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Marketing and Your Ethics Jabez LeBret [email protected]

The Ethics of Using Technology to Market Your Law Firm

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Marketing and Your Ethics Jabez LeBret

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JABEZ LeBRET

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MOBILE WEBSITE RESPONSIVE

2005

Online = Website

2015

Online = Presence

No AdsNews

ArticlesLaw Firm

Directory Listings

Google+ Local

16,713 Views!No Branding !

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Your Directory Listing Ethics

1. Link  to  Website    2. Once  you  Claim  the  listing  you  are  responsible    3. Comparative  Speech    4. Make  statements  that  imply  results  5. Jurisdiction  correct?  6. Practice  Areas  correct?  7. Reviews  

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Reviews

Where to Get Reviews: !

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Reviews

Reviews • Don’t  make  up  proMiles  to  write  reviews  •  You  can’t  write  your  own  online  reviews  • Don’t  pay  for  reviews    •  Be  careful  when  asking  for  reviews    •  You  are  responsible  for  the  content  of  that  review      EXAMPLE:  Joe  Smith  leaves  a  review:    “Jim  will  win  every  time.  He  won  $1  million  for  me  in  an  auto  accident  lawsuit,  Jim  is  the  best  Personal  Injury  attorney  ever!!”  

Reviews •  Recent  Washington  Opinion  on  “Avvo”  

•  http://mcle.mywsba.org/IO/searchresult.aspx?year=&num=201402&rpc=&keywords=  

•  Recent  Indiana  Ruling  on  3rd  Party  Lead  Website  

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Your Website Matters

Your Website

Your Website

Your Website

Your Website

Your Website

Responsive Design

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MOBILE WEBSITE SEARCH

MOBILE ADS

Think KeywordsNegative Keywords

Call OptionAd Copy

Keep Records?

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Your Website Disclaimer

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Your Website Ethics 1.  Have  at  least  one  lawyer  contact  information    2.  Do  not  make  statements  that  lead  someone  to  expect  results  like  “I  can  save  your  business”  or  “I  will  get  you  money  for  your  [Blank].”  

3.  Comparative  Speech    4.  No  advertising  disclaimer  needed  when  has  a  family,  close  personal,  or  prior  professional  relationship  with  the  lawyer.  

5.  Disclaimers  are  your  friend    6.  Not  a  full-­‐time  ofMice,  say  “by  appointment  only”  

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CONTENT

Search Engine Benefit

Google Authorship

Content - Blogging

SEO Value? Deeper Content

Fewer PostsStill Good

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Creating Content “This does not mean that you cannot do your divorce yourself. However, many people who do not consult with attorneys may leave out certain very important provisions that can come back to haunt them later on, and cost them a great deal.”

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City Pages

Other Content

Lawyer Bio(s)

Your Content Ethics 1.  Avoid  mentioning  clients  by  name    2.  Do  not  make  statements  that  lead  someone  to  expect  results  like  “I  can  save  your  business”  or  “I  will  get  you  money  for  your  [Blank].”  

3.  Comparative  Speech    4.  No  advertising  disclaimer  needed  when  has  a  family,  close  personal,  or  prior  professional  relationship  with  the  lawyer.  

5. Mentioning  Judges,  Neutrals,  Politicians    

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Social Media

Why Social Media Competence Are you confident that you, the lawyer, can adequately provide guidance and advice to your clients about the exposure and risks of using social media networks. Asking people to not participate in social media is liking asking people to not use email.

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Hashtag # - Anchors and Tags Messages Privacy Settings Profile Page Login Screen Index or Indexing

Terminology

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TWITTER

Following

Followers

The FACEBOOK

Other Users Can Tag You In Photos

Users do not need to approve a tag to be tagged in another users photo.

Pinterest allow users to restrict search engines from indexing their pins on Pinterest. However, users are still able to be searched within Pinterest.

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LinkedIn

Ethics • What  counts  as  advice  &  Creating  a  client  relationship  • Is  this  Advertising    • Don’t  Imply  Results  or  Mislead      • Competence  • Discovery  issues  • Keep  records  of  ads  • Mentioning  Judicial  OfMicers,  Neutrals  etc  

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Marketing and Your Ethics Jabez LeBret

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