Lawyers who have ventured online to market their businesses are often surprised at how powerful it is to have clients and colleagues review their services.  The online review has quickly become the staple of impactful online marketing.  Of course, with every positive phenomenon, we also encounter the flip side - the dreaded negative review.  What can be done about them?  Should we address them, and if so, how?  

In this episode we discuss:

• The importance of online reviews in building your law firm business.
• A good approach for asking clients to leave a review.
• Advice on duplicating reviews to different platforms.
• How to be prepared for negative reviews and using them to improve your business.
• Resources to help in managing online reviews.

Bio:

Andy Stickel has helped thousands of lawyers all over the world build thriving law firms with simple proven strategies that any lawyer can use. His agency, Social Firestarter was started in 2012 and helps lawyers worldwide transform their law firms. If you’ve ever seen any of his ads on Facebook, you know that he’s an expert in Facebook ads and has helped hundreds of lawyers grow their firms with his Social Media For Lawyers Masterclass. 

Andy enjoys spending time with his wife and 3 kids.

Allison Williams

Allison C. Williams, Esq., is Founder and Owner of the Williams Law Group, LLC, with offices in Short Hills and Freehold, New Jersey.  She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, is Certified by the Supreme Court of New Jersey as a Matrimonial Law Attorney, and is the first attorney in New Jersey to become Board-Certified by the National Board of Trial Advocacy in the field of Family Law. Ms. Williams is a member of the New Jersey Board on Attorney Certification (NJBAC) – Matrimonial Committee, a New Jersey Supreme Court committee that determines eligibility of candidates to be certified as a recognized practitioner in the field of matrimonial law.

Ms. Williams has been named a Rising Star Attorney by the New Jersey Super Lawyers franchise continuously from 2008 – 2013, and has been named a Super Lawyer by that organization for 2014 – 2021. In 2016, she was featured in the Super Lawyers publication (Williams v. The Rubber Stamp), she has been named one of the Top 50 Women Super Lawyers in New Jersey from 2017-2021 and was voted in the Top 100 Super Lawyers in the State of New Jersey in 2019-2021.

Ms. Williams is an accomplished businesswoman. In 2017, the Williams Law Group won the LawFirm500 award, ranking 14th of the fastest growing law firms in the nation, as Ms. Williams grew the firm 581% in three years. Ms. Williams won the Silver Stevie Award for Female Entrepreneur of the Year in 2017.  In 2018, Ms. Williams was voted as NJBIZ’s Top 50 Women in Business and was designated one of the Top 25 Leading Women Entrepreneurs and Business Owners. In 2019, Ms. Williams won the Seminole 100 Award for founding one of the fastest growing companies among graduates of Florida State University.

In 2018, Ms. Williams created Law Firm Mentor, a business coaching service for lawyers.  She helps solo and small law firm attorneys grow their business revenues, crush chaos in business and make more money.  Through multi-day intensive business retreats, group and one-to-one coaching, and strategic planning sessions, Ms. Williams advises lawyers on all aspects of creating, sustaining and scaling a law firm business – and specifically, she teaches them the core foundational principles of marketing, sales, personnel management, communications and money management in law firms. 

Contact Andy:

Website - https://www.andrewstickel.com/

Social Firestarter site - https://www.socialfirestarter.com/

Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/andystickel

Instagram - andrew.stickel

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewstickel/

Lawyer Marketing Facebook Group - https://www.facebook.com/groups/marketingforlawyers

Free Resources:

5-Star Attorney Book Waitlist - https://www.getlawfirmreviews.com/waitinglist-1

Free Training! How to Get More Law Clients from Social Media - www.lawfirmmasterclass.com

Free Training! How We Helped One Lawyer Sell His Law Firm & Retire in Hawaii -  https://casestudy.socialfirestarter.com/sfs-webinar-registration-1

Free Book for Lawyers - https://freebookforlawyers.com/test-drive-1