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May 2006

Features

Does Your Law Firm Have A Marketing Culture? by Charles A. Maddock If marketing is an ad hoc part of your firm, the results of your efforts will reflect it. Learn how to change your firm's approach to marketing and grow more business. Read more

 

Using Speaking Engagements to Market Your Law Practice by Anne Parys A great addition to your marketing strategy, speaking engagements offer a credible third-party endorsement of you as an expert in your field. Read more

 

Practical Low-and-No Cost Marketing and Rainmaking by Dan Pinnington When is the best time to market your services? You might think the answer is when they are needed. Yet making sure you are front of prospective clients at the right moment doesn't require luck. It requires something else. Read more

Exclusive Excerpt from Law Practice Magazine's June 2006 Issue

How Not to Bury the Publications on Your Web Site by Lois Yurow Few things are as valuable to visitors of your Web site as information and expertise found in client letters, news alerts and other publications. Yet most firms bury these resources. Learn how to increase your site's usefulness with this exclusive excert from Law Practice Magazine's June issue. Read more
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Columns

Weiss Monthly Marketing Brief

Wake Up Your Referral Program by Bob Weiss What do you do when a lawyer or firm to whom you have sent referrals fails to reciprocate? If this scenario sounds familiar, read more how on to make the most of potential sources of referrals. Read more

Management Tips and Tricks

Do Prospects Want Your Testimonials - Or You? by Edward Poll Do you want a quantifiable marketing strategy that will help you grow your client base? Of course. Are testimonials the best way to achieve this goal? Probably not. Find out why by reading Edward Poll's column. Read more

Management By Agreement

The Physiology of Peak Performance by Kim Allen and Bruce Cryer 35 new email messages; a staff meeting; two conference calls; 1 deadline; 3 memos to get out; and a son at home from school with a cold. Everyone is out to get you, even the guy who cut you off on the freeway while you were checking voicemail on your cell phone. Typical day? No worries. You just have to get through the next few weeks and then 8 relaxing days on Maui. You'll be like new. Right? Wrong! Read more
 

The Strongest Links

Marketing by Tom Mighell A new crop of marketing and client service blogs were launched this year, many of which are updated daily and aimed directly at lawyers. This month's column offers a quick review of some of the most useful. Read more

Practice Management Q&A

How Is Practice Management Different for Mid-sized Firms? by Susan Raridon Lambreth and Susan C. Longo Culture. Compensation. Talent. Practice Management. All four play an important yet distinct role in the management of a mid-sized firm versus a large firm. Read more
     
     

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Marketing

Is Client Service Unprofessional? Too Often, We Seem to Say Yes! by Edward Poll What does good client service have to do with marketing? Everything if you rely on referrals and word of mouth for business development. Read more
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Management

How to Get Motivated by Allison C. Shields If your 'to do' list is so long you don't know where to start, read Allison Shields' 10 ways to get motivated. You will soon be inspired to 'get moving.' Read more
Stress Testing by Joe Kashi Who isn't stressed these days? Joe Kashi offers some reminders and tips on how to reduce your stress and become more productive (and happy). Read more More Management Articles
 

Technology

Litigating with Adobe Acrobat: Part 2 by Joe Kashi Flexibility is the name of the game with an Acrobat-based filing system. In Part II of this series on "Litigating with Acrobat" Joe Kashi offers general and specific tips and tricks for using Acrobat 7 in your practice. Read more
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Finance

Teaching Associates the Business of Law by Wendy L. Werner Understanding the business side of practicing law will do more than help you manage a practice. it will also improve the results of your marketing efforts. Read more
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