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Preparing for Things That Go Bump in the Night

Allan Colman

When you're fighting for new client engagements, recognize that you are participating in a form of sophisticated combat. Draw on your training and strengths and you'll be prepared to engage and win new business.

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Career Journal: The Check Boxes

Bill Crooks

For many, the tough circumstances of 2009/2010 still remain, but the summer of 2011 is providing much-needed relief for legal marketing executives who may wish to consider opportunities for change.

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Lawyers Are in the Relationship-Building Business But Are They Connecting? Image

Lawyers Are in the Relationship-Building Business But Are They Connecting?

Kimberly Alford Rice

For lawyers, it is imperative to consistently and persistently cultivate, nurture and strengthen their relationships with their universal networks. Here's how to help them.

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Effective Hands-On Training That Millennial Lawyers Embrace and Boomer Lawyers Approve Image

Effective Hands-On Training That Millennial Lawyers Embrace and Boomer Lawyers Approve

Mark McCurdy & Suellen Wideman

Law firm training programs are being squeezed by the return of an old problem to the new workplace ' the generation gap. Here's how to bridge the gap and strengthen your firm.

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Renkemeyer Case Sheds Light on Law Firm Tax Issues Image

Renkemeyer Case Sheds Light on Law Firm Tax Issues

Richard Stieglitz & Martin Arking

A recent tax court case dealt with two issues that are relevant to many law firms. The first issue is the allocation of partnership income to the partners in the absence of a written partnership agreement. The second is whether income generated by a limited liability partnership is subject to self-employment tax.

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DO IN-HOUSE COUNSEL USE LEGAL DIRECTORIES?

allan colman, [email protected]

DO IN-HOUSE COUNSEL USE LEGAL DIRECTORIES? 80% of Chief Marketing Officers said, in a recent poll, that directories play no role in their marketing efforts. Boy are they wrong. Reviewing the 2011 BTI survey on "How Clients Hire" sheds an entirely different light. 1. 80.8% identify outside counsel in an unfamiliar jurisdiction when a personal referral is unavailable. 2. 77.1% validate the credentials of a referral. 3. 73.4% evaluate outside counsel qualifications. 4. 70.1% identify outside counsel experts in…

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VOICE OF THE CLIENT

allan colman, [email protected]

VOICE OF THE CLIENT - Comments made by in-house counsel at ALM's recent MARKETING AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT LEADERSHIP FORUM: 1. Most don't bother to look at RFP Responses. 2. They want to see you in settings where you "show your stuff." 3. In person opportunities include: A. Presentations at conferences B. In front of them in small groups, such as lunch/dinner tables at conferences, or small forums at various meetings. C. For client retention, it's not enough to…

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HOW LEGAL MARKETING WORKS: A QUICK PRIMER

Bruce W. Marcus

Professional services marketing is not a litany of mechanics. It's a process that's designed to bring a firm and its prospective clientele together. More than just accumulating clients, the effective marketing program helps shape and secure a practice that's relevant to the dynamic needs of both the firm and the clients it serves.

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Issues Regarding the 2010 Patient Protection Act

Lawrence L. Bell & Alexandra Taylor Bell

If not politically, at least analytically, given local governments' experience with insurance reform and the financial assumptions used in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the PPACA should be considered DOA!

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<b><i>Case Study:</i></b> Taking on the Cloud As a Solo Practitioner Image

<b><i>Case Study:</i></b> Taking on the Cloud As a Solo Practitioner

Leanna Hamill

When the decision to purchase traditional practice management software or subscribe to a Software-as-a-Service ("SaaS") provider arose this past January, I didn't have time to become mired in a rigmarole of sales calls and consultants. I simply wanted direct access to a product that would increase my productivity, file sharing and practice cohesiveness. I also wanted something that fit into my hardware preference for Mac products.

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