Playbook 01: AI Video Marketing
Get Clients Without Cold Calls: an AI Video Marketing Playbook for Law Firms
The problem every law firm marketing plan runs into
- Referrals are the main channel, but they are slow and outside your control.
- PPC and Local Services Ads get expensive fast, and the landing pages all look the same.
- Everyone says post video, but filming takes a partner day nobody has.
- The firm has answers clients search for, but they live in attorney heads, not online.
One filmed afternoon becomes a month of short videos that answer the questions your future clients are already typing. The plan below does not start with software. It starts with the five questions your clients ask most.
The five-step plan
- List the 20 questions clients actually ask
Pull from intake calls and consult notes. These become your video topics. Examples: how long does a case take, what does it cost, will I go to court, what should I bring to the first meeting. - Film once, in batches
One afternoon, plain background, phone on a tripod, natural light. Answer each question in 45 to 90 seconds. No scripts beyond bullet points. - Cut with AI editing
Feed the footage to an AI video editor that removes silences, adds captions, reformats vertical and wide, and drafts posts. This is the software step, and it comes fourth, not first. - Post on a fixed schedule
Two to three shorts per week, one longer answer per month. Same handle everywhere. Link to a single consult page. - Measure and prune
Keep the topics that produce calls. Cut the rest. Refilm the winners with sharper hooks every quarter.
The software we use
The software we use for this is Hedra. Visit www.hedra.com. It turns batch-filmed answers into captioned, correctly formatted video drafts in minutes instead of editor days, which is what makes the once-a-month filming afternoon practical.
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Which practices this fits
Works for consumer practices with visible, searchable problems: personal injury, family, criminal defense, immigration, estate planning. Business practices can swap client questions for industry questions.