Can a Content Fix Make Your Law Firm Recession-Proof?

Posted on October 9, 2019October 9, 2019 by macaulaylegalmedia@gmail.com

Lawyers who believe their profession is recession-proof have short memories. Although 2019 seems more than a decade away from 2009, the warning signs of a looming downturn are beginning to flicker. More lawyers are aking if content can make their law firm recession-proof. The job losses that rocked the legal profession 10 years ago were, according to Above the Law, “brutal.” The blood-letting left about 6,000 attorneys looking for work. Big law bore the brunt but small law took a hit too. ...

Will Blogging Boost Your Business in 2019?

Posted on March 28, 2019March 30, 2019 by macaulaylegalmedia@gmail.com

Remember when blogging was a new and cool concept? Just about everybody who was anybody and his dog got online and set up a blog. There was even a TV sitcom called Dog With a Blog. Although it’s tempting to talk about blogs being “sooo 2012”, and many of those early devotees lost interest and gave up blogging, this content is as relevant as ever for businesses in 2019. In this post, I ask 'will blogging boost your business' in 2019? Recently, Neil Patel published 17 charts that show wher...

Quick and Easy SEO Tips – A Beginner’s Guide

Posted on April 27, 2017April 27, 2017 by macaulaylegalmedia@gmail.com

We have been living in the new digital landscape of SEO for more than a decade but many small business owners remain clueless about the world of Search Engine Optimization. It can be challenging to know where to start and where to turn for quick and easy SEO tips. Faced with this bewildering new normal, it's hardly surprising that many smaller enterprises avoid tackling their SEO problems or outsource them. Many businesses are fighting every day to grow or even to make ends meet. They may hav...

Five Top Tips to Make Your Webpages Show Up In Searches

Posted on February 10, 2016 by macaulaylegalmedia@gmail.com

In recent years, creating successful web pages has become an increasingly complicated art that involves a multitude of considerations. A decade ago SEO was the only game in town, and it was easier to anticipate searches that would land up on your page by using key words and exact name titles. Although we have lived with search engine optimization (SEO) for some time, that’s not to say all small business owners are comfortable with it. Many hand it over to an Internet company that does its “ma...

Why Talcum Powder is Killing Women

Posted on February 4, 2016 by macaulaylegalmedia@gmail.com

Many of the pills and medical devices that have proved deadly are prescribed for serious medical conditions. But on occasions, we see products that have been linked to harmful side effects that seem to be innocuous. A good case in point is talcum powder. Although talc has been used for more than four decades by women, concerns that it has caused cancer in women have led to a spate of recent lawsuits. Pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson was the subject of two class-action lawsuits file...

Fatal Accidents Double At West Virginia’s Fracking Sites

Posted on June 20, 2014 by macaulaylegalmedia@gmail.com

The boom in natural gas in West Virginia has brought prosperity to some previously deprived parts of the state. However, as the industry booms more workers are paying the ultimate price by losing the lives on the job, according to new figures. Statistics from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics found 13 workers in the state’s oil and gas industry died during the five-year period from 2008 to 2012. The figure is alarming because it’s more than double the number of workers w...

Affluenza and Why Being Rich May Get You Out of Jail Time After a DWI

Posted on December 14, 2013 by macaulaylegalmedia@gmail.com

Sixteen-year-old Ethan Couch, drove a pickup truck pickup at up to 70 mph drunk. He caused a crash that killed four pedestrians who were standing at the roadside. In a case that has made national headlines, a judge sentenced him to 10 years' probation. The reason? He came from a rich family. That's not a totally accurate summary but it's the way the case has played out in the media. The judge sentenced Couch after hearing a psychologist called by the defense, arguing he suffers from “affluen...

Google’s Hummingbird Algorithm Change and Its Implications for Blogging

Posted on October 16, 2013 by macaulaylegalmedia@gmail.com

Over the last two years those folks at Google have been keeping bloggers busy with algorithm changes that effectively tear up the rulebook. I should qualify that by saying there was no 'rule book' as such. Google tends to be cryptic with the information it releases. The rule, as they were accepted, were those developed by webmasters and writers themselves. Bloggers had a good idea of how manipulate searches a few years ago which went along the lines of - stuff copy with key words, link like ...