Generating leads to attract more personal injury clients may prove less complex than expected, especially with a knowledgeable team behind you. There are many ways to increase organic traffic. Here, we explore the generation of exclusive leads from clients who experienced slip and fall, auto accidents, medical malpractice, or other personal injuries.
Given that there are roughly 39.5 million people who require medical treatment for injuries in the US every year, there is no shortage of potential personal injury clients. It’s all about knowing how to find them.
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Understanding the Need for Personal Injury Legal Leads Understanding the Need for Personal Injury Legal Leads
The more clients a legal practice can help, the more successful the firm will be–not a complex equation. However, many still apply a more passive approach to generating leads: placing print ads, television advertising, or billboards and waiting for clients to come to them. This technique is not necessarily incorrect since many well-known firms – with a stable reputation – don’t need more than that.
The answer lies in lead generation methods for those who prefer a more active approach to finding clients. These techniques typically focus on putting you in contact with clients who already need your services instead of broadcasting to a massive audience, hoping someone in need will respond. How do these services work, and what are some examples?
Lead Generation Methods for Personal Injury Attorneys
There are a few active methods to generate leads. Here are some examples and how you could implement each:
Referral Fees From Other Firms
Assistance from other firms is usually a successful first step, especially if your firm opened recently or you specialize in a niche legal field. Your new firm can offer referral fees to practice when they refer a client to you. This strategy is an intelligent move if you have a relationship with other firms that wouldn’t handle a personal injury case themselves.
Building relationships with other firms connects you indirectly to more potential clients. You could quickly expand your client base and reach more people who need your help by nurturing your network of peers.
Relationships With Medical Professionals Relationships With Medical Professionals
Clients requiring personal injury lawyers will likely head to a medical professional after their accident. You can create relationships with medical professionals as with other legal firms.
When a patient receives treatment from a medical professional, the practitioner could potentially direct the client to your doorstep should they need a personal injury lawyer. Remember that laws regarding referral fees to medical specialists differ from state to state, so remain educated about the regulations.
Lead Generation Services
This approach involves attracting clients by enlisting the services of lead generation companies. These marketing experts will employ best practice strategies to increase your visibility and help you grow your leads. Experienced specialists will work with you to understand your goals and budget for lead generation. They will also assist in creating a comprehensive buyer persona to identify the ideal placements.
You can also expect them to strategize ads based on the channels you choose, whether email, flyers, digital banners, or other forms of advertising. Always assess whether these companies employ digital and traditional strategies, which is ideal for the current market.
Pay-Per-Lead Services
This method shares similarities with lead generation services, the main difference being that you do not pay for packages. Instead, you pay the service per generated lead. This method could be more cost-effective for firms with smaller personal injury lead generation budgets.
Remember that the cost per lead can differ between providers, so don’t settle for the first option.
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Additional Marketing Channels for Personal Injury Law Firms Additional Marketing Channels for Personal Injury Law Firms
In addition to the more active forms of gathering legal leads, you can utilize more passive methods. These approaches assist you in cultivating organic growth and can remain relevant long after implementation. Here are some strategies we recommend for every firm to optimize organic growth:
Optimized Website
A beautiful, functional website makes the best first impression and is ranked as the second most-used marketing channel (social media is first). When we optimize your website, we include several viable options. However, the goal is to ensure your website contains the most critical aspects for the best conversation rates. These qualities include making the website intuitive, quickly providing relevant information, and properly presenting your brand. Here are some examples of how we can enhance your website:
Powerful presentation. Your website should always speak to your brand through design, visuals, and copy. Working with an experienced design team can improve your platform’s professionalism considerably. Clients are much more likely to desire your support if you portray what they expect: a professional, successful law firm.
Intuitive navigation. Clients visiting your website should quickly see where to find the information they need. Whether they want to browse what your firm is about or contact you immediately, they should see those options at a glance.
Messaging. Your website copy should provide a cohesive messaging style from the client’s first point of contact to the last. Employing an experienced marketing team to help you optimize your copy is a smart move.
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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Why not consistently take advantage of the algorithms that regulate search engine results? SEO content adds relevant keywords organically and naturally. The occurrence of appropriate words and phrases determines how well your site ranks on search results pages.
Clients who need help with a personal injury case will likely head to their preferred search engine to find a reliable lawyer. Once we optimize the content, your website will likely rank higher and increase organic traffic. It’s advisable to couple SEO with an optimized website.
Pay-Per-Click (PPC) Advertising
This service is similar to pay-per-lead – you only pay for every click-through to your website. These clicks can come from mediums like digital banner ads on other websites, emails, or even social media ads. It’s an affordable way to boost your website’s traffic without paying upfront. You can also alter the intensity of these ads in real time to avoid overwhelm and manage the leads you attract professionally.
Social Media Advertising
Most of your clients likely spend time on social media. You can push ads on any social media platform quickly. However, we highly recommend a collab with a team of marketing professionals to enjoy optimized, quality personal injury leads. As a brief example, 89% of B2B and B2C marketers on the planet use Facebook. And that’s one of many channels available to your firm.
Search Engine Ads
Search engine ads are another way to increase traffic to your website by making your platform rank on top of search engine result pages. When a client searches for a product or service on a search engine, the first two or three results are always paid ads. After these, you will see the content ranked in order of relevance per the SEO.
When you pay for ads on search engines, your firm will rank above all other content. However, this does not mean clients will automatically trust you. We’d advise using our marketing team to elevate your website copy and construct a beautiful, intuitive website before paying for search engine ads. Consequently, clients who arrive on your optimized platform via adverts will feel the click-through was relevant and a solution to their problems.
Content Marketing
To increase organic traffic, you could provide more than your legal skills. As a personal injury lawyer, you have troves of information that you can share to educate your clients through blogs, articles, or how-to guides. Despite there being more than 500 million blogs, blogging is still a key component of digital marketing, especially given it drives 97% more links to business websites.
The additional valuable information will help you rank on more search engines, but in a way that always leads back to your services. Perhaps a client wants to know how to get assistance from a personal injury lawyer. Maybe you can explain the process the clients should expect once they employ a personal injury lawyer.
The possibilities for content are endless. Still, taking advantage of frequent client questions and providing them with quick, insightful answers is a winning strategy.
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