuments’ intuitive user interface, augmented by a complete suite of document and email management tools. 

Organize your documents and emails with ease. NetDocuments automatically organizes and stores your documents by file number. Just click and drag to rearrange your documents. Same with emails. The Outlook integration makes it simple to file emails with just a few clicks. Other recipients at your firm will all be notified that the email was filed.

Search for documents faster. NetDocuments architecture makes searching for documents fast and easy. Plus, you’ll be able to seamlessly view and copy from the document you’re working on without leaving NetDocuments or opening other programs. 

Easily share files with clients. You’ll also be able to share documents with clients through client portals or a password protected link. With NetDocuments, you can restrict access to files and documents based on roles and need to know, so you can share content without worrying about access permissions. 

Work directly from your desktop. If you prefer to work from your desktop rather than a browser, NetDocuments makes it easy. The NetDocuments desktop interface makes it look and feel like you’re using a local directory, but you’ll be working and syncing securely through the cloud. Unlike closed systems offered by other platforms, NetDocuments has an open API and a global technology partner network, which means frictionless integration with any law practice management software to boost efficiency and productivity.

How to Get It

To learn more about NetDocuments and how it can improve your firm’s document management, request a demo by clicking here today.

Build a Professional and Dynamic Online Presence

MileMark Media is a lawyer marketing company whose founding partners have over 50 years of combined experience in legal marketing. At MileMark Media, they work exclusively with attorneys to build law firm websites. They use their extensive industry knowledge–including time as a practicing attorney–to develop customized dynamic strategies for each of their clients. They are the best of both worlds when it comes to internet marketing and legal marketing and can help you build the perfect law firm website.

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MileMark aims to bridge the gap between basic advertising and real solutions. Since they work only with lawyers, they understand the pain points and frustrations that attorneys have endured in the past and can help streamline the marketing experience for your firm.  MileMark offers high-quality legal marketing solutions with superior customer service.

Your first steps with MileMark involve a free website SEO audit and consultation with you to review your goals, and competitive market analysis to determine the best strategy for your law firm. Based on your consultation and findings from your market analysis, MileMark determines the approach that maximizes your legal marketing needs.

MileMark uses best practices based on their findings to offer services like: 

  • Custom building or redesigning mobile responsive legal websites that are up to Google’s latest mobile and optimization standards
  • Legal SEO optimization (local and organic) to help expand your online footprint
  • Social media and blog marketing to keep users and visitors engaged
  • Website hosting with the option of a .law or .abogado domain
  • Pay-per-click (PPC) advertising 
  • Live chat on your site to engage with visitors in real-time
  • Legal videos to make your website more interesting and dynamic

Each service is part of a comprehensive strategy to help boost your web presence, showcase your experience and expertise, engage with your website visitors, maximize conversions, and drive new revenue. MileMark works with you every step of the way to ensure your website and legal marketing is just the way you want it. 

How to Get It

MileMark offers a free SEO audit of your current website and a free consultation to help you with your legal marketing goals. To learn more about MileMark and how they can help you grow your practice, visit MileMarkMedia.com today.

Find Your Modern and Professional Workspace with LawWorks

Coworking spaces have become increasingly popular thanks to advances in technology that have made it easier to work remotely. Coworking spaces are an especially great option for solo and small firm attorneys who want a professional office without the challenge and hassle of office management, or unnecessarily committing to a long-term lease.

There are many coworking spaces out there, but most cater to startups and creatives, which is a very different set of requirements than what today’s attorney requires. This is where LawWorks stands apart. LawWorks is a workspace that provides shared office space, community, and business services exclusively for lawyers and legal professionals.

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In October 2019, LawWorks opened its flagship location in Irvine, California, conveniently located across from the John Wayne Airport on MacArthur Boulevard. The new location is a membership-only workspace designed by and for attorneys. With a sleek and modern interior, LawWorks provides a fresh take on what a law office can be. The helpful and friendly staff at LawWorks help create professional and inviting space for you to work and meet with your clients, without the stress of dealing with office management. 

