Random and intentional thoughts on digital design & marketing

How to Write the Perfect Attorney Bio: A Deeper Dive

If there’s one constant refrain legal marketers hear all the time, it’s that attorney bio pages are one of their firm website’s most critical sections. ‘Experts’ harp on the importance of bio pages, often citing visitation statistics to these areas as evidence of their importance. In our own experience, we haven’t necessarily found visitation figures […]

13 Design Tips for Better Real Estate & Property Management Websites

Executive Summary/TLDR Multi-family real estate is a competitive business. But if you can find a way to stand out in your market, you’ll reap huge profits. While there are plenty of real estate listings sites that will allow you to spread the word about your residential and mixed use properties, that’s like entrusting your entire […]

Budget Friendly Website Redesign Strategies

Refresh your marketing on the web without breaking your budget Executive Summary/TLDR: Businesses that need to change their websites in a cash-strapped era have options. Here we will explain how to accomplish significant incremental improvements in website navigation, content, and design on a limited budget. Throughout my years of running a digital marketing agency, I’ve seen […]

Marketing Self Assessment for Professional Service Firms | Part 1

Marketing your professional services firm today is fraught with challenges. Yes, the internet enables a geographic reach that has broken down geographic barriers. And the ability to conduct research, as well as market to niche demographics, lends a new precision to an old craft. But, these same technologies have also created obstacles. Pricing pressures abound. […]

Marketing Professional Services: A Splatworld Event

On Tuesday, March 26, Splat’s founder David Hitt and legal marketing consultant Jim Staples hosted a breakfast seminar on marketing for professional services at The Pyramid Club in Philadelphia, PA. The presentation – which was aimed at sole proprietors, partners, and marketing professionals at law firms of all sizes – discussed strategies to get your […]

Content Marketing Playbook for Businesses in 2019

Summary: Any business selling ideas or technical products can benefit from content marketing. In this post, we talk about how to create and execute a content marketing plan, as well as how to use paid and organic tools to attract eyes to that content. Businesses on the web face a challenging task today. With so […]

SEO on the Cheap: A DIY Guide to Conducting an SEO Audit

Summary: In this post, we will walk you through our 8 steps of performing a fast, cheap and easy SEO audit. SEO audits are an important process in ensuring your website is optimized for search engines (such as Google), in order for them to understand and rank your site so you can be found by […]

How to Write Strategic Content for your Law Firm’s Blog

Summary: In this post, we cover the basic steps of content planning and creation for legal bloggers. I know what you’re thinking. “This is a post on content marketing. People write books on content marketing. What’s this dude doing, writing a single post about an entire professional discipline?” I know, I know. Writing strategic content […]