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Some lawyers, like the outspoken bloggers Scott Greenfield and Brian Tannebaum, believe the legal industry is suffering a plague of lawyers—especially new ones—who think that all there is to lawyering is throwing up a website and signing up for Twitter. They believe these lawyers focus on marketing and technology, and don’t spend enough time becoming [...]
Poll: Marketing vs. Serving Clients is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
In college, and then law school, career counselors always pronounced Networking just like that—in italics and with capital letters, as if it were a foreign proper noun or something. They made it sound like Networking was a formula: schedule meeting, exchange cards, and Presto!, you’ve got a job. Or a mentor. Or a client. Or [...]
How to Network: Get Out and Do Things. With People. is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
For the next 50 days, Box.net will give you 50 GB free when you sign into the Box.net iOS app. And that’s “completely free, forever.” If you’ve got an iPhone or iPad, do it right now, because that’s a great deal. To put it in perspective, a free Dropbox account comes with 2 GB free, [...]
Get 50 GB FREE from Box.net is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
If either of the following are true, you might be okay designing your own website: You have a background in art or design. People regularly (and without prompting) compliment you on your fashion sense, decorating skills, or artistic taste. Otherwise, please don’t. While lawyers with some design skill should definitely consider designing their own websites, [...]
Should You Design Your Own Website? is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
“Branding” is a choice buzzword in the marketing world. Karin, who is an actual marketing expert (rather than a lawyer who plays one on the internet) has done a bunch of posts about branding, which is a useful concept for lawyers, as well as any other business. In a nutshell, branding is how you are [...]
Do You Think About Your “Branding”? is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
There is a good reason why Samsung is involved in at least 20 lawsuits in 10 countries over its Galaxy phones and tablets. In order to compete with the iPhone and iPad, Samsung drew inspiration from Apple’s mobile products (or copied them outright, depending on who you ask), and produced some impressive hardware. I was [...]
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Review is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
New solos spend a lot of time thinking about technology, probably because picking out a laptop and setting up a website aren’t taught in law school. To make it easier, we’ve put together a “shopping list” for new solos so you can focus on getting and serving clients, not poring through document scanner reviews. This [...]
New Solo Technology Shopping List: the Basics is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
Steve Jobs passed away yesterday. His death at 56 is a tragedy on many levels–for his family and friends, for the worlds of technology and business, and more. But while he lived and led Apple, he was a singular model of the best of business. He had a vision for technology, entertainment, and design, and [...]
Steve Jobs is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
If you aren’t at least occasionally struck by how much you don’t know about lawyering, you are probably an ignoramus.* If you are scoffing at that sentence, read on, because you are definitely an ignoramus, and the worst kind: a willful one. There are some new lawyers who don’t realize this. They seem to think [...]
What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com
Android is Google’s mobile operating system. Like Apple iOS, its main competitor, Android powers smartphones and tablets with a simplified, app-based user experience. It is also the most-used mobile OS on the planet, largely because it is open source, and Google makes Android available to manufacturers for free. Also, because it is a darn fine [...]
Android Buyers Guide is a post from the law firm marketing blog, Lawyerist.com