LawWorks provides everything you need to run an efficient and productive practice. It features private offices, hotdesks, flexible workspaces, phone booths, fast wifi and ethernet connections, conference room options, business services, the latest in office equipment and technology, and a fully stocked coffee bar to keep you going.

In addition to being a modern workspace for lawyers, members of LawWorks will have standing invitations to private networking events and have the opportunity to participate in programs that help meet their MCLE requirements at no additional charge. You’ll be able to join a community of like-minded individuals to share and exchange experiences to help you grow your practice.

How to Get It

LawWorks is a workspace designed by and for attorneys to build their network, meet with clients, learn from industry influences, and grow their practice with purpose. Membership rates start at $200 per month.

To learn more about LawWorks and its membership pricing and options, visit lawworks.com today.

Maximize Your Efficiency with SimpleLaw

The key to an efficient practice is a well-managed one. It’s easy to get overwhelmed with different features that may not add value to your practice management goals. SimpleLaw offers a streamlined solution to practice management for solo practitioners and small firms that also includes the option to hire on-demand paralegals and connect with potential clients all from a single platform. SimpleLaw delivers everything you need to manage and grow your practice, helping you maximize your efficiency. 

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SimpleLaw offers its features in an intuitive user-interface that makes it easy to learn and start using SimpleLaw as soon as you register for your account. You’ll be able to create an attorney profile for free so when clients search for an attorney, they’ll be able to find you. There is no fee if you gain a new client through SimpleLaw. You only pay when you have an active case using the SimpleLaw software. 

SimpleLaw offers all the functionality you’ll need to manage your practice and cases, including automatic time tracking, task management, the option to hire on-demand paralegal support provided by NALA (National Association of Legal Assistants) certified paralegals, and integration with DocuSign, among many other useful features. 

SimpleLaw’s automatic time tracking feature allows you to effortlessly track how much billable and non-billable time you’re spending on a case and for your practice. If you want to track time in a specific way, like setting customizable reminders or having a time rounding default, you’ll be able to adjust this feature to make sure you’re tracking time the way you want. The billable time tracked is then automatically included in the invoices created on SimpleLaw. This means you can spend less time tracking your hours and more time with your clients. 

You’ll also be able to take advantage of SimpleLaw’s task management system where you’ll easily be able to create and assign tasks to yourself or another member of your team. All tasks are viewable based on their status, whether those tasks are Pending, In Process, or Complete. If you need additional help with a case, you’ll be able to hire a NALA certified paralegal on-demand through the SimpleLaw interface.

You’ll be able to complete tasks and manage your documents entirely through SimpleLaw with its integration with DocuSign. Through this integration, you’ll be able to send and manage documents and automate how you prepare, sign, act on, and manage agreements. If you’re worried about security, SimpleLaw doesn’t store your documents on their servers. Documents are stored on your connected cloud-storage platforms, like Dropbox, OneDrive, or Google Drive, so you have complete control over your files. 

How to Get It

SimpleLaw offers many more features and functionalities to help you create a more efficient practice, including private client portals, client and contact management, and online payment options, including a LawPay integration. It’s free to create an attorney profile on SimpleLaw, and you’ll also be able to take advantage of a 15-day free trial (30-days if you provide a credit card when you create your account) if you use the software. After the free trial, you only pay $49 per month per user or $39 per month per user if paid annually.

Get the essentials of what you need for case and matter management with strategic integrations to make your life and your clients’ lives easier with SimpleLaw. 

Visit SimpleLaw today to learn how it can help you create a more efficient practice. 

Beat Your Competitors in Online Reputation with Podium

These days, people are Googling everything, including attorneys before they hire them. Of people looking for lawyers, over 88% of them consider an attorney’s reputation as one of the top two hiring factors, and 68% consider reviews from former clients one of the most important pieces of additional information when considering an attorney. That is to say, attorneys with more positive online reviews are more likely to be hired, especially over their competition. 

Podium not only helps you get those positive reviews, but it can also help you turn negative reviews into positive ones, and help you get in touch with potential clients no matter where they’re looking for you. 

