Daily Dispatch

How’s Your Law Practice’s Curb Appeal?

Ever open up Google Hangouts or Skype to hear someone (okay, you) say, “Cripes! Where did that come from?” when the camera captures a side of your office you rarely notice? It’s not your bobblehead collection. It’s that sloppy stack of papers ...

Joan Feldman - May 17, 2013
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Does a Small Law Firm Need to Have a Brand?

Question: Ours is a three-lawyer litigation firm with high-profile experience in a narrow issue. Obviously we don’t have the luxury of an in-house marketing department like the big law firms. But we certainly have the capability to best them in ...

The Editors - May 16, 2013
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Should Lawyers Connect with Competitors on LinkedIn?

Despite LinkedIn's reputation as the social networking site for professionals, there are still skeptics who question its value. Most of the skepticism among lawyers arises from questions of confidentiality. That's natural. Holding information ...

Merrilyn Astin Tarlton - May 15, 2013
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Client Service: Happy Clients Can Set Lawyers Apart

It’s not always easy to convince lawyers that they should care more about client service. Too many genuinely believe their legal expertise is paramount—the only thing that truly matters when establishing their law practice’s reputation. But ...

Roy S. Ginsburg - May 14, 2013
Office 2013: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Microsoft Office 2013 has been available for several months, but Office 2010 has been stable and mostly well-received in our firm. And with staff and lawyers already overwhelmed by the never-ending stream of new technologies hurtling toward ...

Vivian Manning - May 13, 2013
Shopping for Your Law Site’s Domain Name

When it comes to choosing a website or blog domain name for a law practice, context is everything. Recently I had a conversation with a local commercial real estate agent after he went shopping for a website domain name. I literally LOL'ed and ...

Andrea Cannavina - May 9, 2013
Is Work-Life Balance a Fraud?

In an interview earlier this year, Laurel Bellows, managing partner of her Chicago business and employment law firm and current president of the American Bar Association, was asked, “How do you do it? How do you do work-life balance and is it ...

Ruth Carter - May 8, 2013
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Redefine Productivity and Do More of What Matters

In the midst of a recent conversation about how to leverage Evernote to become more productive, I was asked a simple yet thought-provoking question: "Daniel, how do you define productivity?" My definition may be a bit nonconformist, but here it ...

Daniel Gold - May 7, 2013
Law Firm “Image” Is a Mirage

Years ago, in a remarkably successful marketing move, a designer specializing in logos, letterheads and the like came up with the concept of "corporate image." A brilliant concept, but more mirage than image. Now one of the most successful ...

Bruce W. Marcus - May 6, 2013
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Law Firm Marketing Advice from Famous Jacksons

With the Third Annual Super Marketing Conference in Boston mere weeks away, LOMAP's Jared Correia has lawyer marketing on the brain. The day-long conference is live at Suffolk University School of Law—and via webcast—May 16, but today the ...

Jared Correia - May 3, 2013
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