I predicted that the recession will hit small firms in a way they might not expect. I predicted that as the big firms, explode/meltdown those lawyers will likely be setting up solo and small firm law offices in your community.
Over at My Shingle, my friend Carolyn Elefant is enouraging “biglaw” lawyers to set up their [...]
The Washington Post lead article today is how president-elect Obama will create or preserve three million (up from 2.5 million) jobs over two years.
What does that mean, preserve jobs. How will we measure that???
As my friend Dan Kennedy points out in an article in my newsletter, theres a way to create 5 million jobs almost [...]
We’ve posted the firm newsetter here. Love to get your feedback
That’s a quote from a headhunter in today’s WSJ, commenting on disgraced attorney Marc Dreir’s fall from grace. The unnamed source continued: “he liked being the owner of a large law firm, and the status that goes along with it. ”
Most solo and small firm attorneys that I know have a slightly different definition of [...]
According to a blogger at David Scott’s WebInkNow, blog, in Germany they deliver the yellow page books to the post office and you have to go pick one up if you want it. More efficient but then the Yellow Page reps couldn’t brag about how many “copies delivered” there are.. like “copies delivered” has any [...]
Lawyers get this sort of solicitation almost every day via email. I suppose that some bit for the offers as I see posts on listserves asking: “do you think its a good deal to pay $299 for a year to get on the first page of Google?”
Its ridiculous. SEO (search engine optimization) takes work. There [...]
Personal injury attorneys had a gift given to them today in a terrific article in the Wall Street Journal where the paper warned that the recession is causing drivers to cancel their car insurance.
Did you blog about it? Send an email to your client list? Outbound call to your clients?
I wrote about it at BenGlassLaw, [...]
Straight from the Findlaw.com website, under a section called Quick Hits on Promoting a Small Law Firm:
regarding websites:
Web site: Your firm must have a web site. People expect legitimate businesses to have an online presence. Your web site is your flagship web presence, so make it a good one. Some attorney web sites are so [...]
InjuryBoard.com is the major blogging platform/network for personal injury attorneys. Not only do the sites rank well but the company is run by some very smart, very ethical folks.
Here’s some Great Marketing Tips from InjuryBoard. How many do you use every day?
Several months ago, as part of the Great Legal Marketing coaching program, I interviewed an attorney who had a wealth of ideas as to how you could rev up your marketing, ethically and effectively.
I’ve decided to make the audio of this attorney marketing CD available for listening or for download.
Go to the attorney marketing interview [...]