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Podium is a reputation management system where you can acquire and manage client reviews in a single platform, whether those reviews are on Yelp, Google, or Facebook. You’ll never need to switch back and forth between review sites again. It helps you interact with your current and potential clients in a meaningful and positive way. 

In a single dashboard, you’ll be able to communicate with clients, manage your online reviews—responding to them in real-time—and send and receive text messages with clients, helping you create a positive client experience that can lead to positive online reviews. You’ll also be able to send automatic prompts to your clients to have them post reviews of your practice to any site of their choice, making the process easy for you and them. 

With Podium, you’ll also be able to review daily reports that include sentiment analysis and competitive benchmarking that can help you identify potential areas of improvement for your firm. It has all the tools you need to get and manage your online reviews across all sites where reviews of your law firm are posted. 

What’s even better is that Podium is also mobile-friendly, with a mobile app available on iOS and Android. From the app, you’ll be able to text review invitations to your clients, manage and respond to messages, assign messages to other staff members, and keep an eye on your online reviews.

How to Get it

To learn more about Podium, creating a great online reputation, or to check out a free demo, visit Podium today!

How to Manage Quality Leads with MyCase

Acquiring, tracking, and managing quality leads is an important, but challenging aspect of your practice and intake process. Most of the time, law firms focus on lead generation, but it’s important not to overlook the process of how those leads become clients. To do that, you’ll need a system that helps you manage leads and clients in a systematic and structured way. With MyCase’s Lead Management features, you’ll be able to track, manage, and convert more prospective clients efficiently and effectively, all from within a single system.

Lead Insights and Data Collection

MyCase Lead Management features allow you to track a lead from prospect to client through its Lead Status Board, recording every touchpoint and even allowing you to assign staff to tasks, set reminders, and even consultation appoints from the Board. The Lead Status Board helps you get a clear view of your firm’s top referral sources, view your history with leads and clients, and even get insight into what turns prospective clients into clients through the Lead Insights dashboard.

MyCase also offers customizable intake forms, so you can collect all the data you need from your clients, which will sync automatically into your client’s files. What’s more, once a lead becomes a client, all that information will get transferred from the lead file into the client file – no duplicate data entry required.

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Creating and Managing Leads

Creating and managing leads couldn’t be easier. Just click on the Leads tab on the top right of your screen, then click “Add Lead” to create a new lead.

From there, you’ll be able to fill in information like the lead’s name, email, phone number, status, case information, or referral source. You’ll also be able to customize what information to collect, create tasks for staff members to follow up with leads, view analytics on leads, upload documents, or convert a lead to a client.

With MyCase Lead Management features, you’ll be able to create a more efficient intake and lead tracking and management system for your firm, helping you convert those leads into clients.

How to Get It

To learn more about MyCase, its Lead Management and other features, or to sign up for a free trial visit mycase.com.

Manage Your Practice on the Go with Amicus Online

A significant part of an attorney’s day is out of this office, whether that means meeting with clients, going to court, or attending meetings that take you out of your office. If you’re on the go, you need a practice management solution that can move with you. Amicus Online by AbacusNext is a cloud-based practice management software that is fully accessible with any device with a browser, no setup or maintenance required and is built with the highest security standards. You’ll be able to manage your practice with your laptop, tablet, or phone. With Amicus Online, you are no longer tethered to your office. Amicus Online gives you the freedom to work the way you want to. 

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Designed for attorneys on the move, Amicus Online is a full-featured practice management software in a browser or mobile app. It’s built into the cloud and supported by Microsoft systems so you can connect and work from anywhere. All you need to run your law practice is a device that runs a modern browser and you’re ready to go, no computer or setup required. 

Amicus Online offers the functionality and features attorneys need to succeed. In addition to practice automation, conflict checks, and task, document, and contact management, it also offers:

Email integration. Sync your email accounts with Amicus Online so you’ll be able to check your email, send and receive messages, match emails to client files, and enter time with a single click all within the Amicus Online interface. 

