This article, Making Their Case to Clients (Nov. 13, 2005) reports on a recent LexisNexis Martindale Hubbell survey on small firm marketing practices. The survey found that small firm lawyers spend five percent of their revenues and eight percent of their time on marketing efforts. And the majority of firms surveyed said that “hanging a
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Happy Birthday Solosez
Long before solos were blogging and before it was cool to be solo, a band of ABA solos from the GP Solo Committee had a great idea: why not start an online community. Thus, as Meg Tebo (also a sezzer) reports in A Birthday to Celebrate (11/2005), Bruce Dorner and others joined forces to…
A Reprise on Solo and Small Firm Bloggin
In honor of Matt Homann’s and Dennis Kennedy’s upcoming Blawg Think, I’m reposting a link to the What Blogs Can Do For Solos and Small Firms that I designed and presented along with Jerry Lawson at the Maryland State Bar Association Solo Day Conference back in November 2003. Though the presentation is coming up…
Solo Defends Blogger Anonymity
Via this post at Greatest American Lawyer, I learned about the recent Delaware Supreme Court ruling that an elected official who’s been criticized by an anonymous blogger cannot use a defamation suit to compel disclosure of the blogger’s identity wihtou substantial evidence to prove the claim. (See New York Times story). But what really…
Cincinnati Law Library Adds New Benefits
This article, Law Library Offers Virtual Services (Cincinnati Business Journal 8/29/05) reports on some of the new, free computerized research services offered by the Cincinnati Law Library Association. The services include computerized legal research by Fastcase.com and a journal service, HeinOnline. (as an aside, I’ve used Hein Online at the American University Pence Law Library…
Should Solos Blog – An Alternative View
I’m sure that no one’s surprised that I endorse blogging for solo and small firm lawyers, not as an end in itself but as part of an overall marketing portfolio, as I once wrote here. At the same time, I believe that blogs don’t have to be time consuming if you don’t want them…
What If You Could Have the Gobstopper of Solo Practice Ideas Free?
I’ve always been intrigued by he concept of the Everlasting Gobstopper, the Willie Wonka invented candy for children with “little pocket money” that can be sucked and sucked without ever getting any smaller. Well, what if we could create an Everlasting Gobstopper of tips for solo practitioners that would be constantly replenished and never…
What I Learned At Blogher
In the interest of disclosure, I’d have to admit that I probably would have never thought to attend the first ever Blogher conference on women and blogging but for the invitation of our fearless law.com affiliate leader, Lisa Stone. As another woman admitted in the closing remarks, I’ve never attended an all woman’s event…
Managing Solosez
Before I was a Shingler, I was a Sezzer, that is, a member of the Solosez listserve that many of us have fondly and jokingly come to refer to as our “virtual solo firm.” The list has been a godsend for me; through it, I’ve gotten top notch advice from other lawyers on matters out…
A Day in the Life of a Solo Blogger
Via Legal Underground, I learned about this neat ABA sponsored experiment whereby marketer Larry Bodine helped solo Andrew Ewalt set up this weblog and will be monitoring his business growth throughout the year. I’m predicting that Ewalt’s blog will improve his search engine rankings, may get him some interviews or speaking engagements but as…