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Thinking big (4)

30 April 2012 / Adam Caplan
Issue: 7516 / Categories: Features , Profession , Marketing
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Adam Caplan continues his series on how to grow a law firm

Would you like to improve your website? Most solicitors have a website, although for many it’s a sadly underused and under-developed business tool.

For many solicitors, if your practice is more than a few years old, it’s extremely likely that your business plan when you started did not include any provision for website creation, development, marketing and internet promotion. In fact, there will be plenty of practices that even now don’t really understand why they have a website and what it can do for their practice. I’ve researched hundreds of solicitor websites and in my opinion, they do not do the practice justice.

Why do you have a website?

If your website isn’t set up to get more clients through the door, then it’s pointless. Your website is your online brochure. It’s something that can be dynamic, professional and generate huge client interest. It can also be drab, uninteresting and put clients off.

Do you remember your USP from

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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Payne Hicks Beach—Craig Parrett

Payne Hicks Beach—Craig Parrett

Insolvency and restructuring practice welcomes new partner

Muckle LLP—Phoebe Gogarty

Muckle LLP—Phoebe Gogarty

North East firm welcomes employment specialist

Browne Jacobson—Colette Withey

Browne Jacobson—Colette Withey

Partner joins commercial and technology practice

NEWS
In this week's NLJ, Sophie Houghton of LexisPSL distils the key lesson from recent costs cases: if you want to exceed guideline hourly rates (GHR), you must prove why
With chronic underfunding and rising demand leaving thousands without legal help, technology could transform access to justice—if handled wisely, writes Professor Sue Prince of the University of Exeter in this week's NLJ
Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys [2025] EWHC 2341 (KB) has restated a fundamental truth, writes John Gould, chair of Russell-Cooke, in this week's NLJ: only authorised persons can conduct litigation. The decision sparked alarm, but Gould stresses it merely confirms the Legal Services Act 2007
The government’s decision to make the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) the Single Professional Services Supervisor marks a watershed in the UK’s fight against money laundering, says Rebecca Hughes of Corker Binning in this week's NLJ. The FCA will now oversee 60,000 firms across legal and accountancy sectors—a massive expansion of remit that raises questions over resources and readiness 
The High Court's decision in Parfitt v Jones [2025] EWHC 1552 (Ch) provided a striking reminder of the need to instruct the right expert in retrospective capacity assessments, says Ann Stanyer of Wedlake Bell in NLJ this week
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