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By Andrew Flusche

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Last Entry: February 18, 2011 at 22:57:54

Biggest Jerk Award Goes to LexisNexis

Posted on August 30, 2008
It’s funny how some big companies just don’t understand the internet. And it’s infuriating when they breach simple rules of netiquette. LexisNexis wins the Biggest Jerk Award today. I linked to Lexis I wrote an article (Lunch, Break, and Hour Laws) over a year ago that linked to one of Lexis’ products...

Important Webinar to Protect Your Business

Posted on August 27, 2008
Are you a business owner? Are you considering starting a business? Don’t miss my next webinar! I’m going to teach a select group of people important techniques to reduce their liability. You’ll learn to: - Insulate your business - Buy the right insurance - Follow corporate formalities - And protect your family You’ll get a one-hour interactive webinar with me, a licensed attorney...

7 Tips for Cheap College Books

Posted on August 23, 2008
I recently wrote about buying cheap college books by shopping online. (For cheap online books, I recommend Bookbyte.) But there are many more options for you to find cheap books and save on your overall book costs. Here are just a few of the choices available for cheap college books...

Selling Books Online - Find the Best Price

Posted on August 21, 2008
I love selling books online (basic process, maximize cash, buy cheap books). In fact, my wife just prepared three boxes of books to send off for over $200. Cash! Selling books online is easy Yep, it’s really a piece of cake. My favorite book buyback site is Bookbyte...

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Branding Strategy Should Be Consistent

Posted on August 18, 2008
Is your branding strategy consistent? BMW of Charlottesville certainly doesn’t have a consistent branding strategy. Their courtesy vehicle is a Honda. Do you see a problem here? Consistent branding If I owned a car dealership, all vehicles on the premises would be of the type I sold...

Get a DYMO Labeler for Productivity

Posted on August 16, 2008
I don’t know where I’d be without my DYMO labeler. Actually, I know that I’d be buried under piles of papers that weren’t filed away. Simply put, this gadget is awesome! A labeler can boost your productivity, whether you’re a student, a stay at home mom, or a busy professional...

Reduce Clutter by Scanning Documents

Posted on August 16, 2008
If you’re running a business, you probably have lots of paperwork. But with today’s document technologies, it doesn’t have to be that way. One easy way to handle paperwork is to scan your documents into digital files. These can be easily organized, retrieved, and manipulated on your computer...

My New Legal Column at Home Office Warrior

Posted on August 16, 2008
If you run a home based business (or just work out of your home sometimes), you should check out my new column over at Home Office Warrior. My good friend, Grant Griffiths of G2 Web Media, runs Home Office Warrior, and he came up with the idea of an “Ask Legal Andrew” weekly feature...

Solo by Choice by Carolyn Elefant Gives Great Advice!

Posted on August 11, 2008
Buy now for $40.50 Are you a brand new attorney, wanting to hang up your shingle? Or maybe you’ve been working at BigLaw for 10 years, and you want to start your own firm. If you are thinking about being a solo attorney, you need to read Solo by Choice by Carolyn Elefant...

Cheap College Books - NOT at Campus Bookstore

Posted on August 10, 2008
College and graduate school classes are starting soon. Have you bought your books? If not, don’t use the campus bookstore. You can find cheap college books in many places, other than the single store your university is hoping you’ll use. Since you’re already living on a shoestring budget, you need to save money wherever possible...

Free Business Card Ideas on Flickr

Posted on August 09, 2008
I absolutely love business card ideas. I will soon be hiring a local design firm to create my logo and come up with some spiffy business cards. So it’s time to start hunting for examples of business cards that I like. If you’re looking for some quick, free business card inspiration, I highly recommend [...

Business Referral Network - Should I Join BNI?

Posted on August 08, 2008
Business networking is the key to a strong client base. But where do business networking groups fit into that picture? I’d love your thoughts. Business referral networking Business referral networking takes “meeting people” to a higher level...

Lunch Labor Laws - Federal and State

Posted on August 06, 2008
My original post on lunch break laws still remains one of the most popular articles on this blog. Many people are highly interested in lunch labor laws, as evidenced by the 98 comments that are still being posted. Lunch labor laws affect us all If you’re human, you have to eat...

Legal Documents from Real Deals

Posted on August 05, 2008
If you need a legal document, you’re best option is to call an attorney. But what if you can’t afford to hire one? RealDealDocs provides a searchable database of millions of legal documents. They claim to get the documents from public company filings, index them, and put them on their website...

Easy Male Haircut - Remington Shortcut Review

Posted on August 05, 2008
Buy for $34.99 I’ve been cutting my own hair for several years. I used to use a standard hair clipper with a #1 blade guard. When it broke last week, I set out to find new hair clippers. A few Google searches brought up the Remington Shortcut...

