Really, my life isn’t so pathetic that I am stopping everything to spread the word, that, according to a tweet from AP Style Book today:
[They] are changing Web site to website. This appears on Stylebook Online today and in the 2010 book next month.
That’s right. You read it here. Oh, yeah!! There’s no
More often than not I agree with Kevin O’Keefe, but not today. I think Kevin’s off in his recent post, Telling lawyers to build a personal brand may be a big mistake:
I’ve presented at law schools, bar societies, bar associations, and association conferences of legal professionals talking about building one’s personal brand.
Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “Happiness is not a goal; it is a by-product.” It had me thinking about my life and how happy I am. Like many people, that hasn’t always been the case, so I started wondering, in the light of Eleanor Roosevelt’s sentiments, what have I done to generate this much happiness? To
I can’t believe I have to say this again: Politics, social networking and business development DON’T MIX!! Never. Ever. Ever. I don’t care if you’re talking about saving puppies and unicorns, I caution you to self-edit what you say on Facebook, Twitter, or even on locked-down message boards. Why? According to the
There’s a case before the California Supreme Court, Simpson Strong-Tie Co. Inc. v. Gore, which could give lawyer ads protection as free speech.
The contested ad, which you can view here (p. 17), is, well, quite boring and innocuous, but that’s a whole other discussion.
The questions at hand is: is the lawyer’s
I know that branding + law firms has always been a tough sell. But branding + consumer products is BIG business. Corporations, retailers, clothing manufacturers, restaurant chains, food & beverage manufacturers, sports franchises will spend billions of dollars developing and defending their brands … and they spend a lot of that money hiring lawyers to
I could do a whole “hmmm, here are my thoughts on this,” but, come on … just click on the link and read Kara’s interview with Chris Brogan …
Trust Agents: Using the Web to Build Influence, Improve Reputation, and Earn Trust by Chris Brogan and Julien Smith is an incredibly straight forward guide for
I saw a question posed recently on a closed network asking why it’s so difficult to get lawyers to purchase a specific service product. The specifics of the situation aside, I did start thinking, “why is it so hard to sell a product to lawyers.” Short answer: “Because they are lawyers.” First of all, lawyers,
For those in the know, and on my personal Facebook page, I’ve been in Vegas celebrating my birthday with some friends and family. The pictures were being posted to Facebook almost as fast as they were being taken … and yet, I am quite comfortable that if my boss, a client, a conference organizer or
Taking a quick breather in what has turned into a very busy day to reflect on “Damn, I’m having a really busy day. I wonder why?” Turns out that attorneys in my firm are not letting potential opportunities pass them by. Hmmm. Let me repeat that for those in the back of the room:
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