Video: Using AutoCorrect as a Text Expander
If you’ve got a certain word or phrase, formatted or not, that you type over and over, and it’s driving you crazy, here’s a Microsoft Word AutoCorrect hack you’re going to love. Hack Your Dictionary...
View ArticleFive Ways to Generate Referrals on a Budget
Whether you are a solo attorney or in a big firm, the ability to generate business is critical to your success. But we all struggle with how to do it without draining our bank accounts. So here are...
View ArticleYou Can Conduct an Internet Search, But Should You Google?
I once defended a product liability case where the client was adamant that the product always be called a “personal watercraft.” It most definitely was not, he insisted, a Jet-Ski. The issue was the...
View ArticleBoost Productivity by Slowing Down a Little
You’re an unstoppable legal machine. You churn through a hundred pages of briefs and legal research every day. You’re running two phones, a tablet, a laptop and a portable fax machine off a light pole...
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Personal Branding Checklist for Lawyers
Most law schools don’t offer courses in branding, so how do you go about establishing a personal brand for your law practice and make your expertise more visible? Here’s a Checklist to Help Get You...
View ArticleBlasting Barriers at Clio Cloud Conference 2017
Last week in New Orleans, I had the privilege of attending my first Clio Cloud Conference. Though I could talk about the presenters and programs all day, the overall theme that stuck was far more...
View Article10 Hacks for Beating Procrastination
Ninety-five percent of us procrastinate. That’s what professor Piers Steel reported in his book “The Procrastination Equation: How to Stop Putting Things Off and Start Getting Stuff Done.” So, the...
View ArticleWhat to Write? 4 Ways to Find Ideas for Your Law Firm Blog
Figuring out what to write about on my blogs is a challenge I face every week, especially with our firm’s patent blog. (I practice intellectual property, but not patent law.) I worry that my posts...
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Three Reasons Google Is Your New Home Page
Basically, Google is the internet these days. Nobody says, “Go search this on the internet.” They say, “Google it.” Google’s goal is to deliver to the searcher — you, me and your potential client — the...
View ArticleOvercoming Fear of Success Through Ethical Safeguards
Self-employed lawyers rely heavily on their ability to propel their businesses forward — more so than lawyers employed by others or members of large firms. Fail to keep the engines going and your...
View ArticleFive Ways to Create Holiday Marketing That Shines
Yes, it’s already mid-October. No, you’re not the only one asking, “How did that happen?” The holidays are right around the corner, and they seem to come earlier each year. One question I often get at...
View ArticleWhat Lawyers Can Learn from Apple When Setting Billing Rates
Last month, Apple unveiled its new iPhone X to much fanfare. Perhaps what created the most fanfare was its price. It starts at $999 — hundreds more than the older iPhone 7 and the brand-new iPhone 8....
View ArticleDon’t Be Just Any Old Lawyer!
Not long ago, I was asked to make a presentation at a state bar’s Law Practice Management Committee luncheon. Topic? Getting clients, of course. When we opened things up for questions, a gentleman in...
View ArticleVideo: Customizing the Status Bar in Microsoft Office
Making any Microsoft Office application easier to use often involves tweaking the interface to suit your work style. Here’s one of the quickest, easiest and most powerful tweaks you can make: tricking...
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Engage! A Lawyer’s Guide to Social Media Marketing
Today, the question is not whether you should be on social media — it’s how long will it take you to get up to speed. For “Engage! A Lawyer’s Guide to Social Media Marketing“ we asked top law firm...
View ArticleFive Ways to Manage Difficult Transitions
Change is exciting … and overwhelming. When faced with change, you must manage all the transitions that flow from it. You can feel adrift, and sometimes alone, as you re-evaluate your circumstances, or...
View ArticleLook in the Mirror: Associates Hold the Key to Their Own Happiness
In a 1955 essay in The Economist, Cyril Northcote Parkinson, a British historian, described a phenomenon that would come to be called “Parkinson’s Law.” His key insight: “Work expands so as to fill the...
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Can Lawyers and Judges Be Social Media Friends?
QUESTION: I’ve been practicing in my medium-size legal community for going on 20 years. During that time, I’ve watched technology advance my private practice by leaps and bounds, including client...
View ArticleChecklist for Staffing Your Law Firm’s Trade Show Booth
Not so long ago, suggesting that lawyers would stand behind a table at a trade show would have been deemed heretical. Times have changed. Recently, I’ve heard a number of people discuss their firms’...
View ArticleUrban Lawyers, Rural Clients: Tech Considerations
Most legal professionals would agree that the profession is saturated. With so many lawyers out there, there is heavy competition for clients. But as I wrote about in “Representing Rural Clients from a...
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