Legal marketing expert Tim Crouch was recently a guest on the California-based radio show Reverse Your Thinking with Mathius “Marc” Gertz. Tim discussed how The Crouch Group is helping collaborative professionals build brand awareness for Collaborative Divorce as a better way to untie the knot through digital marketing campaigns. “The Crouch Group works with collaborative professionals, organizations and practice groups throughout the United States, Canada and United Kingdom. These … [Read more...]
Divorce With Respect Week Consultation Tips
For all divorce professionals volunteering for DWRW who want to make the most of your 30-minute consults! Initial conversations are about listening to the person in front of you. You cannot cover all divorce details in 30 minutes; do not expect to. Clients set the agenda for your conversation as soon as they start speaking. Once they ask their questions or express their fears you can then provide a well-tailored explanation of how the collaborative process is designed to address their … [Read more...]
The Crouch Group Accepted Into Forbes Agency Council
We have been accepted into Forbes Agency Council, an invitation-only community for owners and executives of successful public relations, media strategy, creative, and advertising agencies! Tim was vetted and selected by a review committee based on the depth and diversity of his experience. Criteria for acceptance include a track record of successfully impacting business growth metrics as well as personal and professional achievements and honors. “We are honored to welcome Tim Crouch and … [Read more...]
5 New Year’s Resolutions to Grow Your Collaborative Divorce Practice in 2022
We have been saying during the pandemic that “This is Collaborative’s Time to Shine!” If one of your goals for 2022 is to grow your Collaborative Divorce practice, we have some suggestions for New Year’s Resolutions that will make a difference in your practice. Make Collaborative prominent on your website and information easy to find. Look at your website through the eyes of a first-time visitor to the site. If Collaborative does not have a significant presence on your site, why would … [Read more...]
Ever Wonder About Your Website? Free Tests to Evaluate Your Website
If you have ever wondered if you site is measuring up in basic performance and Search Engine Optimization we can help! Here are 3 free tests (including a test to compare your site to your competition) that you can run to see what is working and what is not working. Test #1- Website Scoring The review will provide a score for your website. Anything below a 70 is a failing score and the report will layout what needs to be done to get a higher score. Higher scores will result in … [Read more...]
Blog, Blog, Blog – Yeah But…
Blog, Blog, Blog… if you have ever been to one of my training events you know that this is a mantra that I often repeat. Google tells us that blogging is the best thing that you can do for your website. Through the years, I have had clients who do nothing for SEO other than consistently writing new blogs. Their web traffic has grown dramatically because of the new content they are writing for their website. There are, however, some pretty big “Yeah, Buts” that keep this from becoming a … [Read more...]
Mental Health Professionals and the Coronavirus
A Recommendation for Mental Health Professionals Regarding the Impact of the Coronavirus If you are a mental health professional, you are going to be very important to a lot of folks as the restrictions of the Coronavirus get extended. The City of Dallas has extended the emergency declaration to end of April. On the West Coast the San Francisco Bay Are (7.5 million people) are under orders to not leave their homes. The impact on mental health is and will be … [Read more...]
5 Things To Do Now in the Midst of Coronavirus Limitations
Coronavirus or COVID-19 is creating all kinds of havoc in our lives and in business. Here at The Crouch Group, we have some recommendations for how to manage during the Coronavirus crisis and hopefully emerge stronger after the crisis has passed. 1. Zoom We are great fans of Zoom. There are opportunities to conduct client meetings, webinars and even collaborative meetings by Zoom. Some of our California clients are offering the Divorce Options class by Zoom. Zoom … [Read more...]
The Wesleyan Character of Methodist Centrists
“Let us know the meaning of the word (Methodist). Let us not always be fighting in the dark. Come and let us look one another in the face… and perhaps some of you may love what I am by the grace of God.” John Wesley – The Character of a Methodist Is your heart right, as my heart with your heart? If it is, give me your hand. - 2 Kings 10:15 What is the Character of Methodist Centrists? In 1742, in “The Character of a Methodist,” John Wesley used the quotes above as a … [Read more...]
Reflections on the 2019 General Conference
I returned home this week from the 2019 Special Session of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church. I was a delegate to this historic conference that was addressing the church’s position on human sexuality. I was asked by the North Texas Conference to write some thoughts on what happened in St. Louis. For those who don’t what we hoped for didn’t pass and some draconian legislation did pass. Legislation that will be found to be unconstitutional according the church … [Read more...]