“Inbox Zero” means keeping your inbox empty or nearly empty at all times, thus reducing distraction and increasing efficiency. A key rule is that if you can respond to an email in less than two minutes, then do it immediately…
Every business travels upon a strong current, built of inertia. As work gets done, and as business picks up, ways to do things develop, and become processes -- even if those ways were never meant to be formalized processes, but…
Many new lawyers I talk to are reluctant to start blogging, even as it’s a tremendous content marketing tool that is one of the best ways for lawyers to build their expertise, and their following. A variant of the same,…
The popular Mac Lovin' fest is back this October 23-25 at Disney’s Yacht Club Resort. If you use (or are thinking about using) Mac or iOS products in your law practice, this conference is for you. MILOfest is an outgrowth…
Regardless of the different techniques and services you might use to manage your Outlook Inbox, there will come a day when you amass too many messages in your Inbox and thereby lose track of your unread messages. When that happens,…
I consider myself an agnostic, as battles get fought between the ultimate utility of Apple versus Microsoft products. I use Windows products at work, and have a PC laptop at home; but, I also have an iPad (and have had…
This summer, Boston is the place to be for legal conferences, with a number of major organizations invading, in support of significant events. The Association for Continuing Legal Education (ACLEA), the National Association of Bar Executives (NABE) and the American…
I recently came across this first person account of a man who tied his work-required password changes to personal, life goals. Following a divorce, the struggling author changed his password to: ‘Forgive@h3r’. After typing the passphrase over and over again,…
It seems like more and more lawyers are interested in joining Twitter. If you’re one of them, you’ll want to start strong, because a lot of people don’t. Here are five tips for starting your journey from Twitter beginner to…
June 5th marked MassLOMAP’s fourth annual Super Marketing Conference in Boston. Marketing experts traveled across the continent to provide their knowledge on marketing trends, ethical use of social media, importance of customer service, search engine optimization, analyzing return on investment,…