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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 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.
Co-parenting coach Maria Natapov of Synergistic Stepparenting talks with Scott Bishop about client fear, co-parenting and working with family law firms.
Melone Hatley CEO Charles Hatley talks with Scott Bishop about cash flow, tracking retains, in-house marketing and where his firm draws the line on AI.
Divorce coach Jill Barnett Kaufman of Divorce Network Pro talks with Scott Bishop about the emotional side of divorce and how coaches help attorneys.
Family law attorney and mediator Jen Love of Solace Divorce talks with Scott Bishop about leaving litigation and the emotional side of divorce.
Categories, services, reviews, posts, and photos: the map pack checklist divorce and custody firms can run this week.
SEO for estate planning attorneys: how lawyers get found in maps, search, and AI answers, and what to ask an estate planning SEO company before you hire.
Activate and Dominate scope, emailed sales sheets, and ad spend paid directly to the platforms.
AI just found a 20-year-old flaw in PHP, the code behind 70% of websites and every WordPress site. What law firms need to check this week.
Which channels sign divorce cases, what your ads should say, the bar rules that trip firms up, and the Google targeting limits.
New York now lets lawyers use AI in court filings, but the signer must verify every word. What it means for family and estate planning firms.
Which channels produce signed family law cases, what the cost per case math really looks like, and the traps that quietly eat most firm budgets.
How couples search for a mediator, the pages that convert them, and the intake that turns a late night search into a booked intro call.
AI citations, intake efficiency, and ethics guardrails. The 90 day stack that gets a family law firm named by AI.
Twenty estate planning keywords with real search volume and difficulty, sorted into the four tiers that convert.
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 AI when a client asks it for a lawyer.
Track the numbers that separate profitable accounts from wasted spend, rather than judging CPCs alone.
Google Business Profile, reviews, citations, and content. Everything behind ranking for 'divorce lawyer near me'.
A 12-month plan maps estate planning content to seasonal demand and the moments people 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.