By mberna6 on

I’m an attorney with a well-ranked legal information site dealing with Massachusetts law (www.malawforum.com). I am looking for a partner with SEO and Design experience who has worked extensively with Drupal. Help me optimize and monetize the site and expand it to other states and you can have half of the profits and half of the business.

I am NOT looking for an employee or a consultant.

Send me some information about yourself and your experience: theeditor@statelawforums.com

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davidwebguy’s picture

davidwebguy commented

I've worked in that market before and it's really tough. I think a Drupal site would definitely help you, but you may have a tough time finding a partner because it's such a competitive market.

Good luck!

mberna6’s picture

mberna6 commented

David . . . is there a market out there that is not competitive, that does not require us to do good work to succeed?

Go to Google and make any request for "Information about Massachusetts law," or a more specific request such as "Information about Massachusetts elder law" and you will see The Forum for MA (www.malawforum.com) Law on the first page (occasionally the second). I get those result with nothing but good content and my amateurish SEO efforts. So I disagree with you.

This is an opportunity for someone to stop scrounging for odd jobs in SEO and design and to start developing a steady stream of income while building equity in a solid project.

I encourage qualified (and more optimistic) professionals to send me an email at theeditor@malawforum.com

davidwebguy’s picture

davidwebguy commented

There's no doubt it can be done, but your examples are VERY longtail terms that would get little to no searches. In order to achieve SERPs for more widely desired legal terms is extremely difficult, much more difficult then most markets because lawyers aren't cheap, and are willing to pay for top end seo and development. There's no doubt that obtaining 1st page listings for "Massachusetts law" or "Massachusetts Lawyer" is possible, but it's not going to happen over night and will most likely take a year or more.

I wish you good luck, but don't count on someone becoming an equity sharing partner for something that will take hundreds and hundreds of hours, with only the possibility of being successful in one of the toughest markets.

Just some info fyi.

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mberna6 commented

Dude, have you Googled "Massachusetts law"? If you did, you would see www.malawforum.com on the first page. My business plan is based on a simple fact: people research their legal issues (with searches like "Information about MA law'' or "Massachusetts law" BEFORE they look for an attorney. They come to my site and, there, they find google ads for attorneys and, soon, a registry of attorneys.

I have already put several hundred hours into this project creating content. And, David, I will match my billable rate against yours any day. What I am offering is half of an existing entity and asking someone to use their talents to make it better and more profitable. (That is what partners do: they combine talents to make the project better.)

If you are not interested that is fine, but why are you spouting your negativity all over my posting?