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One of the best attorneys and marketers, Alexis Neely, will join Abacus founder and president Judd Kessler, Esq., for a special webinar exclusively for AbacusLaw customers. They will show you how to market yourself and your practice to distinguish yourself from the competition so you can get more good clients.
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A guest article from LawInfo.com
Potential clients use the Internet as their number one source for product and service reviews and base their hiring decisions on what they read. If you’re failing to monitor what others are saying about you online you run the risk of losing [...]
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Potential clients are looking for attorneys online. If your firm’s name and address doesn’t appear everywhere they’re searching, you’re losing clients.
As a busy lawyer, you don’t have the time it takes to get your law firm listed on all the websites you need to be [...]
An interview with Roger Oldaker, a check printing and security expert
The National Check Fraud Center estimates check washing causes $815 million in damages every year. So, if you’re going to print checks, it’s [...]
In a recent article, Allison Shields detailed ways lawyers can reduce stress from their work and lives.
She suggested:
Prioritizing: Determine which activities need to be accomplished first, create lists to ensure nothing is forgotten and if possible, delegate some tasks to [...]
Client intake is a critical starting point for new cases. Case management can be considerable and complex, involving a series of events that must transpire in a sequential, timely fashion, after completion of the initial intake. Conflict checks must be run, parties notified, records requested, etc. If client intake isn’t performed properly and completely, cases [...]
The most recent edition of the podcast “The Digital Edge: Lawyers and Technology” featured Jim Calloway and Sharon Nelson talking about “Surviving the Law Practice Shark Tank – the Top 6 Mistakes That Can Kill You in Your Practice.
Top mistakes include:
Failure to communicate
Lack of diligence
Conflicts of interest
Failing to get paid
Failure to monitor your [...]
Running a law firm in today’s competitive market requires you to think outside the box in order to stand out. Typical marketing collateral (websites, letterhead, business cards etc.) must be unique so people will remember you. A recent blog post by Jay Fleischman detailed 4 rules for running a successful law firm:
1) You must have [...]
A recent blog detailed proper business etiquette when it comes to technology. Some of suggestions include:
• Respond to email within 24 hours. Do not respond immediately as this creates the expectation it will always be instantaneous.
• If someone leaves a voicemail asking you to call them back, do not respond via email
• Do not answer call waiting [...]
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