As we approach the end of 2013, now is the time to sit down and take stock of how you did during the past year so that you can look forward to making 2014 the best year ever for your law firm. If you are a golfer, then you understand that after you finish the […]
Setting fees for your law practice… what NOT to do
The topic of fees, and what to charge a client generally, is typically very stressful for any attorney starting a law practice, whether experienced or not. I previously talked about marketing yourself as the “wise man on the top of the mountain”, and this advice holds true when you are deciding how to set fees […]
Legal Marketing Mistakes – #5 No Legal Marketing Goals
Failure to have legal marketing goals is the second part in a 6 part series on legal marketing mistakes that I see lawyers making all the time. Yesterday I wrote about the failure of lawyers to do any marketing at all. The big mistake that I want to address today is the failure of many […]
What are your goals for starting a law practice?
You may wonder why I’m asking you what are your goals for starting a law practice. One of my favorite quotes from Alice In Wonderland pretty much sums this up: “Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?” “That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” […]
Starting a Law Firm? 6 hurdles you may (probably will) have to cross
If you are thinking about starting a law firm, you need to prepare yourself for some obstacles and hurdles that are going to come up along the way. Here is a quick and dirty list of the 6 main hurdles that I (and probably most other lawyers) faced when I started my first solo law […]
My goals for Legal Marketing Made Easy
In my last post, I talked a lot about my target audience is, specifically, who I want to build this site for. Different people learn in different ways, which is why I want to do more than simple write blog posts for my readers. Right now I’m reading up on how to start a podcast. […]
What do you want out of your law practice?
Before you go any further, before you sign that lease for office space, before you sign up that first client – you must do two things… First, watch the video that follows. Second, you must answer a simple question for yourself. What do you want to gain out of having/owning your own law practice? I’ve […]