Build a Solo Practice @ SPU
"Newly minted or well-seasoned, teaching you how to create and grow your legal practice." Business planning from the ground up: marketing, getting clients, keeping clients.
Author: Susan Cartier Liebel, based in New Haven, Conn., is a lawyer, coach, consultant and founder of Solo Practice University, an online educational and professional networking community for lawyers and law students who wish to go solo.
Blawg Related Categories: Careers • Work/Life Balance • Law Firms • Solos/Small Firms • Law Practice Management • Legal Marketing & Consulting • Legal Technology • Consultant
Recent Posts from Build a Solo Practice @ SPU
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YouTube, Video Marketing and the Solo
This may seem old news to some. But it remains a decidedly untapped vehicle for lawyers. And now we are hearing from the most respected Google analyst, Eric Schmidt, discussing the future of the net…
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Solos Must Learn How to Surf the Economic Waves
In this time of economic uncertainties it will be a challenge to sustain oneself in business if you don't understand how to make the right choices. The smart solo needs to develop competency in more…
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Social Media Platforms Becoming the New Content Portal – Lawyers Included
In a nutshell, there is a segment of the online population that uses social media as a core navigation and information discovery tool — roughly 18 percent of users see it as core to finding…
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You Can Learn Alot About Your Client & Competition Through ‘Soft Intelligence’
I’ve written often that ‘There is no competition.” And I believe this. However, when it comes to positioning yourself in the legal market you still need to understand the competitive environment you are working in…
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It’s All In The Education
Let's face it, everything is about education and life-long learning. It is celebrating those who impart knowledge tirelessly in that more structured environment, the one which dispenses degrees. It's all about the teachers. But it…
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Live Off The Value You Create…or Die
If you cannot live off the value you create for your clients, your practice will not...and SHOULD NOT.... survive.
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What Happens to Your Law Firm Website When You Die?
All of us need to think about the value of our internet real estate, our content, our domain name and 'branding' and should consider these assets when we create an estate plan or even when…
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There Is No Competition. That’s Right. There is No Competition.
This philosophy has propelled me throughout my life because it is not about winning at the expense of another (yet, when someone wins, in a strictly competitive world another loses) but simply to better my…
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Law Schools Waking Up – Dumping 3rd Year Curriculum For the Practical
“I think we are at a moment of historical change across the landscape of legal education,” said Washington and Lee Dean Rodney A. Smolla. “When we look back at this period in five to 10…
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7 Secrets to Successful Communication – A Guide for New Solos
Getting your ideas across is key to successful marketing, marketing which can include speaking at seminars, keynote addresses, introduction of other guest speakers, self-publishing, being interviewed by reporters, blogging, commenting on blogs, Tweeting, and more.…