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Words Matter: Ways to Unmuddle Your Prose

In their written communications, lawyers need to use the right words and the right number of words in the right way. If you circumvent your content, malign your meaning, dangle your modifiers or otherwise mangle your sentences, you might very ...

Steven Taylor - July 17, 2014
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Nine Ways to Enhance Your Online Job Application

The wait to hear about an online job application is often too long, and the process is often discouraging. If you don’t have a personal connection to the employer, it will be difficult to get through the screening process without matching most ...

Wendy Werner - July 16, 2014
Nothing But the Ruth
Want to Be More Efficient? Unplug!

Let me tell you a secret — the biggest distraction in my life is me. No, I’m not wasting time playing Angry Birds or watching Netflix. My challenge? I’m so well-trained to react the moment my laptop or phone lights up, chimes or rings that it’s ...

Ruth Carter - July 14, 2014
Friday Five
Heads Up: All Headshots Are Not Created Equal

An earlier post talked about the importance of getting a professional headshot as a smart way to introduce yourself online and establish your brand. But do you know what potential clients are looking for in a photo? Leigh McMillan does. As ...

Mary Ellen Sullivan - July 11, 2014
E-signature Questions Beating Your Paperless Plans?

So you made the decision to go paperless. You've grasped the concepts and technology you need and your systems are mostly set. But when you need to get someone's signature on a document, your best-laid plans come to a screeching halt. That ...

Peggy Gruenke - July 10, 2014
Legal Marketing Experts
What to Expect of Your Marketing Campaign

If your firm doesn't have vast experience in marketing, or in any of its parts, you have no way of knowing what to expect from your marketing efforts. Why shouldn't anyone expect a rush of clients, for example, from a single ad — unless you have ...

Bruce W. Marcus - July 9, 2014
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Are Law Firm Homepages Really Dead? (And If So, So What?)

Apparently the jury’s out on whether traffic to your website's homepage is declining. My own analysis shows law firm homepage traffic has been relatively unchanged over the past two years, though law firm website strategist Robert Algeri says ...

Steve Matthews - July 7, 2014
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Pricing Lessons from Summer Camp

Nobody likes talking about money with clients. Nobody. But the conversation gets a whole lot easier when you are confident in what you do, and what you're worth. Right? Maintaining the needed level of self-assurance, though, might be the hardest ...

Joan Feldman - July 3, 2014
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Four Powerful Mobile Apps for Accessing Your Files

Whether or not you consider yourself a mobile lawyer, we’re all part of a professional community and society that embraces mobile technology. That means our clients and opposing counsel expect us to be able to access files and research at any ...

Noble McIntyre - July 2, 2014
Use New School Legal Technology

I recently read an article, Why old school attitudes to technology are hitting ...

Vivian Manning - July 1, 2014
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