Marketing Secrets Every Lawyer Should Know
If you have reached a marketing plateau, this blog post could change the future of your business. Maybe you were once a marketing whiz, but the growth hit a wall over time as digital marketing took the world by storm. This article will dive into how you can knock down that wall and get on […]
Law Firm Growth Tip: Start Where You Are, Not Where You Want to Be
Have you ever watched a skyscraper being built? It’s a fascinating process. Watching a building grow taller week after week can be almost exciting. But if you’re around at the beginning of it, you’d almost never realize what was about to happen. In fact, it’s downright boring. Clearing the land. A lot of trucks and […]
Common Sources of Attorney Frustration
In almost every job or career—even the ones we love—there is usually some aspect of the job that we would rather not deal with, something that frustrates or annoys us. The same holds true with lawyers, even those who have their own firms. Fortunately, we can often find creative ways to mitigate those issues somewhat. […]
Running a Law Firm with Young Children at Home: Tips and Considerations
Building a successful law firm requires hard work and dedication—but so does building a successful family. One of the greatest challenges attorneys face, especially during their early years, is the struggle to balance a busy law career while raising young children. While the problem favors no gender, female attorneys often feel the sting of this […]
Running a Law Firm with Young Children at Home: Tips and Considerations
Building a successful law firm requires hard work and dedication—but so does building a successful family. One of the greatest challenges attorneys face, especially during their early years, is the struggle to balance a busy law career while raising young children. While the problem favors no gender, female attorneys often feel the sting of this […]
How to Make the Most of Your Law Firm’s Limited Resources
How often do we say to ourselves, “I wish I had more of _____,” or “If only we had ____.”? It doesn’t matter what you put in the blank. Every small to mid-sized law firm (every human!) feels the strain of limited resources from time to time, especially during the startup phase. At the end […]
3 Things You’re Doing in Your Law Firm that You Can Put on Autopilot Almost Instantly
Time is what we want most, but what we use worst. —William Penn Have you ever heard an attorney complain about having too much spare time? (Other than sarcastically, I mean.) The overworked lawyer has become the accepted stereotype of the profession, to the point that if you’re not too busy, people wonder what you’re […]
Systematizing Your Law Firm’s Processes: Software You Can Use
If you have a plan for growing your law firm (and you should)—what is your plan for accommodating that growth when it comes? How will you keep track of the needs of a growing number of clients, document your procedures and policies, set up your marketing workflow, and so on? Systematizing your law firm’s process […]
Signs Your Law Firm Is Growing Too Fast, and How to Deal with the Chaos
“Growth is terrific, but good, sustainable growth is much better. It’s much harder to grow well than it is to just grow.” –Brian Hamilton, Sageworks (via Forbes) It’s the problem every attorney hopes to have: Your law firm is growing to the point that you’re running to catch up with it. New clients sign up […]
Maximize Your Law Firm’s Profits through Automation
Once you have workable systems for your cash flow, management, workflow, marketing and other aspects of your business, there’s one more step to take, in order to maximize your results: automate. Truly, the more of your systems you can automate, the more productive you’ll be. Because you’ll have more time to practice law, your primary […]