I recently had the distinct pleasure of contributing three guest posts to Alison Monahan’s ‘The Girl's Guide to Law School’. (I’m not sure Alison quite wanted three posts; but, that's what I wrote, and that is what she probably felt…
My monthly contribution to Clio’s (award-winning) Small Firm Innovation group blog (on the January theme of ‘measuring goals’) is a thinly-veiled pep talk for those who may believe that failures are the final word, with recourse to some of my…
Every self-proclaimed expert out there is telling everyone who asks, and who will listen, that the way to true happiness = business success, is to similarly proclaim expertise -- hence, the proliferation of thrown-around terms like ‘guru’, ‘visionary’, the aforementioned…
My monthly contribution to Clio’s (award-winning) Small Firm Innovation group blog (on the December theme of ‘end of the year financial lesson(s)’) sees me channeling my inner George Bailey (--George, Why must you torture the children?--) to say that, maybe,…
Twitter represents a potentially explosive marketing opportunity for lawyers and law firms; but, even in small bursts of 140 characters each, you must be careful to appropriately tag your tweets, in order to get the maximum effect for what you…
You know how when your favorite shows are just going along, being your favorite shows . . . and then, out of nowhere: a clip show. (The most egregious example being Seinfeld’s finale/clip show endovaganza. What a flaming disaster.) And,…
A little while back, I wrote a two-part tome on social media marketing. (Part I is accessible here. Part II is available here.) Maybe you’re still reading it. You can stop now. The short series was theoretical, but inspired by…
Today marks the near beginning of the 2010 National Pro Bono Celebration, ongoing for the remainder of this week, and sponsored by the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Pro Bono and Public Service. The Celebration is meant to highlight…
This late August, Rocket Matter, purveyors of legal productivity software (or, “practice management software”, as we frequently refer to it here), launched a new blog, labeled, aptly (see, I wasn’t kidding): “Legal Productivity”.The Legal Productivity blog promises much and many…
Try finding a wireless signal in Iowa, in south central Iowa, to boot (a bit different from south central L.A., but still), secured or otherwise. (No, I’m not going to buy an aircard, it’s just not that important to me.)…