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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 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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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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How to Make It as a Solo Practitioner: Getting Paid for Our Services

I am a firm believer in having no accounts receivables. Of course, this is not always possible because of the nature of the case and because some of our clients need our help in paying us by entering into payment … Continue reading

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How to Make It as a Solo Practitioner: Delivering Services to Clients Efficiently and Profitably

For us lawyers to stay in business, the business has to consistently generate a profit. That means our law practice has to bring in enough for us to pay our overhead and let us take some money home to take … Continue reading

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How to Make It as a Solo Practitioner: Marketing Your Services

Once we decide what kind of law we practice, we need to find ways to reach the prospective, paying clients who need and will benefit from our services. I think most people confuse sales with marketing, and that may be … Continue reading

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