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Why Your Blog Sucks

"Why Your Blog Sucks and What to Do About It" is Sam Glover's topic at the upcoming Lawyernomics 2013 conference. We talked with Sam last week to get a preview, and to learn a bit more about how wrong lawyer blogs can be. If you blog, or if ...

The Editors - March 1, 2013
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Online Commentary: The Good, the Spam and the Ugly

On the one hand, the social Internet has become perhaps the most revolutionary communications tool in human history. On the other, it has also been called "a shallow and unreliable electronic repository of dirty pictures, inaccurate rumors, bad ...

Gyi Tsakalakis - February 25, 2013
Help: How Can We Guard Against Cyber-Attacks?

Today is the first in a new edition of "Ask the Experts" produced in collaboration with the Association of Legal Administrators. ALA told us that one of the most troubling issues on law firm managers’ desks right now is ...

The Editors - February 21, 2013
Personalize Your Message

If there is one thing I know to be true about lawyer marketing, it is that you will get out of something what you put into it, and nothing more.

Sally J. Schmidt - February 19, 2013
Aren’t Websites a Thing of the Past?

In this edition of "Ask the Experts," three savvy members of the Legal Marketing Association take on the question, "I say that law firm websites are a thing of the past. They are nothing more than brochures. I’m trying to ...

The Editors - February 13, 2013
Gary Vaynerchuk: Find Your Social Media “Right Hook”

Last week, I had the absolute pleasure of speaking with social media entrepreneur and best-selling author Gary Vaynerchuk. If you haven’t read his book, The Thank You Economy, go read it. It’s fantastic. Gary —who has ...

Ruth Carter - February 12, 2013
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Save Random Sparks of Genius

I’ve talked about how to become a more productive and successful lawyer (and person) by leveraging David Allen’s time management system, Getting Things Done, and either Evernote or Springpad. In this post I am going to home in on the first ...

Daniel Gold - February 5, 2013
If You Build It, Will They Come?

Someone recently posed the following question on LinkedIn: Should a new solo attorney rent commercial space or work from home? The majority of respondents suggested she save her money and work from home. But it raised an interesting question. ...

Ruth Carter - February 4, 2013
Green Light, Yellow Light: Experts Signal Legal Technology Trends

With LegalTech New York this week and ABA TECHSHOW on the horizon, legal technology conference season is in full force—a little slice of heaven for technology lovers and PowerPoint geeks. But since the rest of us could probably use a little help ...

The Editors - February 1, 2013
Enterprising Lawyer: Matt Haverstick

Who are these “enterprising lawyers”? Actually, they are easy to spot. Look for the happier, more engaged lawyers. Deeply invested in the power of the work they do for their clients, they have ample interests beyond the practice of law as ...

The Editors - January 29, 2013
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