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Holiday parties can be frugal and festive
Sure, times are tough, and there might not be excess cash for a holiday party. But there's no need to be a Scrooge.
Benefits of good health outweigh costs
Attorney Tony O'Malley didn't quite know what to think his wife, Sandie, gave him a gift certificate for massage therapy, meditation and yoga classes a couple of years ago. He put it away after the holidays and nearly forgot about it - he was way too busy practicing law to actually think about his own mental and physical health, after all.
Website key to making good first impression
First impressions count. These days, one of the first impressions you make is with your website.
Virtual office offers lawyers real benefits
Brookfield attorney Martin L. Ditkof's father died at age 54. It left a huge impression on Ditkof, 53, who wanted to be able to manage his practice in a way that would let him enjoy life as well.
Avoid being nickel and dimed by banks
While lawyers might be unpopular in some circles, bankers may be closing in on us.
Google Chat a good call as phone option
I’ve written before about lawyers’ increasingly common use of Gmail. I’ve also written about the cost-effectiveness and ease-of-use of Skype, for lawyers and everybody else.
Webinars can save time, money
A couple of weeks ago, my daughters, my dog and myself were all instructed that, no matter how grave the emergency might be, we were not to interrupt Daddy working in his home office for the next hour or so, because he’d be giving a webinar — and we were not on the agenda. He […]
Keeping levity in the law office
When I learned our new managing editor’s name is Casey Laughman, I asked, only half-kidding, if he has a sense of humor. Grasping that baton of a bad joke, a couple of people on the Law Journal staff responded that he’d been administered a battery of tests of his trivia knowledge of Monty Python movies […]
Adopt a ‘Groups Mentality’ for free marketing
LinkedIn occasionally e-mails me updates about what the members of my professional network are up to, and I noticed the last time around that the e-mail always informs me about a few of the groups people have joined. This got me thinking about groups as a free marketing tool for lawyers. After spending a little […]
Animal cruelty bill in the works
It’s not often I’m given a soapbox. But since David Ziemer suggested swapping columns – he’d write about ways to save money in the law office, and I’d write something voicing a strong opinion, here goes. What David learned from our little experiment was that, try as he might to avoid his dark side, it […]
Commentary: Can Avvo Answers help you get more clients?
As attorneys and counselors-at-law, you answer questions all day long for paying clients. But have you ever considered answering questions on the Web as a means of obtaining more paying clients? Some attorneys have had success using Avvo Answers, a free legal advice forum for consumers. Avvo says it’s “the world’s largest legal directory.” You […]
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