John F. Billera, Esq. has successfully negotiated, litigated and tried numerous personal injury cases, including catastrophic injuries, wrongful deaths, sexual assaults, class actions, automobile accidents and slip/trip and fall cases in State and Federal Courts throughout Florida and Louisiana. In addition to Personal Injury and Wrongful Death, Mr. Billera has extensive experience with cruise line cases, crew member claims, jet ski cases, and all forms of boating accidents.

Practice Areas

May 8^th:
ze frank on tumblr
Some advice and thoughts from a recent Kickstarter campaign
http://zefrank.tumblr.com/post/20122841731/kickstarter-post-mortem

May 9^th:
Your Honor Awards
Your Honor Awards Advertising Winners for a Single Ad
http://www.legalmarketing.org/YourHonorAwards/2012YHAWinners/Advertising151SingleAd/tabid/2075/Default.aspx

May 10^th:
.net : Don’t go it alone: collaborative web design
Collaboration makes design better, don’t go it alone.
http://www.netmagazine.com/features/dont-go-it-alone-collaborative-web-design

May 11^th:
wetransfer
An easy way to transfer big files.
https://www.wetransfer.com/

Our role as an SEO team is to make sure that your website’s content is properly optimized. We understand that the content on your site is extremely important. Like the design of your site, it is a reflection of you and your firm.

The question then becomes, how aggressively do you want your SEO team to optimize your site?  Would you say, “I could care less what my content says, I want to rank high no matter what,” or would you say, “My brand is more important than SEO. I don’t want to see keywords anywhere”?  Or are you somewhere in between?

Using a scale like the one below, your SEO team should find out what option best suits your needs:

1. I could care less what the content says, I want to rank high no matter what.
   (Title tags, headlines, subheads, content editing, footer, and alt tags will all change.)
2.  Edit away, I want to see high rankings.
   (Edit title tags, headlines, content, footer, and alt tags.)
3. I want a mix of solid SEO and solid aesthetics.
   (Edit title tags, headlines, alt tags, footer, and potentially some content.)
4. My brand is more important than SEO.
   (Edit title tags, alt tags and footer.  Do not touch my content.)
5. I don’t want to see keywords anywhere.
   (Edit title tags only.  Under no circumstances should you touch our content or design.)

Typically, the default position is #3, a mix of solid SEO and solid aesthetics. Specifically, your SEO team should optimize your title tags, meta descriptions, alt tags, header, footer, and weave your keyword phrases into your content.

Decide what approach best fits you and what plan of attack will help build the relevancy back to your website.

The Shiner Law Group focuses their practice in civil litigation and trial work, with an emphasis on personal injury law and complex business litigation. The lawyers at the Shiner Law Group are committed to providing superior legal services to clients throughout Florida. The attorneys at the firm have the skills, resources, and expertise to handle the most complex cases. The lawyers pride themselves on the quality of service and the intimate, one-on-one attention they provide to each and every client.

Practice Areas:

• Automobile Accidents
• Boat, Cruise and Wave Runner Accidents
• Defective Tires
• Dog/Animal Bite
• Food Sickness/Illness
• General Negligence
• Injuries to Children
• Medical Malpractice
• Motorcycle Accidents
• Negligent Security
• Nursing Home Litigation
• Premises Liability
• Product Liability
• Slip/Trip and Fall
• Swimming Pool Injuries
• Truck Accidents
• Wrongful Death

Designing for all devices may be impossible as there are an infinite variety of devices that you can view a website on.  When designing for a responsive site, it is best to consider what the majority of people are using and start there.

Top 3 Most Popular Widths for Web-Viewing Devices

The three most commonly used devices are:

1. iPhone / Droid – 480px wide
2. iPad / Tablet – 768px wide
3. Computer – greater than 960px wide

You should consider the width of these three devices when creating a responsive website. However, keep in mind that you can design for many other widths such as small smart phones (320px) and small tablets (640px).  However, 480, 768 and 960 are the three widths that are the most mandatory to design for when considering responsive design.

Helpful Tools for Testing Screen Width

Below are a few helpful tools to utilize when creating a responsive design:

• Test how your site looks on various devices with different widths
• Convert your main navigation into a dropdown for mobile width
• Helpful photoshop grid for responsive design
• Fluid grid calculator
• Resize your browser to see how your website will look on various size screens

If you are interested in talking more about responsive design or creating a website with the PaperStreet web design team, feel free to Contact Us today for a free consultation.

For more than 20 years, Levine Associates has been helping people with their immigration law, refugee law and family law needs. As a boutique law firm in Toronto dealing exclusively in the areas of immigration law, refugee law and family law, Levine Associates’ have garnered the experience and expertise to handle the most complex of cases.

