the only guaranteed way to win work
Stay in touch with your clients. When was the last time you made an impromptu visit to your client’s premises? Picked up the phone to a previous client where the file had been…
My (Un)love of LinkedIn
when was the last time you signed into linkedin? there are still quite a few people that don’t see it as anything other than a repository for their c.v. or professional profile. yawn-worthy…
every lawyer should start a Pinterest page
Heard about it: Pinterest? Another social media platform to worry about? perhaps But, on my initial foray, I have earned 186 followers and some activity on the scant material that I have so…
you are not what you think (not yet at least)
You will recall a previous post where I referred to the power of positive thinking. Many books have been written on the subject, the most famous of which is Think and Grow Rich by…
How to make time for Social Media
“Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound. The man who does not shrink from self-crucifixion can never fail to accomplish the object upon…
It can always Wait
People often complain that watching a cycle race is like watching paint dry. Admittedly, if you have to listen to 5 hours of David Duffield, it can get pretty monotonous (others may disagree). Even…
The HARD sell of Legal Services
I can hardly wait. More or bigger entrants to the UK legal market. No doubt, the usual marketing triggers will be wrung through. Interruption marketing will be the default position. How many times have you…
The Art of Business Development (with a few How-Tos …)
Times are tough. “No s*** Sherlock.” Every day you are driven to work harder and harder to make a $/£ or two. And still the targets keep going sky-ward, despite such euphemisms as being…
Is the practice of Law at risk of being forgotten?
In all the (endless) chatter about business development, social media and technology, is the practice of Law at risk of being forgotten? I am not someone that would wish to see the legal…