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Legal Marketing Predictions for 2010

January 15, 2010

Last week it was time for all the “Best of 2009″ summaries, this week it is time for the New Year’s predictions in marketing and social media.
So instead of another “Top 10″ or “Best Ever” list to add to the mix, here are a few topics that have been trending in the marketing world that [...]

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Why I Prefer Free, Open-Source Software

November 25, 2009

The terms free software and open-source software are hovering at the fringe of most computer users’ consciousness. But whether you know it or not, you already use a lot of free, open-source software every day. You could be saving considerable money by using it in your law practice, too.
Free, open-source software is secure, reliable, and—best [...]

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Anti-Virus, Now From Microsoft

September 30, 2009

For 19 years, Windows’ Achilles heel has been its vulnerability to viruses. In my opinion, this vulnerability is ridiculously overstated (especially by the competition), but it is a liability. Unfortunately, most anti-virus software is either awful, expensive, or both.
With this in mind, I am astonished that it took Microsoft so long to develop its own [...]

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Liberate PACER Documents With RECAP Firefox Extension

August 14, 2009

U.S. courts insist on charging for access to electronic court documents. Ostensibly, this is because the clumsy PACER (Public Access to Court Electronic Records) system is also overpriced—who would have guessed!?
Fortunately, many PACER documents are also online and available for free at public.resource.org, an ambitious effort to collect public records and provide the public with [...]

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My Weekly Work Planning Template

August 3, 2009

After trying out numerous methods of tracking my cases and related tasks, I have finally found what seems to work best. I love Getting Things Done (GTD), but the system does not necessarily translate smoothly to a law practice. I have tried using Outlook, but my productivity suffered from not being able to look at [...]

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Google Apps sync for Outlook coming soon

June 10, 2009

In its quest to replace Microsoft Exchange, Google will soon offer a full Google Apps sync for Outlook, so that users can seamlessly transition from Microsoft Exchange Server (or, presumably, just plain Outlook) to Google Apps. A one-click installer is available now.
Everything works great except for the email sync, since Google has apparently not updated [...]

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Acrobat.com Presentations: a future PowerPoint killer?

May 27, 2009

Today, Adobe releases a new collaborative Presentations application for its free online Acrobat.com cloud-based office suite. This new presentation software brings Acrobat.com one step closer to being a full-fledged online replacement for Microsoft Office. Since all of Acrobat.com is still in a beta phase, none of the products are fully developed — and some need [...]

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Legal website optimization contest winners announced — Congratulations!

May 12, 2009

Hot on the heals of yesterday’s post on law firm website best practices, we are excited to announce the winners of our legal website optimization contest!
Congratulations to Dan Adkins and Kevin Britt. Each of them wins $199 in website optimization consulting, including a review of their law firm websites, a report of suggested high-impact changes [...]

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