Blow your competition out of the water with these attorney website design tip!

If you were 100 percent thrilled with your website design, you wouldn't be reading this article. So what do you need to take your website to the next level and blow your competition out of the water?

You need a dynamic website that can be constantly updated

Gone are the days of putting up a website and waiting for contacts to come in. These days, you need a website to which you can easily add fresh, unique content regularly. If you have to pay your website provider every time you want something added to your website - of if it takes forever to get something new on your site - then you have a problem.

Tell your ego to take a hike

We know that you worked hard to build your business, but when it comes to attracting web contacts - it isn't about you! You need to address your website visitor's needs and answer their questions immediately. Avoid the urge to talk about yourself or put up pictures of yourself every chance you get. Don't let your ego dominate the prime real estate on your website - your header and the area "above the fold" (what website visitors first see on a page before they start to scroll down).

You need video, and you need it now

Ok, so maybe you're not from the generation obsessed with YouTube, Hulu and other online video sites - but just because they aren't your thing doesn't mean you can ignore them. The jury is in - video is wildly popular with online consumers and it is here to stay. The sooner you accept this fact and get video on your site, the quicker you can see results.

Make me want to contact you!

I'm a website visitor on your site - now what are you going to do to make me want to reach out and contact you? You can't afford to be passive here - TELL your website visitors what you want them to do! Tell them to contact you - and tell them how. Make sure your contact info is easy to find on every page. Offer them something for free - a book, a report, a DVD - anything that will show them you care and that will get you their contact information for further marketing efforts.