Law Firm Marketing BLOG

Though we missed out on the CAALA (Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles) convention last year, our law firm marketing consultants are eager to meet with current and potential clients later this week in Las Vegas.  In addition to bringing our new pirate-themed booth to wow the crowd, we are also bringing our lawyer advertising expertise.  We will have time to review current lawyer web marketing strategies, as well as make suggestions that the law firm may want to expand to.

If you will be attending the convention, please stop by our booth (number 16).  If you will not be attending, please feel free to call our office at (800)221-8424 to speak with one of our law firm marketing consultants.

As has become the norm, the American Bar Association Annual Expo was painfully slow.  Since the ABA did not seem to do enough to encourage people to come into the exhibit hall, this will probably be our last year as law firm marketing exhibitors.  It was surprising that there was not coffee in the mornings or food in the hall during the cocktail party.  However, we were still able to make a few great contacts with attorneys interested in creating attorney website designs. 

But we did not let the slow convention slow us down in our tour of New York City.  Since Allison had never been to New York before, she had quite a list of things for us to do.  We made it to Rockefeller Center, Times Square, a Broadway show (Wicked), Statue of Liberty, Ellis Island, Lombardi’s pizzeria, Radio City Music Hall, FAO Schwarz, and we still have a few more highlights.  Plus, we hit every food vendor we could find – pretzels, hot dogs, knishes, chicken and rice, warm nuts, and more.  We are heading to Washington DC today, so it will be quite a tourist whirlwind!

As usual, we had a great time at the AAJ convention in Philadelphia.  Our law firm marketing consultants were a hit, as was our booth.  In addition to spending time at the exhibit hall, we still had plenty of time to see the sights – the Liberty Bell, Independence Hall, the statue of Rocky, the Love statue, and more.  We even got acupuncture in Chinatown.  Overall, the City of Brotherly Love was a great place to visit.

However, if you travel here – beware of the cab drivers!  Of the dozen or so cab rides we took, we had problems with 10.  First thing to know – there is a flat rate of $28.50 (plus a 50 cent gas surcharge) from the Philadelphia airport to downtown.  The drivers may try and charge you $35+ and when you ask why, they explain that it includes their tip.  But, if you call them on it, they will stick to the price (as long as you know to ask).  Second, there is a big sign in the cab that says that every cab must accept credit cards and that the cab cannot operate without a working credit card machine.  However, we didn’t find a single cab driver that failed to say “what, you don’t have cash?”  Then, even at that, they still try to say that the machine does not work.  But, again, if you tell them that you want to try to run the card, it always works – imagine that!  Now, I do have to admit that the apparent motivation for these cab drivers is that the cab company charges the drivers a higher percentage for credit card customers; however, as a rider, that is not my fault and the drivers need to follow their own rules.