Legal calendaring. You’ll be able to integrate your calendar and scheduling within Amicus Online to create a calendar that is fully integrated with your client files and timesheets. Drag and drop appointments to different days and times in Amicus Online and those changes will be updated in your other calendars as well. 

Client Portal. You want your clients to feel connected and in the loop about their case status. With the Client Portal, your clients will be able to log onto a secure portal where they’ll easily be able to view their case, upload documents, and share information with you, and you with them.

Billing and Expenses. Amicus Online also offers a trust compliant billing system so you can have an all-inclusive practice management system. If you already use a billing system you like, that’s no problem. Any time entries you make can easily be sent to your billing or accounting system that’s capable of imports. 

Advanced Data Security. Amicus Online offers world-class security for your data, utilizing Microsoft Azure’s state-of-the-art features and protection, so you can rest assured your information is safe. 

How to Get It

Amicus Online is a great option for attorneys on the go, or for those that don’t want to be tethered to their computer for practice management. Sign up for a free trial today, or learn more about the benefits and features at https://www.amicusonline.com.

Stand Out with a Custom Phone Number from RingBoost

With RingBoost, you can secure a custom phone number to help you stand out from the competition and grow faster.

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There’s plenty of buzz around digital marketing these days. But the best lead generation tool for law firms remains inbound phone calls. A call is immediate, efficient, and helps you build a strong relationship from the beginning of your client’s experience with your firm.

Many firms focus intently on web forms and online intake to get data from a potential client. But that process often results in time-consuming back-and-forth exchanges that still fail to give you clarity about the client’s problem or its viability as a matter you’re interested in taking. Besides, when you rely too much on internet search traffic to acquire prospects, you inadvertently send them to search engines that also highlight your competition.

Calls bring your leads directly to you, and in a timely way. And, perhaps best of all, everyone already knows how to place a phone call. They may not, on the other hand, be savvy enough to navigate your web forms and online intake process.

A catchy number can be an effective branding tool, even before a call is ever placed. You’ll rise above the competition with your custom phone number. Unforgettable numbers increase advertising response rates for both out-of-home and online advertising. To maximize your marketing efforts, use a memorable phone number as your call-to-action.

RingBoost is the nation’s largest marketplace for custom phone numbers, including local and toll-free numbers.  They offer five categories of custom phone numbers:

Toll-Free Vanity

Toll-free vanity numbers have nationwide appeal and contain memorable words or phrases, like 1-833-JUST-LAW. They are a great option for firms that practice across regions or want to project a large brand presence.

Shared Use

Toll-free, shared-use numbers are similar to toll-free vanity numbers, but you license them exclusively by market area. They offer a cost-effective way to secure a super-premium number.

Custom Local

Local numbers use your community’s area codes so you can anchor yourself to a specific location and establish insider trust. With local numbers, you own the number after you buy it and can port it to your carrier or have it forwarded to any number of your choice.

Easy Dial

Easy-dial numbers use patterned digits that are easy to convey and easy to remember. They can be local or toll-free, depending on your needs. A number that ends in 700-7000 has a nice ring to it, doesn’t it?

Tracking Numbers

Tracking numbers provide meaningful data to help you decide which advertising channels are most effective. RingBoost lets you secure a block of numbers to compare success in each channel (for example, using a different number for your print, television, podcast, and social media advertisements lets you quickly sort out which channel generates the most leads).

How to Get it

Whatever your desired number, RingBoost will help you get the right custom phone number for your law practice.

To learn more about RingBoost, connect for a consultation, or search some of their available custom numbers, visit RingBoost.com.

Streamline Practice Management with AbacusLaw PALS

Customizing your law practice management software for your practice area can be a time-consuming and frustrating task. AbacusLaw helps you speed up and even eliminate the need for that task with pre-configured product packages for specific areas of law. These Practice Area Legal Solutions, or PALS, are out-of-the-box solutions that provide the additional input screens, automation rules, specific reports, documents, forms, and more that you need for your area of expertise.

