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Cybersecurity Survey Results: What Keeps You Up Nights?
This past month, newspapers around the world have been filled with stories of the Panama Papers — a massive trove of confidential tax planning information that will probably topple more than one...
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How Am I Doing? Tools to Track Your Legal Blog
Question: Are there tools available to help me see how many people are reading my legal blog? Are there standards to judge its success? Lindsay Griffiths: What will be most important to you in gauging...
View ArticleClean It Up! Tech Tips for Tidying Up Your Practice
That serene screen-saver isn’t fooling anyone. Just one swipe reveals the clutter and chaos that lurks beneath: a winter’s worth of past projects, lists, sticky notes and alerts. Maybe you’re due for a...
View ArticleBlog Posts: Are You Clickable?
Email marketing should be part of your internet marketing plan. (See “The Big Three Internet Marketing Activities for Lawyers.”) Emailing new posts from your blog to a list of clients and prospects...
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Three Simple Steps to Smarter Advertising Decisions
Information sitting in your law firm’s case management software can help you make better-informed marketing decisions — including where and when to advertise. Most firms have the information they need....
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Women Lawyers Create Their Own Agenda
Last Friday, dozens of women gathered at the San Francisco offices of Seyfarth Shaw for the first Shape the Law unconference. No, no. You didn’t misread, and that isn’t a typo. Popular in the...
View ArticleThree Wee Things to Do Before Ending the Meeting
There’s always someone in the crowd who insists “this meeting is a waste of time and money!” And another who puts pen to paper to add up hourly rates before pronouncing just how much money is actually...
View ArticleFive Tips for Dealing with Web Marketers
For lawyers, web marketing is what the French call a devoir — a “have to.” But most of you would rather wash your hands of it. You didn’t go to school for an MBA or marketing degree. You have a whole...
View ArticleYou Talking to Me?
“We can surely do better,” read the last line of the email. “What the hell does that mean?” asked Margaret. The young associate had just helped win a big case, and she was reading a “thank you for...
View ArticleIt’s Not You, It’s Me: Why Law Firm Advertising Fails
Lawyers love lawyer advertising because it’s all about lawyers. The only problem is, this is what that looks like to the rest of the world: Lawyers have been conditioned, from time immemorial, to...
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How to Avoid Lawyer Social Media Facepalms
Big social media faux pas are not uncommon these days. From politicians to airlines to big brands, no one seems immune to a misguided post that goes viral and is ultimately shared with the world....
View ArticleThree Tips for Becoming More Resilient
Resilience is the ability to persevere through adversity and come out stronger than you were before. Resilience is a skill that anyone can learn and apply to any area of their life. People are not...
View ArticleExpand Your Mind: Go to Mainstream Conferences
If you are a solo practitioner, of counsel, or a partner at a law firm, you have at least two roles: attorney and entrepreneur. Your time and energy are split between performing client work and making...
View ArticleCommunicating With Millennials: Best Practices
If you’re not a so-called millennial, this post is for you. If you are, stay tuned for Linda Hazelton’s follow-up on post on how to communicate with baby boomers and Gen Xers. As of 2015, millennials...
View ArticleVanity Statistics Won’t Help You Grow
To truly succeed, a law practice can’t rely on growth that results only from isolated circumstances, seasonal trends or provisional impulses. Instead, you establish continuity and sustainability by...
View ArticleYou Need to Pimp Your LinkedIn Profile (Yes, You)
It’s nearly June. Time to update your LinkedIn profile again! After the inevitable January “fresh start” updates, many people leave their LinkedIn profile alone the rest of the year. If you’re a savvy...
View ArticleFinding Passion to Find Balance
Recently, on a particularly spectacular day at work, two victories came my clients’ way. I couldn’t help reflecting on the emotions coursing through me — it was as if the events of the day belonged to...
View ArticleWorking from Home? Use the Right Tools
Working from home — even for part of the time — has many advantages. It saves money on office space, reduces time wasted on commuting, and can help you achieve greater work-life balance. According to...
View ArticleUse Body Language When You Negotiate
Lawyers negotiate all the time — with other lawyers, partners, staff and clients. Even at home, you’re probably negotiating to get someone in your family to do what you want. One key to successful...
View ArticleMy Clients Say They Only Want Me!
It is a common lament: “My clients say they only want me. How do I introduce colleagues or juniors in a way that creates trust?” And like so many business obstacles lawyers struggle to overcome, it’s...
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