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SUMMARY:SEO Made Simple: How Consumer Protection Law Firms Can Attract New Clients Online
DESCRIPTION:How can you get your firm seen more by consumers looking to hire an attorney? Search Engine Optimization may be the answer. SEO involves more than just adding a few key words to the back-end of your website. Come learn about SEO’s purpose in the context of consumer protection and how to make SEO a part of your marketing system. \nThis webinar will provide practical advice and actionable insights to help your firm get in front of more legal consumers searching for answers online. Not only will you chat with a marketing expert\, but you will also learn about the strategies employed by the Bell Law Firm in its successful consumer protection SEO campaign. \n\nWhat You Will Learn\n• How your potential clients search online (keywords they use)\n• How to create content that resonates with potential clients and drives new leads\n• How to position your firm as a trusted resource for your potential clients\n• What are the right and wrong ways to use ChatGPT to write content and research new topics\n• How to track and measure results from SEO and online marketing investments \n\nSpeakers\nBryce Bell is the founder of Bell Law\, LLC\, a law firm dedicated to relentlessly pursuing justice against companies that defraud consumers. Bell Law focuses on auto safety\, landlord/tenant issues\, Fintech\, and other Unfair Deceptive Acts and Practices (UDAAP)\, both individually and as class actions and mass torts across the country. Bryce is the Missouri state chair for NACA. Recent accomplishments for the firm in 2019 include a settlement with Wells Fargo for violations of the SCRA and a $1 million+ data breach settlement for local employees in the Kansas City area whose private information was compromised. \nWill Palmer is a seasoned Internet advertising and marketing specialist with over 15 years of experience in the industry. He holds a Journalism degree with an emphasis in Strategic Communications & Advertising from the University of Kansas and bring a unique blend of creativity\, savvy business sense\, and real world marketing experience to the table. He applies this skill set to help clients reach their short and long-term goals faster and with maximized Return on Investment. In addition to my deep knowledge around the Internet’s role in a changing consumer landscape\, he has nearly a decade of business development consulting exclusively serving the legal industry. Click here to learn more.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/seo-made-simple-how-consumer-protection-law-firms-can-attract-new-clients-online/
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SUMMARY:Fair Debt Collections Practices Act Webinar 101
DESCRIPTION:Do you want to get engaged with FDCPA cases but don’t know where to start? This webinar is for you. This session will provide a general overview of the FDCPA and the parties involved in the debt collection industry. The webinar will address the scope of the FDCPA\, common violations\, and available remedies. \nIt is also a great primer for anyone who represents consumers in other types of cases so you can spot violations of the FDCPA. \n\nWhat You Will Learn:\n• Who is a consumer\n• Who is a debt collector\n• What are common FDCPA violations\n• How to get paid for an FDCPA case \n\nSpeakers \nAbbas Kazerounian is one of the founding partners at Kazerouni Law Group\, APC\, and the Injury Recovery Group. Mr. Kazerounian’s areas of specialty are personal injury\, consumer rights and class actions. Abbas is licensed to practice law in CA\, TX\, IL\, WA\, DC\, NY\, MI and CO. He is also licensed in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals\, Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals as well the United States Supreme Court. \nCliff Carlson is a sole practitioner representing consumers in Texas\, Georgia\, and Alabama. His practice focuses primarily on consumer debt. He received his Juris Doctorate from the Mercer University Walter F. George School of Law in 2012. Cliff also received a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Mercer University in 2005. He generally limits his practice to consumer rights issues\, such as Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and Fair Credit Reporting Act Violations.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/fair-debt-collections-practices-act-webinar-101/
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SUMMARY:FTC Update: Auto Fraud Resources
DESCRIPTION:Buying a car is one of the biggest investments consumers will make and one that many approach cautiously. This presentation will focus on the FTC’s recent auto enforcement efforts (in particular\, the Napleton and Passport cases)\, the agency’s proposed rule to ban junk fees and bait-and-switch tactics in the car buying process\, and newly available consumer education materials at ftc.gov/MoneyMatters. \n\nWhat You Will Learn: \n\nHow the recent auto enforcement efforts could benefit your auto cases\nHow to use the proposed rule to support your cases\nWhat resource are available on MoneyMatters related to purchasing a car\n\n\nSpeakers \nHelen Clark is a Staff Attorney in the Federal Trade Commission’s Division of Financial Practices.  Ms. Clark investigates and brings enforcement actions challenging unfair or deceptive practices and other violations in the advertising\, sales and financing of automobiles\, among other industries.  She received her law degree from Columbia Law School and her undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia. \nColleen Tressler is a Senior Project Manager in the Federal Trade Commission’s Division of Consumer and Business Education. DCBE leads the agency’s education initiatives to give people the tools they need to make informed decisions\, and give businesses the tools they need to comply with the law. Colleen’s career in the consumer affairs and education arena spans more than 35 years. During that time\, she has taken an especially active role in helping to educate consumers about issues that affect their financial well-being. Colleen is responsible for planning\, developing\, and implementing creative\, practical\, plain-language\, mission-related campaigns. She holds an M.S. from the Johns Hopkins University\, Carey Business School in Baltimore\, MD and a B.S. from the University of Maryland in College Park\, MD
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/ftc-update-auto-fraud-resources/
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SUMMARY:Ask the FCRA Expert: Leonard Bennett and Chi Chi Wu
DESCRIPTION:NACA continued its Ask the Expert webinar series with two of the nation’s top FCRA advocates: Leonard Bennett and Chi Chi Wu. Chi Chi and Len answered questions on all topics related to the FCRA. \nPlease note there are no written materials associated with this webinar\, so there will be no CLEs awarded for attendance. \n\nSpeakers\nLeonard Bennett has been an FCRA litigator for over 20 years and has successfully brought cases with his firm and with co-counsel in nearly every state in the nation. His recoveries are consistently amongst the largest in the field. Len has successfully tried both individual and class FCRA cases to a jury\, and has been lead counsel in the majority of multi-million dollar FCRA class outcomes. \nChi Chi Wu is a senior staff attorney at NCLC and leading expert on fair credit reporting issues. She also focuses on credit cards\, tax-consumer issues\, and medical debt. Chi Chi is lead author of the seminal treatise in this field\, Fair Credit Reporting Act and a contributing author to Collection Actions\, Consumer Credit Regulation\, and Truth in Lending.
URL:https://www.consumeradvocates.org/events/online-training-courses/ask-the-fcra-expert-leonard-bennett-and-chi-chi-wu/
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