A search for helpful blogs on any topic can be difficult due to the ever growing number of blogs. This seems especially true in the area of legal marketing where coaches and consultants are looking for a way to standout…
Almost every day there is a lawyer in Massachusetts who must deal with a disaster at the office which has caused the loss of paper files, electronic files, and sometimes the attorney’s very business. I was again reminded of the…
When I speak to attorneys about law office management issues we often are discussing how the attorney can gain control of the practice (client lists, deadlines and ticklers) and gain control of their time. The simplest way to accomplish both…
What is the one disaster that your practice will inevitably have to deal with? Not fire, not water damage, and not a hurricane. Rather, you will inevitably suffer the complete failure of a computer hard-drive that contains critical electronic files.…
MS Outlook for Business published a tip on how to automatically add individuals to your safe senders list when you send that person an e-mail. You can thereby avoid having the reply e-mail sent to your Outlook Junk Folder where…
When I review attorneys' document filing systems, I often find that the case documents are not sorted by type, and are not placed in chronological order. Often critical documents are not indexed and tabbed in a manner that allows the…
As I stated in my last post about Google, I use various Google products all the time. The following are additional favorites.iGoogle with tabs (Free). I start with iGoogle because it gives me an integrated, customized location to control the…
I recently attended the American Bar Association's Law Practice Management Section Meeting in Santa Fe, New Mexico, which focused on Living a Life in the Law. A panel discussion by attorneys Jamie Spannhake, Mark Komer, of Santa Fe, Ed Flitton,…
DOING MORE WITH GOOGLEI admit it! iGoogle has taken over my life. Let me tell you why this site is my number one home page. First, we all know its power as a search engine. But, do you know how…
Some attorneys hold that “there is no bad business,” or feel compelled to adhere to the “I-don’t-turn-down-business” imperative in order to keep their practices going. This practice may, however, lead to financial difficulties and/or working long, uncompensated hours. A successful…