You’re a personal injury attorney with a promising case. Liability is clear. Damages are extensive. However, you cannot locate the defendant.

Your client has undergone extensive medical treatment since the accident, and has recently been released from the doctor’s care.

You’ve spent numerous hours preparing the case for settlement only to learn the insurance company has no intention of putting a reasonable settlement offer on the table.

It is now 18 months post accident, what do you do?

If you’re a litigator, you’re no stranger to filing a lawsuit. At this moment, you’re probably thinking:

• When does the statute of limitations run in this matter?
• Do I have the defendant’s current home and/or work addresses?
• Are there any witnesses? And if so, who are they and where are they located?
• Do I need to hire a skip tracer?

We’ve got your covered! Take a moment to learn more about our skip tracing services or visit our Frequently Asked Questions page.

Publishing your website is a good start to developing an online presence for your business. But, it is just that, a good start. It is the first of several steps needed to build a healthy and rewarding website.

The next step is to begin enhancing the online presence you have invested in. This is where many small business owners neglect their marketing efforts. They invest a large sum of cash in a nice, professional and attractive website, but they do not include regular website updates and optimization services, the “tweaking,” in their budgets.

Update your Website to Reach your Target Audience

Updating your website with fresh, well-written content can not only help you develop a group of loyal readers, it can increase your chances of being found by the search engines.

The bottom line is:

• You need well-written, keyword-rich content published on your static website;
• Your website must be updated on a regular basis if you want to rank well in search results; and
• Broken links and 404 page errors are an absolute no-no, and should be corrected immediately.

The primary purpose of a blog is to interact with your audience – your customers and colleagues – in a personal or professional manner. An interesting blog is one that is updated if not daily, a couple of times a week with content written in a way that keeps its readers returning for more.

A major benefit of blogging is that it can generate significant traffic to your firm’s website. Each time you publish a blog post, your blog’s feed is updated and submitted to the major search engines. If you are updating your blog,  its feed is regularly pinging the search engines.

The more posts and pages you have indexed by Google, Yahoo, Bing and other major search engines, the more likely your blog will appear in search results and generate targeted traffic to your blog.

What’s the bottom line? It is:

• You should publish fresh content to your blog daily or at least a couple of times each week
• Incorporate relevant keywords into your blog posts and pages (make sure you research your keywords to determine viability)
• Share your content and promote your blog using social media and networking sites

So, are you ready to start writing fresh content for your blog? Need blog management or ghost blogging services?

If you need help managing your blog, hire a legal blog assistant to keep it updated with fresh and informative content your audience wants to read.

In comparing the virtual assistant to a temporary employee, here’s what I have found…

• Temporary employees come and go, while virtual assistants seek long-term partnerships with their clients.
• When you hire a temporary employee, you are forced to pay ridiculous agency FEES! However, virtual assistants only charge for the time spent completing your projects

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Virtual assistants are self-employed business suppport professionals who will partner with you to assist in the growth and success of your business. Because VA’s act as partners rather than employees, he/she has a vested interest in the success of your business. A VA’s success is measured by your success! VA’s tend to work harder than the average person issued to you by a temporary agency, and they are equipped with experience, education, up-to-date technology, office supplies and work ethic.

Unlike virtual assistants, temporary employees have no vested interest in the success of your business. They require training and a period of adjustment that YOU pay for! Once you factor in the agency fees, office space, equipment, lunch and social breaks, the temporary employee actually costs 2 to 3 times more than the cost of a virtual assistant.

Don’t believe me? Please take a moment to review our Cost Comparison and see for yourself!

Today’s entrepreneurs are implementing measures to reduce pollution, waste, and consumption. If you are a small business owner with a desire to “go green” and have a need for virtual marketing support, you should consider hiring a virtual marketing assistant to help you with your projects.

The virtual marketing assistant is a “green” alternative to a traditional in-house employee in that they allow you an opportunity to circumvent various environmental issues, while completing your projects in a timely, more efficient, and cost-effective manner.

There are several advantages to “going green” with a virtual marketing assistant. Here are a few:

1. Most virtual marketing assistants work from the comfort of their own homes, so they do not commute to and from work by vehicle. By not commuting, a virtual assistant saves gas, and reduces the amount of harmful gases and pollution released into the air by way of vehicle exhaust.

2. Virtual marketing assistants use the latest technology to communicate with their clients and transmit correspondence, files and completed work projects. Most of their communications are done electronically, and their projects are typically managed with the help of online applications. Thus, virtual assistants use a lot less paper, printer toner, ink, and other office supplies.

3. Many remote marketing assistants are eco-friendly small business owners. Hiring an eco-friendly virtual assistant will ensure that all materials are reused and recycled thus, office products are not wasted needlessly.

4. Working from home only when you need them, the virtual marketing assistant uses less heat, air conditioning, electricity, and water to run their home offices. This is just another way virtual assistants are going green with their clients.

FSVS’s team of virtual marketing assistants are technologically savvy professionals experienced in providing internet marketing, social media marketing, and blogging services to solo attorneys, internet marketers, publicists, and small business owners. “Go Green” with an eco-friendly virtual assistant and begin your efforts to save the environment.

Vickie Perry Barker, aka the Full Service VA, is founder and CEO of Full Service Virtual Support (FSVS), a multi virtual assistant firm that provides internet marketing, administrative, web site design, and blog support to busy professionals. Vickie has over a decade of legal administrative, marketing and entrepreneurial experience that clients of FSVS find valuable. For more information, please visit www.fullservicesupport.com.