Four Score: Keep Your Practice Moving
Most often, I only have one good idea for Attorney at Work at a time; this mid- to late summer, however, I’m quadrupling up. (Fore!) I’ve recently had posted to the Attorney at Work site four of my very best…
Fee Simple, Part 2: Priced to Sell
As we discussed in the previous installment of this short series: most attorneys settle when it comes to their rates. By and large, lawyers will determine a pricing model based on what ‘they’ve heard to be good’, without putting much…
Fee Simple, Part 1: Revoke + Revise
Is fee setting simple? No. But, these days, I’m hearkening back to classes in Property Law, during this just post-bar exam period. I probably knew at one point, but I can no longer recall, what the difference between a fee…
Use Twitter to Learn About Prospective Clients, Employers and Contacts
This week’s Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyers E-Journal Law Practice Management Section Featured Practice Tip comes from LOMAP. This week's Tip offers some suggestions for using Twitter to learn more about professional contacts.Read the Tip here.
Tweet Me Right: A Primer for Developing Relationships and Clients through Twitter
Lately, I’ve been writing a lot for other entities. (I know, I know. This is sort of lame; but, hey, I’m only one man . . . I can only write so much. However, I can promise that I will…
Law Practice Management Software: A Scheduled Tickler
I’ve chosen to broadcast my one really good idea for the month of May through Attorney at Work. Yup, there’s only one . . . and they have it.This month, I make a, somewhat contained (not constrained), follow-up to a…
Open Up: Getting the Word Out About a New Practice
This week’s Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyers E-JournalLaw Practice Management Section Featured Practice Tip comes from LOMAP. This week's Tip offers three quick suggestions for marketing the new law firm.Read the Tip here.
Sequel: LOMAP and the Massachusetts Bar Association Co-Host Annual Marketing Conference
We had so much fun doing last year’s first annual LOMAP’s Super Marketing Conference, that we’ve decided on another go at it. LOMAP’s Super Marketing Conference II will take place June 19, 2012, at the Massachusetts Bar Association in downtown…
Mixed Messages: Keep Your Personal and Professional Profiles Separate on Social Media
Last week’s Massachusetts Bar Association Lawyers E-Journal Law Practice Management Section Featured Practice Tip came from LOMAP. Last week's Tip asserted the primary importance of dividing your business and personal personae online.Read the Tip here.
Book Review: Nicole Black's Cloud Computing for Lawyers
Writing for lawyers on technical topics must be a challenge. A reader might be aware of the technology and its significance and uses, and looking for practical implementation advice. And, of course, a reader might have nothing more than a…