ReliaGuide Profile Benefits
Your ReliaGuide profile provides a number of unique benefits that allow you to:
- connect with potential clients who are looking to hire a lawyer to help with their legal needs
- access the Lawyer Referral Network — a secure lawyers-only platform to help you make referrals, receive referrals, and expand your network and referral reach beyond just the members in your own bar. In the Lawyer Referral Network, you will be joined by your peers in Georgia, Indiana, Mississippi, and Michigan with more being added this year! Searching the network is free with your profile and if you choose to list your profile in the Lawyer Referral Network, you may do so on a subscription basis.
- turn it into a professional website in minutes with no technical skills or contracts required. See Profile to Website below.
Adding content to your profile including a photo, your biography, all your practice areas, and other information, is important to showcase your particular skills to prospective clients and other lawyers. Ideally, you want your business card to be as complete as the sample shown below.
All you have to do is sign in and our automated Profile Builder will create a robust profile that gets noticed!
Quick Links
Public-facing main search page: https://isba.reliaguide.com/
Sign In page - to edit your profile: https://isba.reliaguide.com/signin
Lawyer Referral Service: https://lrn.reliaguide.com/home
Add and edit profile information
Once signed in, you may edit the information in your profile by clicking the edit icon next to the appropriate section.
Show or hide phone, email, and/or address
You may choose to show or hide their phone, email, and/or address in your profile's public view. To change the view setting for phone or email, click the edit icon next to the appropriate element.
Click the box next to Hide Email, Hide Phone, and/or Hide Address to hide the information from public view. Click OK to save your changes.
Things your profile should contain
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Photos - Prospective clients like to see the person with whom they will be working. Add pictures of your office, pictures of you at meetings, involved in hobbies, or taking part in charitable activities.
Click "+ Upload" in the right corner to add one or more photos to your profile. Once uploaded, click on the photo to make it a profile photo or to remove the photo.
- Practice areas- Coupled with location, practice area is the most used search parameter. Include all of your practice areas to ensure the right clients find you. The average member lists 10, so don't be shy!
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- Note: There is a limit of 5 practice areas with the basic profile. With Profile Plus you may specify an unlimited number of practice areas.
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Biography - Your biography (Profile Plus feature - see Basic Profile or Profile Plus — Determine which option is right for you below for more information) takes center stage when it comes to telling potential clients who you are. Tell them what makes you unique and what makes you the best choice to handle their legal needs.
Refer to Profile Content Creation Tips for helpful information and sample profile content (i.e., creating a successful profile, taglines, keywords, practice areas, biographies, and client case examples).
Specify details about your practice
The ABOUT MY PRACTICE section of your profile contains a number of items that are searchable and filterable by prospective clients.
If you would like to make it easy for potential clients to connect with you directly from your profile, ensure you enable the "Allow potential clients to contact me through my ReliaGuide listing."
When a potential client clicks the CONTACT button in your profile, they will be prompted to provide their contact information and summary information about their legal issue. Once submitted, the request is sent to you via email, so please be on the lookout for emails originating from the support@reliaguide.com email address. This feature works even if your email address is hidden.
Contact requests are stored in the Contact Request section of your profile for later reference (via the side menu).
For more information on this feature and to view a sample Contact Request email, refer to Manage potential client contact.
Basic Profile or Profile Plus — Determine which option is right for you
With your free profile, basic information about you and your practice is viewable by site visitors.
If you are trying to grow your practice and are interested in attracting new clients, upgrading to Profile Plus for $25/month or $275/year will allow you to round out your profile and improve your chances of getting hired.
Search results showing basic profiles and a Profile Plus profile (outlined in red) is shown below.
The chart below outlines the features available with both options.
Upgrading your profile
To upgrade to Profile Plus and/or add the Website or Analytics add on (below), click Upgrade from the side menu, click the lock next to any Profile Plus feature (e.g., Biography, Keywords, Languages spoken, etc.) or click Upgrade in the top right corner.
Profile add ons
Build your brand and track your profile's performance with two powerful options: Profile to Website and Analytics. Both are available from the upgrade screen and from the side menu and are explained below.
Profile to Website
Do you need a website, but not the expense or hassle of creating one? You are in luck! Turn your profile into a professional website in minutes right from your Find a Lawyer profile.
- Easily create and maintain website content right from your profile
- Cost-effective with no setup fees or contracts
- No design or technical skills are required
- Responsive — works on all devices
- Helps you build your brand and increase your online presence
Read about it here: Your website - powered by your profile!
See it in action here.
Analytics
You work hard. Make sure your profile does too. With Analytics, you will learn:
- How your performance stacks up against the top performing ReliaGuide (Illinois Members) lawyers (all data is anonymized)*
- Which practice areas drive traffic to your profile and which profile elements are the most clicked
- If your profile is appearing in search results and if it is being viewed by prospective clients*
- In which geographic areas your profile is performing better*
* Requires Analytics subscription.
Accessing other profile options
Your can access a number of other profile options from the left side menu. Be sure to periodically check your Dashboard to see how your profile is performing!
Viewing the public-facing directory
To access the public facing directory, click the magnifying class or Search from left menu.
To return to editing your profile, click My Account in the upper right corner.
Helpful Resources
For a list of all help topics, click here.
Need help building your profile? Contact us at support@reliaguide.com or 844-899-9335.