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Why the Solo Choice? - Solo Practice University E-zine Celebrates 1st Anniversary

Posted on December 15, 2008
With the holidays coming and the New Year almost upon us I thought I would let you see one of the very first newsletters subscribers to the Solo Practice University E-zine receive. You may just relate:I'm a big believer in...

"Tip of the Week" - Use Blog Commenting Wisely

Posted on December 14, 2008
What are you hoping to achieve when you comment on a blog? Is it to continue a conversation with an author because they have engaged you and inspired you to answer? Is it because the blog has high traffic and...

When Pricing Your Legal Services, Understand Your Clients

Posted on December 10, 2008
Today, I learned that after 22 1/2 years at AT & T my brother was being laid off from his management position. He was two and a half years away from his pension. He was given one year's salary as...

Social Media - The Good, The Bad, and the Time-Sucking (Part II)

Posted on December 08, 2008
This post is a follow up to my previous post: 'Do You Have A Social Media Strategy? The Good, The Bad, and the Time Sucking".I'm a relative newbie in digital media (what most call social media). I won't pretend I...

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"Tip of the Week" Don't Know How to Handle Received Business Cards?

Posted on December 07, 2008
Just discovered an amazingly efficient tool that can make your life easier - Shoeboxed. Shoeboxed is very cool if you have problems managing all the data you know you need to enter into your programs for future use. You keep...

Going Solo; Confessions & Inspirations - Stacey M. Washington

Posted on December 04, 2008
This chapter of Going Solo; Confessions & Inspirations is brought to you by Michigan Attorney, Stacey M. Washington. Her story is intimate and honest and one I think many will relate to.... whether they want to or not. Guest Blogger...

A List of Great Blogs I Read - Take the Challenge

Posted on December 02, 2008
There are a phenomenal number of great blogs out there and the idea there should be a top 100 somehow strikes me as odd. Don't get me a wrong. I am flattered once, again, to have been selected to be...

Time to Vote For the Winner of the Free Lifetime Scholarship to Solo Practice University

Posted on December 01, 2008
In celebration of my birthday and the two year anniversary of Build A Solo Practice I decided to run a contest to give away another free lifetime scholarship to Solo Practice University. Between December 1st and December 21st you, the...

'Marketing' Defined - It's Not a Dirty Word.

Posted on December 01, 2008
"If a young man tells his date she's intelligent, looks lovely, and is a great conversationalist, he's saying the right things to the right person and that's marketing. If the young man tells his date how handsome, smart and successful...

What We REALLY Need To Be Thankful For This Holiday

Posted on November 26, 2008
I was e-mailed this truly incredible photographer taken in 1918 of 18,000 troops at Camp Dodge in Iowa as they prepared to go off to war. I will let the picture speak for itself:

"Tip of the Week" - The Importance of Perspective

Posted on November 23, 2008
There once was a Taoist farmer. One day the Taoist farmer?s only horse broke out of the corral and ran away. The farmer?s neighbors, all hearing of the horse running away, came to the Taoist farmer's house to view the...

Going Solo; Confessions and Inspirations - Elaine Martin

Posted on November 20, 2008
This is a wonderful, honest and uplifting story....just in time for Thanksgiving. Guest Blogger - Elaine Martin Why I went solo. I blame Croatia. Or perhaps I should say that I thank Croatia. Just over a year ago, I was...

Now Is NOT the Time For Blind Faith - It is A Time For Thoughtful Action

Posted on November 17, 2008
This post is about recession and the solo practitioner. It's long. It's important. Don't skim. Bookmark and read when you have the time to fully absorb. There is no sugar-coating. It may annoy you. I'm a realistic optimist. But I...

In Honor of Our 2nd Birthday I Have A Valuable Prize To Award

Posted on November 10, 2008
I can't believe today marks the 2nd anniversary of Build A Solo Practice. (And it's actually my birthday, too!!!) So much has happened in these two years. Nearly 800 posts, 1300 comments, the creation of Solo Practice University E-zine on...

"Tip of the Week" - Are You Listed in the Just Tweet It 'Law' Directory?

Posted on November 09, 2008
If you aren't tweeting you should be. But if you are, you need to get listed in the Just Tweet It Law Directory for both free advertising and networking opportunities. The Just Tweet It directory allows you to display your...

