Business Development

I have had the pleasure of being part of Ignite Phoenix for the past two years. I spoke at Ignite Phoenix 5 and have volunteered at almost every Ignite event since. Each event features 18 speakers, and each speaker gets five minutes and 20 ...

Standing next to a projector in your best Sunday suit and speaking to a crowd through a microphone doesn’t necessarily make you an effective public speaker. We’ve all suffered through presentations that should never have made the big time. ...

LinkedIn is reportedly the most popular business social networking site used by lawyers. A recent BTI Consulting report shows that nearly 70 percent of corporate counsel use LinkedIn, and that 38 percent of them rely on LinkedIn for activities ...

It’s 3 a.m. on a wet Sunday morning and Micheal O’Shea is a worried man. Fifteen minutes ago he was breathalyzed by the road traffic police on the drive home from his sister’s 40th birthday party and, well, he might have had one or two too many. ...

Online advice and recommendations are proving as important as personal word-of-mouth referrals, and a new study from Cone shows the former can derail the latter. Most people will rely on online information as confirmation before retaining a ...

That article or white paper opportunity that seemed like a great way to enhance your reputation three months ago starts to spark panic attacks as the deadline looms. You know what you want to say, and have a file-folder full of notes and ...

People don’t want to be sold something. They want to buy. So don’t try to cross-sell your clients. Instead, cross-market and educate them. It’s not rocket science. Here's how to do it.

So you passed the bar. CONGRATULATIONS! Now you are a real lawyer. After the pain and torment of law school and the nerve-jangling business of studying for the bar, you’d think this would be a good time to relax and regroup—and ease slowly into ...

Want to build your law practice? Then the first thing you want to do is get a little bit famous. And one route to fame is getting your byline in print and pixels. To all who just muttered, “Yeah, but that’s nearly impossible,” oh no, it isn’t! ...

Even though you went to law school and have spent your career so far practicing law, the truth is, you actually run your own small business—regardless of the size of your firm. And while you may like to think of your practice as a runs-itself ...