Author Archives: Vivian Rodriguez

Solo Lawyer Practice – How to Bid “Adios” to Free Consultations

A while back I wrote about why free consultations will keep us solo practitioners broke and overworked. I think there are two basic reasons many of us still engage in the “free consultation” myth as a business generating strategy. One … Continue reading

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Rainmaking Tip from Miami’s Attorney At Law Magazine

The second Miami issue of this magazine has more tips on rainmaking. Not surprisingly, Strategy #2 is about building a powerful online presence. They caution against using a template, and suggest using a blog and article marketing. For the solo … Continue reading

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Solo Practitioner Lawyers: Taking the Long-Term Approach

Back when I took a year off from practicing, I realized that what I had experience was a failure to take a view of things long-term in terms of how I wanted to practice. As with all failures, I learned … Continue reading

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Solo Practice: Working, Managing & Marketing—It’s Really All About Information Overload

When I first decided to learn about online marketing for my legal practice, I signed up for quite a few newsletters on anything that had the word “online” in it. Not surprisingly, within a week my inbox began to receive … Continue reading

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Solo Practice Marketing: Blogs, Websites, Social Media…Do They Really Work?

Last week I listened in at a teleseminar from the ABA on social media for lawyers, and recently, I read a post on myshingle.com about whether blogs work to attract business (discussing a recent ABA survey). I am weary of … Continue reading

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Solo Practice Management: All The “How-To” Tips May Not Help

When I was writing the last post on finding time, I was in the process of looking to replace my virtual paralegal. Truth be told, I saw it coming since early February, when my then virtual assistant had been experiencing … Continue reading

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Work Habits of a Solo Practitioner-Part II: How to Find the Time?

With all the hats we wear, it’s sometimes difficult to pause to really consider how we can get our practice to flow more smoothly in terms of getting the work done, doing the marketing, generating a profit and still have … Continue reading

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Frequently Asked Question: Do You Have a Website?

A few days ago I was having dinner with two lawyer friends. Inevitably, we got around to talking about the practice. One of my friends commented that she had to get her website up because she was frequently asked whether … Continue reading

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Work Habits of a Solo Lawyer

I have a friend, another sole practitioner, who pretty much works every day except Saturday; he does it as much because he likes his work as because he has a lot of it—a great “problem” to have. Because I used … Continue reading

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Review: Premier Miami Issue of Attorney at Law Magazine (Mar 2011)

I’m usually not a fan of unsolicited email, but I am glad that the publishers of Attorney at Law included me in their initial mail out for their premier Issue. In case their email was high jacked by your spam … Continue reading

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