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Different legal specialties have different needs for their law practice management software. Someone in family law needs to keep track of different information than someone in criminal defense, for example. Rather than taking hours of your time customizing the software and developing forms, Practice Area Legal Solutions by AbacusLaw automatically configure your AbacusLaw installation with extra screens, reports, queries, forms specific to your practice area and more, ensuring you have what you need to run your practice effectively.

PALS are designed with the understanding that different areas of law have different needs and are looking to collect and manage different types of data. AbacusLaw draws on expert knowledge of the legal industry and 35+ years of service experience to help clients run successful law practices using PALS. Presently, AbacusLaw offers PALS in:

  • Civil Litigation
  • ADR
  • Estate Planning
  • Bankruptcy
  • Business Law
  • Prosecutors
  • Contract and Document Management
  • Criminal Defense
  • ERISA
  • Family Law
  • Immigration
  • Worker’s Compensation
  • Personal Injury
  • Real Estate
  • Employment Law

If you practice in more than one area, you can install more than one PALS on your AbacusLaw software without them interfering with each other. The Smart Screens on PALS recognize the type of matter you’ve selected and display the appropriate screen and information for each.

PALS can save hours of time you would otherwise take to research and implement these practice area customizations, allowing you to spend more time working with your clients and growing your practice.

How to Get It

To learn more about AbacusLaw and PALS add-ons, reach out to schedule a free demo.

Why Your Law Firm Needs an Advanced Phone System

When you think of what you need to run a successful law firm, the first things you probably think of are your computer, a fast internet connection, and your briefcase filled with important legal documents. But the most overlooked piece of technology that most law firms rely on is their phone system.

From client calls to conference meetings with other attorneys or judges, you probably spend a good part of your day on the phone. With the speed technology has progressed in the last few years, it’s no surprise that advanced phone software is now available to provide advanced calling features at low prices.

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When selecting a phone system for your law firm, you’ll need a system that presents your firm in a professional manner and fits flawlessly into your workflows whether you’re in the office or out. You’ll want something you can manage while traveling between the court, other law firms, or meeting clients on site. Having a system that includes call forwarding is a must to make sure you stay connected no matter where you are.

You’ll also want a phone system you can trust. If you make and receive a lot of calls throughout your day, you want something reliable, something that isn’t going to drop calls, isn’t forgetting about callers on hold, and provides crystal clear communications.

But having a great phone system means nothing if no one is answering the phones. A phone system with a virtual receptionist, or auto-attendant, means that callers will get the information they need when they call your firm. They won’t have to listen to a ring tone waiting for someone to answer. Callers will be greeted with a message that can tell them what they need to know, like your office hours or address, or direct them to the right person, like you or one of your colleagues, within seconds.

Of course, you’ll also want all of these phone service features at a reasonable price. If you bundle your phone with your internet provider or get your phone service through a line in the wall, you could end up paying more than $50 per month per phone line. Hopefully, the value you get from your phone pays for itself, but these days there’s no need to overpay. Why should you pay for a more expensive phone service that provides fewer features? VoIP technology can save you hundreds, if not thousands, of dollars a year on your phone bill, plus offer far more features.

If your phone system doesn’t have all of the features listed above, or if you are paying an arm and a leg for your phone service, you might want to consider looking for a new phone service provider, like Ooma Office. Ooma has developed all of these features and more, resulting in a powerful phone system for attorneys.

They are a highly reputable company and have been named the #1 VoIP phone service by PC Mag’s business choice award for the past 6 years in a row. Some other features that you get with them for free include receiving calls on your desk phone or mobile device simultaneously, free conference bridge, free toll-free number, call waiting, call parking, and much more. Their entire package is only $19.95/month/user and never requires a contract, so you get all of these amazing features for an extremely low price.

What’s even better is you’ll have access to all these features at your fingertips with the Ooma web app and mobile app. With the mobile app, available for Android and iPhone, you’ll be able to answer calls to your desk phone even when you’re out of the office. Calls can be seamlessly directed to your office phone and the mobile app so you can receive phone calls no matter where you are.

How To Get It

To learn more about how Ooma’s phone service can help your law firm, or to schedule a free demo, visit ooma.com.