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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.
So, knowing most of us would like to improve upon our communication skills with out clients and colleagues, here are a few thoughts on the subject.
Identifying who your ideal client is, well, just the beginning. You need to learn how to attract your ideal client so they will actually contact you to determine if they need your services and if you are ‘ideal’ to deliver those services to them. How do you do that?
Most people think that our happiness is caused or limited by the circumstances around us. Sure our circumstances are triggers for happiness or unhappiness, but you always have the choice about how you feel in response to what’s going on around you.
“People who choose to work flexibly are more job-satisfied, healthier and more productive.”
It is a caste-system, but one has to accept one’s caste assignment. It isn’t forced upon you. As a licensed attorney, one is free to practice law or not. One is free to sign up for the doc review hustle, or not. You can always sell life insurance or real estate. Or, God forbid, you can actually go solo, get your own clients — and attract an employer –if that’s one’s real goal or dream.
Get the best education you can based not just upon what you can afford today, but what you can afford tomorrow.
Let’s face it. As we have more and more contact information to share, we load up our signatures until the text following our e-mail is ridiculously long and cumbersome. I’ve certainly been guilty of this as are others I know. Or, we don’t use our signatures effectively.
Brian S. Devery is a Transactional Attorney practicing in all areas of Real Estate Law, including Mortgage Banking, Loan Modifications, Short Sales and Foreclosures. He will co-teach a course entitled “The Basics of a Real Estate Transaction’ with his wife and partner, Stefanie N. Devery at Solo Practice University®. Brian is a graduate from the […]
Well, let me tell you what I would be doing if I was a law student who didn’t have that job lined up. And this comes from the mentality of one who wants to go solo but recognizes she needs experience and connections for when she graduates.
Jay Foonberg has successfully practiced business law, business litigation, estate and probate litigation, legal ethics and aviation law. He will teach two courses at Solo Practice University™. One course is entitled, “Client Relations 101: Teaching lawyers how to change their ways of doing things to improve client relations.” By doing so it will result in […]
Why Going Solo as a Young Attorney Could Be the Best Decision Ever with Susan Cartier Liebel from Solo Practice University®.
On this episode of New Solo from the Legal Talk Network, Adriana Linares interviews Susan Cartier Liebel from Solo Practice University® about how to stay motivated throughout the process of starting a solo law practice.
Motivation in life is very important. I share seminal moments which have shaped me as a human being and helped me become who I am today.
On this podcast from Lawpreneur Radio, Miranda McCroskey interviews Susan Cartier Liebel from Solo Practice University® about perceptions of fear, failure and other issues facing solos.
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