Law Firm Training Programs and Other Fractured Fairy Tales

Posted on November 06, 2008
In Jim Hassett's Legal Business Development Blog we learn something rather astonishing (not) about the real agenda of law schools and law firms. This month?s meeting of the Boston Legal Business Development Roundtable (Choate, Goodwin Procter, Goulston, Holland & Knight,...

Do You Have A Social Media Strategy? The Good, The Bad and The Time-Sucking

Posted on November 03, 2008
Not too long ago I wrote a post discussing the term Technoshock. And in it was the following quote: By way of a blog post from The Great American Lawyer quoting Dennis Kennedy's popular blog comes a very valid statement:"by...

"Tip of the Week" - Do You Have A Gravatar

Posted on November 01, 2008
A gravatar, or globally recognized avatar, is quite simply an avatar image that follows you from weblog to weblog appearing beside your name when you comment on gravatar enabled sites. Avatars help identify your posts on web forums, so why...

Will Bartering Legal Services For Chickens Come Back In Vogue?

Posted on October 31, 2008
I've gotten to seriously thinking about this. Will bartering for legal services come back or simply become more prevalent given economic times are going to get more and more challenging? The first people didn't buy goods from other people with...

Did I Really Hear This Radio Ad By A Law School?

Posted on October 29, 2008
Just today I heard an ad on CBS news radio for Touro Law Center. I wanted to jump for joy but nearly drove into a tree instead because I was so giddy. The radio spot (and I'm paraphrasing) said:All law...

This Week We Begin Announcing Our Faculty At Solo Practice University

Posted on October 27, 2008
If you haven't been following Solo Practice University? up to now, you may want to start as this week we beginning announcing our outstanding faculty. Read this post our subscribers received two weeks ago: Beginning the week of October 27th...

Still Fantasizing About That Big Law Job? Snap Out Of It!

Posted on October 26, 2008
According to the ABA, 2009 will see nearly 44,000 fresh-faced law school grads carrying an average debt load of about $73,000 in loan debt. "...... only a small fraction will land the big firm job, leaving the rest to wonder...

"Tip of the Week" - Are you E-billing Your Clients?

Posted on October 26, 2008
H/T to Enrico Schaefer of The Greatest American Lawyer for this blog post where he discusses how beneficial it is to e-bill clients when he asks the question, "Why Wouldn't You Send Your Clients Their Bill By E-mail?".Even large players...

Are You An Ape Climbing A Ladder To Get A Banana?

Posted on October 24, 2008
Jordan Furlong, my favorite 'editor' on the internet because he is just so progressive and right about so many things in the legal profession, wrote a great post called 'Dispelling the Myths of Lawyer Education". Relating this true story (or...

THIS is Why Solos Must Learn Technology and Think Globally

Posted on October 22, 2008
This short video shows you in dramatic terms why you must be on the internet in your marketing and social media efforts and why you must think globally.... even if you have a small town practice. http://snurl.com/4m0toUnfortunately, I cannot locate...

A Possible New Advertising Venue for Lawyers?

Posted on October 22, 2008
Not too long ago I posted about what we all could learn about marketing from the presidential elections. Because it focused on Obama's marketing campaign, its laser-focus on a specific demographic and its successful execution, I got some flak as...

Is Now The Perfect Time To Start Your Solo Practice?

Posted on October 20, 2008
The short answer: Yes. I'm totally aware of the inner hysteria most people are feeling about our economy, needing to take a Valium before they open their 401k statement this month. Watching your property taxes increase while your home value...

"Tip of the Week" - Backtype

Posted on October 18, 2008
While your favorite bloggers may write scintillating posts which you can't wait to read, now you get to see what they are saying on the blogs they read. There is a new application on the block that will make following...

Going Solo; Confessions & Inspirations - Joshua Andrews

Posted on October 17, 2008
This next guest blogger's type of practice is an idea whose time has come. Joshua Andrews loves doing legal work and doing the work for other lawyers as an associate. But at the same time he knows unequivocally he must...

Lawyer Directories are Proving Worthless

Posted on October 16, 2008
With advertising/marketing dollars scarce you may want to reconsider any paid (and some unpaid) lawyer directories as the return on investment (ROI) is stunningly only 3%. Larry Bodine, in a post titled " Only 3% of Legal Work is Influenced...

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