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My post Friday on Law Firm Marketing Survey Finds More Attorneys Engaged in Digital Marketing explored the key findings from the Avvo/LexBlog 2012 Legal Marketing Survey Report.

Today we look at the ways law firm marketing has changed over the past five years, from that same report, based on what lawyers responding to the survey said:

Law firm marketing has moved online and a majority of attorneys want (and need) to learn more about SEO and social media.

Most lawyers now believe they need an online presence to be viewed favorably by peers and clients.

The low cost of digital marketing has leveled the playing field, making it more affordable for all attorneys to participate, which in turn has ratcheted up the level of competition.

Yellow Pages are irrelevant today and print media spend has declined dramatically.

Bar associations are in chaos over the new rules and regulations needed to adapt to new media channels, leading to confusion among practitioners.

Clients are smarter and are doing more of their own research online.

Traditional firms and older attorneys are adapting to the online world.

Overall, attorneys feel overwhelmed by the plethora of different online marketing tools.

Focusing on online marketing makes it harder to develop personal connections.

Mobile is a platform attorneys cannot afford to ignore.

When lawyers were asked what they most wanted to learn about when it comes to legal marketing, the top two subjects of interest were SEO and social media. 

We spend a lot of time on these two areas in our two-day law firm marketing boot camp, the Rainmaker Retreat – to get a sneak peak behind the curtain of what happens at a Rainmaker Retreat, see below.

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• The 5 critical components of a Marketing Action Plan (MAP)
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