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5 Legal Marketing Trends for 2022 and Beyond

Last Updated by Sam Edwards on February 11, 2019
Legal Marketing Trends for 2020 and Beyond

Legal marketing, link building and SEO have seen some shifts in the recent past. For law firms and attorneys, strategizing with these trends in mind will only enhance online marketing ROI.

Table of Contents

  • These 5 Legal Marketing Trends Are Hot
    • 1. Quality Content
    • 2. Link Building
    • 3. Semantic Search and SEO
    • 4. In-Person Events
    • 5. Podcast Interviews
  • Keep Your Marketing Strategy Fresh

These 5 Legal Marketing Trends Are Hot

For law firms, marketing can be more challenging than it is in other businesses and industries. This is true for a number of reasons:

  • Restrictions and regulations. For many decades, law firm marketing and promotion was illegal. And while that all changed with Bates vs. State Bar of Arizona in 1977, there are still plenty of restrictions and regulations regarding what your law firm can say and do in marketing and advertising.
  • Heavy competition. The competition is overwhelmingly stiff in the legal industry. Some law firms regularly spend $100,000 on PPC ads every month. For smaller firms, this creates some challenges with how to stand out on a limited budget.
  • Subject matter. Marketing legal services is a little bit harder than marketing the latest video game. People only need your services when a specific situation arises. This means you have to be more strategic with how you target your audience.

Yet despite these challenges and constraints, the best law firms consistently point back to marketing as one of their keys to success. They’ll also tell you that it’s important to stay up to date on the latest trends.

In the world of digital marketing, trends can come and go in a matter of weeks. So rather than focusing on quick tricks and questionable hacks, we’re going to drill down and emphasize the biggest legal marketing trends of the year that are both effective and sustainable. Take a look:

1. Quality Content

Content will always be the fuel that keeps a firm’s marketing engine running. But today’s trend is no longer about quantity of content, but quality. Law firms are waking up to the idea that it’s better to invest in a few quality pieces of content each quarter than dozens of shallow pieces that generate minimal results.

In particular, law firms should focus on developing sticky, resourceful content that is useful to the reader – i.e. a prospective client. Content marketing is no longer solely about plugging keywords into your website to generate better search rankings. Today’s content needs to satisfy both humans and search crawlers – with the emphasis on the former.

2. Link Building

Quality content and link building go hand in hand. In order to increase your law firm’s online visibility, you have to develop content that’s conducive to backlinks.

Legal link building is one-part relationships and one-part content development. You need the right relationships with other bloggers, website owners, journalists, and industry insiders to gain access to their publishing platforms. You also need the right content so that people outside of your immediate network naturally link back to your website and feed you “SEO juice.”

3. Semantic Search and SEO

SEO has evolved tremendously over the past five years, yet most law firms are still stuck in the past. Today’s most successful firms have recognized this shift and are now focused on semantic search.

Semantic search is a search engine’s way of generating the most natural and contextual results for queries. Instead of using a basic algorithm to deliver results that rank for cut and dry keywords, semantic search accounts for things like user intent and the relationship between words. In essence, it’s Google’s attempt to understand natural language like any human would.

For law firms, the shift to semantic search is very important. The impact is far-reaching, but let’s focus on one key element: voice search.

With the rise of Siri, Alexa, Cortana, and other AI-assistants, the number of voice searches has risen dramatically in recent months. In fact, 33 percent of high-income households now use voice search “frequently” or “very frequently.” By optimizing your content marketing to account for semantic search habits – i.e. making it more conversational – you can tap into these searches.

4. In-Person Events

According to the most recent Bloomberg Law and the Legal Marketing Association study, nothing replaces face-to-face time with clients. Both legal marketing professionals and attorneys rank firm-hosted events and client meetings as the most effective tactics for generating new business.

While social media and digital content are primary tools for law firm marketing, make sure you don’t forget about the value of meeting prospects in person and directly communicating with your clients. Try to schedule at least one in-person event every quarter.

5. Podcast Interviews

Podcasts are extremely popular right now. And because of the unique way in which they communicate to people, they represent a complementary marketing medium for law firms that are seeking increased exposure and relatability.

You don’t necessarily need to launch your own podcast. In fact, the better strategy is to find out which podcasts are most popular among your target audience and to look for opportunities to intersect. Advertising is one option, but an even better approach is to offer yourself up as an interviewee or resource for the show.

When a podcaster interviews you on their show, you get the benefit of speaking to thousands of people in a very direct manner. You’ll also enjoy the added perk of backlinks to your website through the promotion of the podcast episode.

Keep Your Marketing Strategy Fresh

Keep Your Marketing Strategy Fresh

Stale marketing strategies are ineffective at best and wasteful at worst. Unfortunately, many law firms don’t place enough emphasis on innovating their approach to marketing.

As a result, they end up wasting their resources and limiting their ability to generate new leads.

The writing is on the wall for 2019 and beyond. If you want your law firm marketing strategies to be successful, you need to leverage some of the latest trends.

At SEO.co, we can help you with content marketing and link building. For more information on online marketing for law firms, please feel free to give us a shout!

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He is a recurring speaker at the Search Marketing Expo conference series and a TEDx Talker. Today he works directly with high-end clients across all verticals to maximize on and off-site SEO ROI through content marketing and link building. Connect with Sam on Linkedin.
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