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Standing at a Podium as a Lawyer in Front of 100,000 People and Yelling My Marketing Message

Posted on October 09, 2008
Any lawyer would like to have an audience of 100,000 people per year who will listen to and see your marketing message. The local phone book certainly doesn?t provide this opportunity. The internet does. Over 100,000 unit visitors will have...

Center for Competitive Management Course: Increase Profitability Not Billable Hours

Posted on October 09, 2008
I am proud to be a faculty member for an upcoming 75-minute presentation offered through CCM (Center for Competitive Management). The course title is Revenue Purple Lawyer: Increase Profitability Not Billable Hours. The course is being offered with a money-back...

Digital Dictation Presentation: The Grand Traverse-Antrim-Leelanau Bar Association

Posted on October 08, 2008
I?m standing in front of a group of about 25 people doing a presentation on digital dictation. For those of you who follow the blog, you know that digital dictation is one of my favorite productivity tools. Here is the...

Inbox Activity Anxiety Syndrome: ?Receiving 1 of 120 messages?

Posted on October 06, 2008
Since getting our new Appriver.com Spam Service in place, the number of emails which hit my inbox on my Lenovo ThinkPad X61 Tablet PC has been reduced by probably something in the range of 85%. I recently posted about our...

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Sarah Palin vs. Joe Biden: Comedy! Drama! Horror!

Posted on October 03, 2008
I attended the coolest, most entertaining VP debate party last night with 500 other people at Traverse City's amazing State Theater. Note the sub-title of the big event! For those inside watching the debate, it was all of the above,...

The Measure of a Man Is the Size of His Junk Email Folder

Posted on October 02, 2008
You know you?ve been around the Internet for a long time - - a real player - - when the amount of spam you receive in a day eclipses the total of legitimate emails you receive in a week. Let?s...

This Week's Blawg Review #179

Posted on September 29, 2008
Read this week's Blawg Review being hosted by IP.com and published on thier Secruing Innovation blog.

Despite What They Say, Size Does Matter?

Posted on September 25, 2008
AIG, Bear Stearns, Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac?the list goes on. Company failures are now a regular experience. But what do all these companies have in common? I was listing to commentator on the radio who said, ?we were told that...

FIRST-YEAR LAW STUDENT RAP

Posted on September 18, 2008
He Needs One Less Worry ? He Needs 10g?s MC Lichtenstein's 1 Less Worry

Rethinking You Digital Dictation Strategy: Tips, Tricks, Software and Hardware

Posted on September 16, 2008
I recently wrote an article for Law Technology News which is republished on Law.com called Legal Dictation Needs to Talk Digital. Here is an excerpt: Cassette-based desktop dictation machines and portable hand-held cassette recorders using minicassette tapes have dominated the...

Cell Phones Can Distract ... And Kill: Metrolink Engineer May Have Been Texting In Deadly Train Crash

Posted on September 15, 2008
We all love to evangelize the benefits of technology. But sometimes we are reminded that technology, and especially cell phones, can be more than a nuisance and a distraction. On occasion, people distracted by their cell phones can cause injury...

I Wonder What Would Happen If Law Firms Focused More On Providing Quality Representation Rather Than Driving Billable Hours For Their New Associates?

Posted on September 11, 2008
OverFlow Legal just posted ?Six New Associates at Ford & Harrison Subjected to Dangerous Experiment! No Minimum Billable Hour Requirement? which is a story originally reported at Law.com. Ford & Harrison conducted an experiment with some young associates, dropping the...

Big Fight About Big Law: Are Law Students Really So Indoctrinated That They Think Prestige Can Only Be Found At Big Law?

Posted on September 08, 2008
A recent post ?Can You Really Learn To Be A Lawyer At Big Law: Small Law Firms Offer Experience You Can?t Get Tied To Desk? has generated a lot of commentary. One person going by the name of ?law student?...

Blawg Review 176

Posted on September 08, 2008
Here's the latest Blawg Review hosted by Hanna Hasl-Kelchner at Legalliteracy.com.

Interesting Blogpost Listing Top Ten Reasons to Use a Legal Extranet

Posted on September 08, 2008
This is a tremendous new blog that I had no idea existed. It is the ?Legal Extranet Blog.? There is a lot of great information here. As you know, Traverse Legal has used its legal extranet system as a complete...

