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The most DANGEROUS place for a rainmaker to be

An excerpt from an email from a Gold Coaching & Mastermind Group Member. . . [Regarding where he's been doing his networking & making presentations] "I figured a lot of people might be interested in hearing this information, including fraternities and sororities, employers (to their employees), chambers of commerce, rotary clubs, and anywhere else people […]

Should Lawyers Stop Marketing and Practice Law?

Gerry Oginski is an experienced New York medical malpractice and personal injury who posed this question in a recent blog post Rather than steal Gerry's thunder I'll suggest that you just follow this link and be sure to scroll down and see my response/comments about the DANGERS of law firm marketing. . .  . . […]

A Reminder From Abraham Lincoln. . .

You cannot help the poor by destroying the rich. You cannot strengthen the weak by weakening the strong. You cannot bring about prosperity by discouraging thrift. You cannot lift the wage earner up by pulling the wage payer down. You cannot further the brotherhood of man by inciting class hatred. You cannot build character and […]

Twitter Success Story – PR leads

I've gotten quite a few emails & DM tweets lately about whether or not Twitter is a worthwhile marketing tool for a small law firm.  My answer is YES.  And if you follow my friend Laura Roeder's advice it should only take you about 20 minutes a day. So here's a case study to demonstrate […]

Letting go of your middle-class beliefs

I read alot of Steve's stuff.  He is not a lawyer but I find many of his concepts to be very applicable to our industry.  See Exhibit "A" below & ponder.  I think it's pretty self-explanatory so no extra comments from me: "If you want to become wealthy, let go of your middle-class beliefs that […]

Law firms make easy pickings for embezzlers

Leigh Jones over at NLJ usually gets it right. But this time I have to take exception to an article with the same title as this blog post. And I’ll link to it below but first I want to explain my misgivings. The fact of the matter is that law firms of all sizes (but […]