The firm is committed to providing clients with the highest calibre of personal service unmatched by larger firms.  They take pride not only in the results that they achieve on behalf of their clients, but also in the lasting relationships built along the way. The founding philosophy to practise professionally, ethically and effectively remains as true today as the first day the firm opened its doors.

PRACTICE AREAS

May 1^st
PaintCode
The missing bridge between programmers and graphic designers
http://www.paintcodeapp.com/

May 2^nd
Google Gives Search a Refresh
Google refreshes it’s search approach
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304459804577281842851136290.html?mod=TopStories

May 3^rd
The Friday Five: And the Award Goes To…
Five standouts from this year’s Your Honor Awards winners
http://www.attorneyatwork.com/and-the-award-goes-to/

May 4^th
codiqa: Rapid Prototyping with jQuery Mobile
Easy drag-and-drop jQuery Mobile app
http://codiqa.com/

Creating a new law firm website can be a challenge.   How should you organize your content?  What pages should you include?  How should you structure your site?  While every site is different, below are some page ideas to include in your law firm web design.

About the Firm

• Home Page
• Firm Overview
• About Us
• Firm History
• Culture/Core Values
• Mission
• Leadership Team
• Verdicts & Settlements
• Testimonials
• Reviews
• Representative Clients
• Firm Culture
• Principles/Values
• Client Service
• Recognitions
• Market Approach
• Related Sites

About Our People

• Our People
• Attorney Bios
• Paralegal Bios
• Staff Bios
• Publications
• Awards
• Press Mentions
• Alumni
• Videos (of partners, new offices, etc.)

Practice Areas

• Practice Areas
• Industries
• Recent Decisions (broken down by practice area)

Services

• Products and Info
• Services
• Affiliates

Resources

• Articles
• Blogs
• Newsletters
• Resources
• Frequently Asked Questions
• Trends
• Charts & Graphics
• White Papers
• Advice Column
• Free Tools
• Lists
• Top 10
• Inspirational Stories
• Recommendations
• Communiques
• Advisories
• Alerts
• RSS Feeds

What’s New

• Recent Decisions
• News
• Webinars
• Upcoming Events

Careers

• Job Openings/Career Opportunities
• Summer Associate Program
• Mentoring
• Recruiting & HR
• Internships
• Compensation
• Work/Life Balance
• Recognition
• Professional Development

Outreach

• Pro Bono
• Community Service
• Diversity Initiatives
• Women’s Initiatives

 Contact Us

• Contact Us Page
• Map/Directions
• Offices/Locations
• Videos
• Media Contact

Reader Involvement

• Forum
• Surveys
• Contests
• Polls
• Questionnaires
• Forms

For Fun

• Humor
• Video
• Audio

Advanced Bios

• Why you got into the business
• What inspires you
•  A compliment you recently received
• Experience
• Degrees
• Past Employers
• Awards
• Publications
• Trade, Bar Associations
• Committees
• Board Memberships
• Social Organizations
• Recent News /Events
• Personal  Connections
• Previous Career, Family Businesses, or Unusual Jobs
• Related Hobbies/ Interests

Know of any other pages that you have seen on a law firm website?  Let us know in the comments.

Bodoff & Associates concentrates its practice in three primary areas – bankruptcy and insolvency, creditors’ rights and commercial litigation. Based in Boston, the firm regularly represents clients throughout New England and the United States. Their clients are diverse, ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small closely held business and covering such industries as retail, wholesale, manufacturing, financial services, technology, health care and real estate. Excellence in the practice of law is just the starting point at Bodoff & Associates. Each of the lawyers at the firm is committed to providing the level of service they would want in seeking out legal services for themselves.

Short

Keep your form as short as possible.  Try to just ask for name, number and phone.  If needed, also ask about their case.  The more fields you include, the more likely the reader will stop filling out the form.

Simple

Don’t ask for every detail of the case.  You are likely going to call the person back.  Ask them questions on the phone and keep the form short (see above).

Above the Fold

Contact forms above the fold are more likely to be filled out.  “Above the fold” is an industry term that refers to the browser’s viewable area when the site loads.  Also, try out contact forms on the sidebars, footer and even pop-up overlays.

Confirmations

Always have a confirmation page.  Let the user know when and how you are going to respond.  The confirmation page is great time to set expectations regarding your contact method, speed and qualifications.

Call People Back

People are eager to get in touch with you.  Call them back the same hour if possible, definitely same day.  If you wait several days, they most likely have moved on to another firm.

Assure the User

Assure the user what you are going to do with their information.  Have a privacy policy and subscription policy, and do not spam the user after gaining their initial trust.