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Virtual Worker Recap

Posted on April 17, 2008
Since we are going to be having some upcoming posts on virtual workers, we thought we would recap our best posts on virtual workers over the last 3 ½ years. As you know, there are tremendous benefits to incorporating a...

Introducing Virtual Paralegal Lisa Gibson

Posted on April 17, 2008
I received an email from Paralegal Lisa Gibson the other day concerning possible virtual paralegal positions. As mentioned in this previous post, we will now be promoting any virtual worker in the legal industry who's got their own website. If...

Virtual Paralegals for Hire

Posted on April 17, 2008
As you all know, I'm a big fan of virtual workers. Every month, we get dozens of emails and unsolicited résumés from virtual paralegals, law clerks and even lawyers who wish to work for our firm. There is no question...

The Relationship between Quality and Origination

Posted on April 10, 2008
Every law firm has to grapple with the issue of bringing in new clients, and starting new projects for existing clients. For the purposes of this post, I will refer to both concepts as origination. Origination can occur in a...

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Blawg Review #154

Posted on April 10, 2008
Read the current issue of Blawg Review hosted by David Harlow's at Health Care Law Blawg.

Google Says You Are An Expert

Posted on March 26, 2008
I was giving a presentation last night to a group of college students in a marketing class. We were talking about internet marketing and the use of blogs to show off your expertise. The discussion gravitated towards the issue of...

Cost-Certainty is the Number One Factor Driving Clients towards Flat Fee Billing.

Posted on March 24, 2008
We are currently involved in some fairly complex Anticybersquatting Protection Act litigation across the country. We?ve been closely monitoring the hourly bills (we sometimes start litigation on an hourly basis until we see where it?s going). The client is an...

The Power of a Good Vacation

Posted on March 20, 2008
I just returned from a ten-day vacation to Colorado with family. We went resort skiing, I went on a Backcountry 10th Mountain Division Hut Trip and then spent some time in Boulder with friends. I think we constantly underestimate the...

Solo by Choice

Posted on February 19, 2008
One of my favorite bloggers Carolyn Elefant over at the MyShingle.com blog has written a wonderful new book called ?Solo by Choice.? I just received a copy of the book last week and look forward to reading it. I did...

With an Extranet, Communication Has Never Been So Easy.

Posted on February 12, 2008
I was recently reading an article in the January/February 2008 ABA GP Solo Magazine (Volume 25, Number 1) by Timothy J. Gephart entitled ?Malpractice: What We Have Here is a Failure to Communicate.? The article does a great job of...

The Donald Says: Never Give Up!

Posted on February 10, 2008
You might recall my son Echo's poem about perseverance last week. Looks like Donald Trump is following the GAL blog. :-) Wealth-Protecting Tactics of the Ultra-Rich - Inside Trump Tower : With the Right Mindset, You Can Overcome Any Problem.Don't...

A Fully Integrated Blog into a Law Firm Web Site

Posted on February 05, 2008
I?ve been busy these last six weeks working with graphic designers and web developers on our new law firm web site with a fully integrated blog. As those of you who have been following the firm know, we have in...

Blawg Review # 145

Posted on February 04, 2008
Read this week's blawg review by Dan Hull at the What About Clients? blog.

If The Number '5' License Plate is Worth $6.8 Million, What Is Your Domain Name Worth?

Posted on February 04, 2008
The number "5" license plate sold for $6.8 million dollars in Saudi Arabia and another 300 vanity plates sold for another $56 million at last week's auction. It is estimated that the number "1" will be auctioned next month for...

You Know You Work For A Great Firm When ..

Posted on February 01, 2008
... you decide it is time to leave, the firm says something like this, as reported at teh WSJ Law Blog. Herman?s departure ends his 16-year relationship with Woody Jameson, the head of Duane Morris?s IP group. Yesterday he waxed...

Will the Recession Hit Legal Services?

Posted on February 01, 2008
One of my favorite bloggers is Gerry Riskin over at the Amazing Firms Amazing Practices blog. Gerry recently posted a wonderful article about ?Seven Key Strategic Factors in Order to Recession-proof the firm.? I have never understood whether recessions are...

Inspiring Other Lawyers to Blog

Posted on February 01, 2008
As mentioned in this recent post, I recently did a presentation for my local Bar Association on technology issues. I?ve been so focused on changing the way law is practiced across the country, that I haven?t spent much time working...

Fulfill Your Potential

Posted on January 29, 2008
I have never presumed myself to know much about anything. I don?t pretend with myself. I don?t pretend with my children. All the greatest mysteries in life are to be discovered on an individual basis. But I do try and...

They Don?t Call Me Nothin? for Nothin?

Posted on January 29, 2008
My youngest Son Apollo, who is five, had a great quote the other day that I wanted to share. He said, ?They don?t call me nothin? for nothin?.? Now, I?m not so sure why these words struck me as so...

Blogging: What Do You Have to Lose?

Posted on January 28, 2008
Today I overheard two businessmen talking about advertising. Both of them were unhappy with the amount of response to their latest advertisements. One mentioned that he advertised via cable television while the other advertised exclusively in print media, including magazines,...

This Blog is My Blog, This Blog is Your Blog

Posted on January 28, 2008
Enrico, Mark, and I met last week to discuss our blogging efforts. We all agreed that publishing content to our blogs and on other online trade journals are extremely important. Not only does it allow us to broadcast our expertise...

As Bad as Hourly Billing is for Clients, It?s worse for Lawyers.

Posted on January 25, 2008
I?m a member of the Grand Traverse Bar Association for Grand Traverse, Antrim and Leelanau Counties for the State of Michigan. I spoke at a seminar last week to a handful of local lawyers about technology and innovation. I have...

# 1 Tech Tip For Lawyers-Copernic

Posted on January 25, 2008
I recently gave a presentation to the Grand Traverse-Leelanau-Antrim Bar Association about my top ten tech tips. It was a difficult assignment since I have so many tech tips that it was difficult to narrow it down to ten. What...

Equals in Opportunity

Posted on January 25, 2008
One of the interesting things we have done is to provide each partner an incentive to participate in each case. We continue to emphasize an equality of opportunity. Instead of the best cases be hoarded by one or two attorneys,...

Updated Design for GAL

Posted on January 24, 2008
I have updated my design. What do you think?

Becoming an Expert in the Internet Era

Posted on January 21, 2008
It used to be you had to go to school to learn stuff. Why? Because they had the books and the experts which could teach you the things you wanted to know. If you wanted to become an expert on trademark law, you had to go to law school, work your way through the system until you were able to take electives for intellectual property, buy the book which contained the principles in the cases and listen to the expert professor walk you through each doctrine...

Thinking about Technology

Posted on January 16, 2008
I?m doing a presentation on technology right now to our local Bar Association. I have to say; even thinking about technology gets me incredibly excited. Do I love technology more than law?

Blawg Review # 142:

Posted on January 14, 2008
Check out this week's Blawg Review here at Build A Solo Practice.

Word of Mouth Marketing

Posted on January 07, 2008
Kevin O?Keefe over at Real Lawyers Have Blogs picked up on our thread about blogging with a post called "Word of mouth gets lawyers their best work: Spend Internet marketing dollars there." Kevin picked up on comment I made on a post called "Showing off Your Expertise...

Get Vertical! And Get Blogging.

Posted on January 07, 2008
The biggest advantage of blogging technology is the ease with which you can post content. As noted previously, it still takes time, energy and focus in order to drive great content and show off your particular expertise. For many lawyers, however, establishing and extending expertise is simply a part of their professional practice...

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