Robert Ambrogi BlogIn a post earlier this week, I wrote about the launch of Avvo Advisor, the new service from Avvo that provides on-demand legal advice by phone for a fixed fee of $39 for 15 minutes. Yesterday, I spoke with Avvo’s founder and…
New from Avvo: On-Demand, Fixed-Fee Legal Advice
Avvo, Inc. — never a company shy about about pushing the envelope — has just pushed it a bit further, with the launch of Avvo Advisor, a service that provides on-demand legal advice by phone for a fixed fee of $39 for 15 minutes.
The service is available…
My Interview with Avvo Founder Mark Britton at #ClioCloud9
This is another in a series of interviews I am posting, all recorded for the Legal Talk Network at the Clio Cloud Conference in September. The full series, which also includes interviews conducted by Adriana Linares, can be viewed here.
In this interview, Avvo…
Avvo Gets Another $37.5 Million in Financing
It’s a good time to be a legal startup, it seems. Just three weeks ago, we reported here that Clio, the cloud-based practice management platform, had raised $20 million in financing. Now comes news that the lawyer directory site Avvo has closed $37.5 million in financing.
This latest round of…
Avvo Adds Reverse Auction ‘Legal Marketplace’
The legal directory and Q&A site Avvo this week added a new feature, the Avvo Legal Marketplace, through which consumers can obtain proposals from lawyers interested in handling their case. Initially, this will be available for two practice areas,
Avvo Returns to its Roots, Sells off M.D. Directory
Notice anything missing from Avvo today? That’s right, the doctors are gone. In a return to its roots, Avvo has sold off its directory of medical doctors and its health Q&A forums and will once again focus solely on the legal profession.
Avvo derives its name from the Italian word for…
Avvo Unveils iPhone and iPad App for Lawyers
The legal directory and Q&A forum Avvo today introduced Avvo Lawyers, an app that allows lawyers to follow and answer consumer legal questions directly from their iPhones or iPads. Using the app, you can:
Avvo Launches Suite of Legal Marketing Tools
Avvo, the legal and medical directory and Q&A site, today launched two new services designed to help lawyers more effectively market their practices. The two services are both offered under the umbrella name Avvo Ignite. One, Avvo Ignite Starter, offers “hassle-free search and mobile optimized” websites…
Lawyer-Rating Site Avvo Adds Doctor Ratings
The lawyer-rating site Avvo.com is taking on a whole new profession with its launch today of doctor ratings. As of today, Avvo is adding an entirely new section of its site that contains profiles and ratings of medical doctors from all 50 states.
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As it does with lawyers,…
Lawyer-rating Site Avvo Raises $10 Million Financing
Lawyer rating and directory site Avvo has received $10 million in a new round of financing, led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm DAG Ventures. Current Avvo investors, Benchmark Capital and Ignition Partners, also invested in this round. The funds will enable Avvo to further expand and enhance its products and services…
See You at the Avvocating Conference?
I am very happy to report that I will be a keynote speaker at the Avvocating Conference Jan. 21 and 22 in Seattle. Sponsored by Avvo, the conference has a great line-up of speakers who will address the theme of advanced online marketing training for lawyers.
The line-up includes insiders from LinkedIn,…
Avvo’s Favorite Legal Blogs of 2009
I am honored to say that this blog is included among Avvo’s Favorite Legal Blogs of 2009. I appreciate the honor and appreciate being included among such a stellar lot of legal blogs.…