Get $100 of Free Facebook Advertising

Posted on August 02, 2008
Have you tried Facebook advertising yet? What if I told you that you could get a $100 coupon for Facebook Ads? The process is quite simple, and it’s completely legit. You can use the $100 coupon to try out the Facebook Ad system and see if it can work for your business...

Extreme SEO - Keyword Business Address

Posted on August 02, 2008
If you’re like most entrepreneurs today, you want the absolute most SEO you can get. You either learn how to do it yourself, or you hire an SEO firm to handle it. Here’s a new SEO idea for you: Have your office on a street that contains one of your keywords...

Have Your Finances Prepared Before a Disaster

Posted on July 31, 2008
This is a guest post by Tisha Kulak. If you would like to write a guest post, email me. With the increase of natural disasters around the country, it is just as important to have your finances in order as it is to have an emergency evacuation plan and sufficient insurance...

IRS Problems? Fouts Touts Help!

Posted on July 18, 2008
My wonderful wife, Nicole Flusche, wrote this post. April 15 has come and gone for 2008, and for many Americans that means the panic that is part and parcel with filing tax returns has subsided ? for now. However, in the current economic downturn some Americans are still struggling with the IRS...

Free Software - Vista, Photoshop, or VMware

Posted on July 06, 2008
Would you like some free software? How about Windows Vista Ultimate, Photoshop CS3, or VMware Workstation 6? BA Software will give it to you! I’ve been trying to find the catch to this offer, but I can’t. It looks legit, so I’m giving it a try...

Productivity for Students - Slick New Blog

Posted on June 18, 2008
If you’re a student looking to improve your productivity, read on! A Legal Andrew reader just notified me about a slick blog for all the students out there. It’s The Productive Student. Honestly, when I received Arjun’s email, I thought the blog would be just another boring, stale-template website...

Need a Loan to Finance Your Lawsuit?

Posted on June 13, 2008
Litigation isn’t cheap. Anyone who has gone through a lengthy lawsuit can tell you that the costs and expenses of litigation easily spiral into thousands of dollars. Without funding, lawsuits can’t happen. By no means am I encouraging frivolous litigation, but lawsuits can be necessary to protect and advance your rights...

New Business Card Ideas

Posted on June 11, 2008
A reader responded to my article about law student business cards, and she asked some very thoughtful questions. In fact, there are some good ideas here for everyone to consider. Business card and address First of all, should your business card contain your address? Let me answer that question with a question: Does it need to? When [...

Fastcase Customer Service - The CEO Called

Posted on June 08, 2008
I wrote the other day about a customer service snafu I encountered with the legal research company called Fastcase. They definitely redeemed themselves! The day after my post went up, the Fastcase CEO called me. He had read my post and wanted to see how he could resolve the situation...

Reward Customers with? Deactivation?!

Posted on June 04, 2008
What if you found a company that provides a product you love? In fact, you love it so much, that you come in to buy it several times every day. But the company’s security has a policy to prevent shoplifting: any patrons who enter the store more than once per day are automatically locked out...

I?m on Zen Habits - Thanks Leo!

Posted on May 29, 2008
Thanks to my great friend, I have a guest post over at Zen Habits. Check it out: 8 Frugal Tips for Legal Matters. I’d love a Digg!: Digg the story. I sent an email to friends and family three weeks ago when I was laid off. I wanted to let everyone know that my solo [...

Good Luck With Bar Exam Studying!

Posted on May 23, 2008
Now that May is almost over, thousands of law school graduates across the country are buckling down to study for the dreaded bar exam. To all of you, I say: good luck! I just got some unsettling reader feedback, where one bar exam taker said she was already stressed out and my website made her [...

Lessons Learned by Being Laid Off

Posted on May 20, 2008
On Friday, May 9, one of the vice presidents walked into my office and fired me. Little did I know that I was the second casualty of five (10% of the staff) to be laid off on that Black Friday. I’m headed to a better life with my own solo law firm...

Our Two Wisest Purchases - Multitasker and Unitasker

Posted on May 18, 2008
I always like to reflect on things we have bought over the years and think if they were worth buying. Luckily my wife has gotten into the purging mood, so we have made several donation trips to Goodwill lately. I wanted to highlight two purchases that I think were exceptionally smart...

Support Local Businesses with Google Maps

Posted on May 08, 2008
Do you like supporting local businesses? Most people do. We should all take pride in the unique things that make our neighborhoods home. But did you know that you can use Google Maps to support them? No more yellow pages I keep trying to convince my wife that we can throw out the paper [...

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