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How Not to Promote Yourself on Twitter

February 23, 2010

Twitter is full of consultants and gurus aggressively pushing their products. Case in point: last Friday, I participated in a panel discussion on online marketing at Minnesota CLE. I mentioned it on Twitter, and got the above as a public reply. Since I had never even heard of Rjon Robbins before, his tweet was kind [...]

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Work the Room Comfortably at a Conference

August 7, 2009

Perhaps the most effective networking is a one-on-one setting over coffee or lunch. That is usually within most people’s comfort zone. But how comfortable are you when attending a conference with a room full of strangers. Can you “work the room” without breaking into a cold sweat? Here are a few simple tips to keep [...]

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MCLE webcast: Starting a Law Firm

July 22, 2009

Send questions to @lawyerist from 9-11 CST, or by commenting on this post. Eric Cooperstein and I are teaching a two-hour webcast CLE tomorrow on starting a law firm. We will cover business forms, technology, ethics, marketing, practice management, and much more. Anyone can attend; the webcast will be streamed live, and you can ask [...]

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A CLE presenter is born

June 29, 2009

Recently, I noted on a listserv that one of the cheapest ways to get CLE credits and market oneself at the same time is to teach CLEs. In Minnesota, presenters can receive credit for the time spent preparing the seminar, plus the organizers usually let the presenters attend the rest of the program for free. [...]

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MCLE: 10 Ways to Geek Out Your Practice (Family Law Institute)

February 23, 2009

At Minnesota CLE’s Family Law Institute (PDF link), I will presenting “10 Ways to Geek Out Your Practice,” a fast-paced presentation with 10 ways to profit by adding a bit of geek to your practice. Here are the topics I am considering at the moment: Paperless law office Start a blog Get a website (or [...]

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Websites for dummies: build your own website in about an hour

September 9, 2008

I am still amazed by the number of attorneys who still do not have their own website. In the interest of fixing this problem, I have been kicking around a seminar idea. I think I can walk a complete novice through creating a law firm website from scratch using WordPress.com in about an hour. The [...]

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