Monitoring Your Online Reputation
As a lawyer, your reputation in the community among your peer and clients is everything. If you’re a great lawyer, fellow attorneys and old clients will refer you business because they know of your good work. If you’re a lawyer that cheats people out of money – sure you could probably pull it off for…
What it means to be a Weapon of Mass Connection
I’ve talked about the right way to network in the past. But that is simply a ‘means’ – what is the ‘ends’? The ultimate goal is to make yourself into a “Weapon of Mass Connection” (WMC). You want to make yourself the hub, the center, of a group of people where you are the thing…
What type of marketing should you do?
I presented at the first annual GP/SOLO Symposium today at the Mass Bar Association and I got to hear a lot of speakers talk about building a law practice. There was a lot of talk of using technology in building your business with tools such as social media marketing, time management programs, and using dual monitors. There…
Basic Business Etiquette (for lawyers or anyone)
I’m going to be speaking at the first annual GP Solo Symposium for the Massachusetts Bar Association on March 31st on the effective ways to network. Mainly I’m going to be talking about the proper ways to network, the goals and what to do. As a trailer to my talk, I’m going to share one…
What came first – the general practice or the niche?
There are lots of people, resources, blogs and law practice management gurus who will tell you that in order to have a successful law firm, you must have a niche. I agree with that assertion and it took me my first year in practice to understand that. However the truth of the matter is that…
Accepting Credit Cards for iPhone or Androids
I’ve written about accepting credit cards for law firms in the past (here and here), but with the release of the Verizon iPhone, I’m finally able to get an iPhone of my own and I’m ditching my blackberry for something a bit more powerful. One of the first things I’m going to try is accepting…
So you’re hanging a shingle – now what? (PODCAST)
I had the pleasure of talking with Attorney Kyle Guelcher on his new podcast show on the Legal Talk Network. His new show is called New Solo and he’s going to be interviewing guests that will be able to speak about being a new solo or giving advice to new solos and how to practice…
Year-End Tax Deductions For Your Law Office
It’s the end of the year and if you don’t have an accountant, get one! Your accountant at this time should be telling you to maximize your deductions to take advantage of tax savings before January 1st if you know you’ll have to pay additional taxes for the 4th quarter. Here’s a short list of…