Can You Really Learn To Be Lawyer At Big Law? Small Firms Offer Experience You Can?t Get Tied To A desk

Posted on September 04, 2008
Carolyn Elefant over at Myshingle.com has a great post called Everything You Need to Know to Succeed As An Associate, You Can Learn From Solo Practice. I started my career working for some of the largest and most prestigious law...

Should Professional Networking Be Part Of Your Marketing Strategy?

Posted on September 04, 2008
Tom Kane, at the Legal Marketing Blog, poses an interesting question in his recent blogpost called ?Should You Pay Attention To The Social Networking Craze??. Kane notes that social networking is exploding on the internet today as more and more...

Google?s Fascination with Digg

Posted on August 20, 2008
Some of you may know, Google has been considering a purchase of Digg.com, the popular pligg site. Google seems to be fascinated with a concept which Amazon learned long ago, end user ratings really do matter. The Google algorithm currently...

Blogging Basics: Starting Conversations and Building Relationships.

Posted on August 19, 2008
Leo Bottary over at the Client Service Insights blog has a great post on the importance of blogging. He notes two key benefits, conversation and relationships. Yes, it's true. Once you start writing your blog, others who write blogs will...

Flat Fee Billing is NOT Like This Guy Kiteboarding!

Posted on August 19, 2008
I regularly hear other lawyers say that they are afraid to bill flat fee on most matters. Our lawyers bill most everything as a flat fee, some (but not all) litigation matter excepted. Lawyers feel like they will loose control...

Death of A Blogger: Bill Patry (of Google) Hangs Up His Keyboard

Posted on August 13, 2008
William Patry of the Patry Copyright Blog has been a prolific and well respected blogger on copyright issues for over four years. Today, he decided to stop blogging. His loss will be felt across the blogosphere. I have decided to...

RSS Feeds Are Changing The Way Lawyers And Law Students Learn About The Law

Posted on August 11, 2008
Most people who spend any time on the internet know what an RSS feed is. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RSS_(file_format): ?RSS is a family of Web feed formats used to publish frequently updated content such as blog entries, news headlines, and podcasts in a...

The Power of Iteration

Posted on August 08, 2008
Improvements in process in the technology age come by way of iteration. The guts of every company are a series of contemporaneous and non-synchronous intermittent processes. In the industrial age, success was in many instances driven by perseverance. Iteration is...

One Law School Student Asks How One Becomes An Internet Lawyer

Posted on July 30, 2008
I received an email the other day from a law student who asks: I am a 3rd year law student at [deleted] law school in Lansing. ... I find the area of law in which you practice particularly fascinating. The...

Lawyers Who Fail To Incorporate The Latest Technologies Will Be Left Behind

Posted on July 30, 2008
Stephen Nipper over at the Invent Blog has an interesting post ?Are attorneys (on average) lacking in basic technical skills?? "It is surprising to most people, but attorneys tend to be late adopters of technology. I think it is a...

Alleged Hourly Billing Fraud against Wilmer Law Firm: This Is What Happens When Legal Budgets Are Not Reviewed and Approved Ahead of Time by the Client

Posted on July 29, 2008
My friend Patrick Lamb over at the In Search Of Perfect Client Service blog has an interesting post ?Both Sides: You Reap What You Sow.? Patrick is commenting on an article at law.com noting McAfee Sues WilmerHale for over $12...

Are Traditional Retainer Agreements Outdated?

Posted on July 29, 2008
Carolyn Elefant over at the MyShingle blog has an interesting post and related links concerning well-drafted retainer agreements. It is true that in personal injury cases, retainer agreements remain critically important if you wish to collect your fee...

Voicemail Has Become More of a Burden than an Asset

Posted on July 29, 2008
I have long hated just about everything concerning voicemail. Fundamentally, I still don?t understand why I should have to push multiple buttons, codes and selections to get my voicemail. I want my voicemail when I want it. I should be...

One of my Favorite Interviews: Alan Drewsen from the INTA

Posted on July 22, 2008
As I was reading back through some old blog posts, I stumbled across this Vtalk Radio interview sponsored by my firm Traverse Legal, PLC of Alan Drewsen, the executive director of the International Trademark Association (INTA). As many of you...

Large Law Firms Can?t Compete with Small Law Firms

Posted on July 22, 2008
Here is an interesting post from the eBiz Insider titled ?Why ?SMALL? is BIG in E-commerce?. I have often said that small law firms have a tremendous advantage in the current market because the can deploy technology and rework their...

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