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Joined EzineArticles on Jan 8, 2010 Top 3 Things to Consider When Hiring a Law Firm Marketing Consultant
Business: Marketing • Published: November 2, 2010
What should I consider when hiring a law firm marketing consultant? When you hire a law firm marketing consultant, there are specific things you need to keep in mind. As lawyers, we know that there are rules we must abide by in our marketing and advertising efforts. These restrictions don't apply to other service professionals. Working with a consultant that is not aware of these things can result in grave consequences including losing your State bar license.
What Can a Law Firm Marketing Consultant Do for My Law Firm?
Business: Marketing • Published: October 27, 2010
A law firm marketing consultant works alongside your law firm as a business development partner. Their main focus is your law firm's clientele attraction, retention, and management. Depending on your law firm's needs, you may work with your law firm marketing consultant in person or via telephone and online conferences. Here are some...
How to Use the Most Effective of All Attorney Marketing Tools
Business: Marketing • Published: October 18, 2010
We go to law school, take the bar exam, start working and decide to go out on our own. How do we get clients though? When do we learn where to find attorney marketing tools and how to use them?
Will Your Law Firm Survive This Year?
Business: Marketing • Published: October 11, 2010
We are in the middle of a financial hurricane. As I was reading a legal newsletter the other day, I was once again reminded of this scary thought.
3 Fool Proof Attorney Marketing Ideas
Business: Marketing • Published: October 7, 2010
The vast majority of lawyers are perceived to dress alike, speak of similar topics, and have very related concerns practicing law requires the majority of your time to deal with deadlines, clients, and pleadings. Keeping that in mind, when was the last time you started putting together attorney marketing ideas to market your law firm?
How Training For Executives Can Help Leaders Create Results
Self Improvement: Leadership • Published: September 27, 2010
What type of leader are you? Be honest with yourself. Are you as inspirational as you would like to be?
The Best Times to Use Lawyer Coach Services
Legal • Published: September 23, 2010
How would you grade your business development techniques right now? Are you getting as many clients as you thought you would be? If you are not, don't be down on yourself.
Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Successful Lawyerpreneur?
Self Improvement: Success • Published: September 14, 2010
Have you ever heard of the saying "you are what you think?" It's very likely you have. As a lawyer life coach, I've learned through my very own experiences that every single thought that you have leads to a specific result in your life.
3 Tips From Certified Life Coach For Lawyers on Creating a Positive Work Environment
Business: Management • Published: September 7, 2010
In this article, I discuss specific activities you can do to create a more positive team environment within your law firm or organization. Now more than ever, leaders have to be mindful of their team's morale. Often, feeling appreciated and acknowledged is just as valuable if not more valuable to the employee than receiving a higher salary.
When Should You Look Into Coaching For Lawyers?
Business: Solo Professionals • Published: August 31, 2010
You should look into coaching for lawyers when you need it most. Find out the three things that can make or break your chances of being a successful solopreneur and having a thriving law firm that lasts for years.
How Lawyer Coaches Help You Find Professional Fulfillment in the Law
Legal • Published: August 26, 2010
Lawyer coaches are the tool that many successful lawyers have in their back pocket. They work together with them to steer the direction of their careers, create strategies to get more clients, more profits, and more free time, and find more fulfillment in their professions. We are living in a time of transition.
The Recipe For Success
Self Improvement: Success • Published: July 27, 2010
Do you wonder why success comes so easily to some people but difficult for others? If you answered yes to this question, you've come to the right place.
What is the Power Behind Having a Life Vision?
Self Improvement: Success • Published: May 5, 2010
Creating a vision of what you want your life to be is essential for achieving it. When you create a vision, you are clarifying to yourself what your optimal life looks like. That clarity is of utmost importance as it increases your success potential exponentially...
What is a Life Vision?
Self Improvement: Success • Published: May 5, 2010
Do you have a vision reflecting what you want your life to look like this year? Do you have a vision for your life in general? Have you ever stopped to consider what you want to experience in your life? Are you clear on what your life mission is? Do you know what goals you need to reach this year to get that much closer to your ideal life?
How is Your Work Life Balance?
Self Improvement: Time Management • Published: April 26, 2010
Do you have real work life balance in your life? Are you tired of hearing this word and feeling it's a very foreign concept? Work life balance is created when you establish healthy boundaries between your work and your personal life.
What is Required in Creating a Successful Goal?
Self Improvement: Goal Setting • Published: April 13, 2010
According to the SMART acronym for setting achievable goals, when you set a goal for yourself, you should make sure that it is: 1. Specific, 2. Measurable, 3. Achievable, 4. Realistic, and 5. Timely. When you begin to create goals for yourself, make sure to write down exactly what that goal is, what it entails, and why you want to accomplish it.
Reaching Your Goals and the Excuses People Make
Self Improvement: Goal Setting • Published: April 8, 2010
Setting goals is the most essential element of getting to where you want to be in life. Goals have been described as a route, system, recipe, or prescription for reaching your ultimate vision...
12 Easy Steps to Create Positive Self-Talk Leading to Your Success
Self Improvement: Success • Published: April 2, 2010
Have you ever noticed a trend in the thinking patterns of successful people? Have you ever wondered why it seems like success comes so easily to some people and so difficult for others?
What is the Real Meaning of Work Life Balance?
Self Improvement: Success • Published: March 26, 2010
Do you know what work life balance is? Do you have it in your own life or do you see it as a mere myth meant for others to obtain?
Staying Motivated Through the Journey of Achieving Goals
Self Improvement: Motivation • Published: March 22, 2010
What motivates you? What gets you fired up and your juices flowing? What vision of the future excites you? Being inspired temporarily is easy for many people...
Tips For Staying Motivated to Reach Your Goals This Year
Self Improvement: Goal Setting • Published: March 18, 2010
To reach your goals, you must be patient, persistent, and consistent. Take it one day at a time but don't lose sight of the finishing line. Envision your goal and feel it.
How to Use Reflection As the Key to Designing a Fulfilling Life
Self Improvement: Goal Setting • Published: March 11, 2010
Our values are an essential and enormous element of who we are. They represent our personal and individual essence and identity.
What Can You Learn From a Life Balance Speaker?
Self Improvement: Stress Management • Published: March 9, 2010
A life balance speaker is someone who presents to the audience ways in which they can find more balance in their daily lives. A life balance speaker does this by teaching the audience about the 8 different sections of their lives and having the audience members assess the rankings they come up with.
How to Achieve Personal and Professional Success Through Work Life Balance
Self Improvement: Success • Published: March 3, 2010
How are your new years resolutions going so far? Are you continuing to take steps towards your goals and the change you want to experience in your life? Or, have you already gone astray or given up altogether?
What Can a Holistic Life Coach Do For You?
Self Improvement: Coaching • Published: February 23, 2010
A holistic life coach is sometimes referred to as a holistic healer. This type of life coach takes a holistic approach to the client by considering and taking every single section of your life into account when helping you to reach your goals. In essence, any life coach is a holistic life coach for the simple fact that each and every part of your life is connected.