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Founder of Up And Social. Host of the Retained podcast. Writing about how family law and estate planning firms get found and get retained.
Scott Bishop started Up And Social in 2012 after watching a web design firm charge a family member roughly $50,000 for a website that never brought in a single client. That experience set the standard the agency still runs on: no jargon, no vanity metrics, no contracts that outlive the results.
Today Scott leads a Boston-based team that works almost exclusively with family law firms across the US, on divorce, custody, child support, prenuptial agreements, and domestic violence matters. His focus is the part most marketing companies skip: how people actually search when they are in crisis, and what a firm has to look like online at that moment to be the one they call.
That has pushed Scott and his team out ahead of traditional SEO into AI visibility, making sure a firm shows up when prospective clients ask ChatGPT, Google AI results, and other AI tools who they should hire. It is the same work he writes about here: local search, reviews, intake, paid ads, and the unglamorous fundamentals that decide whether a strong attorney is findable or invisible.
Scott writes for attorneys as peers, not prospects. Expect plain math, real examples from firms doing $500K to $3M, and the occasional uncomfortable truth about what your last agency was hoping you would not check.
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Getting firms named by ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, and Perplexity when someone asks for a lawyer.
Google Business Profile, reviews, and location content that put a firm in the three-pack for its market.
Ad accounts measured by signed clients and cost per case, not clicks or impressions.
The gap between a lead and a retainer. Speed to lead, form friction, and copy that stops sounding interchangeable.
Every post on the blog is written by Scott. Reviews and guides are put together by the Up And Social marketing team.
How law firms get Google Screened, rank in Local Services Ads, control cost per lead, and dispute the bad ones.
Zero-click search is here. What it means when ChatGPT recommends a divorce lawyer, and how to be the firm it names.
Three terms, one goal: get named by the machine when a client asks it for a lawyer.
High CPCs are not the problem. Poor tracking is. Here is the math that separates profitable accounts from wasted spend.
Google Business Profile, reviews, citations, and content. Everything behind ranking for 'divorce lawyer near me'.
Estate planning intent is seasonal. Here is the 12 month plan that maps to when people actually want to hire.
The exact drop-off points on estate planning sites, and the design decisions that keep visitors from clicking away.
One firm per practice area per market. If your market is open, Scott will walk you through exactly where your firm is visible and where it is not.