It’s the beginning of a new year, and the client “road shows” are starting. Nothing like popping into town, meeting with your client, and having nothing meaningful or new to say.What??? I’ve been doing this for a little while now and I cannot tell you the countless times I have received a call from
What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.Romeo & Juliet, Act II, Scene II
A name says a lot. Just ask the folks whose name are on the door of your firm (or whose names are not). A new name signals a change,
I’ve written a few times about how I feel law schools are letting students down. I make my living working with lawyers, and I enjoy working within the profession. However, there are thousands of kids hoping to ride out the recession by going to law school not fully realizing the consequences of taking on an
I don’t like marketing plans. For the most part, they’re too long, too complicated, too detailed, too focused on what you think someone else expects of you. They are too easy to forget, toss into a drawer and ignore. I do believe that they have a place, but I think they need to be as
Oh, you can wrap numbers around what this all means – dollars, percentages, billable hours, revenue billed, received or realized –
I have had a very long year, but one that has also gone by so quickly. I am so blessed, in so many ways, and while I am not immune from a pity pot, I never want to lose sight of all that is good in my world.
Yes, I’ve had some big changes in
Hey everyone, I finally took the 5 minutes to switch The Legal Watercooler over to a custom domain. We can now be found at www.legalwatercoolerblog.com.
Why the wait?? First of all, I assumed it would take longer to do than it did. Literally 5 minutes. Big bad on my part, but I started this
It’s the end of the year and as an attorney you are most likely sitting behind a closed office door trying to 1) bill, bill, bill to hit your numbers; or 2) collect, collect, collect to hit your numbers.
In between all of this closed-door time, I have a few simple “marketing” suggestions you can
It’s been a bit busy in my law firm life, but not so busy that I can’t find and appreciate legal/law firm humor.
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OK. The funniest bit about this video is 1) how truthful it is; and 2) how bad the audio is, but in a funny way.
Beyond the (bad) humor is the
The ABA Journal just released their 3rd Annual Top 100 Blawgs. And while The Legal Watercooler isn’t on the list (WHAT???). some of my favorite blawgs are, including:
So take a look at this