In this definitive guide to starting, marketing and growing your law firm, you'll receive key insights from leading experts in the legal industry today. Inside you'll discover 11 steps to launch a successful law firm, how to get website leads on autopilot, online advertising secrets from the pros, how to build and market your website, business development for legal rainmakers, how to dominate social media overnight, and much more.
Skilled lawyers who open their own firms can quickly find their dream career turning into a nightmare. When the firm doesn't grow as fast as you expected, the money doesn't come like you'd hoped despite working long hours, and your less-capable peers are passing you by, it can be demoralizing and deeply frustrating. Mike Morse has been there. The change he made that transformed both his personal life and his professional future was running his law firm like a business. Now, along with John Nachazel, Mike has written the book he wishes he had twenty years ago. In Fireproof, the duo lay out a roadmap of business principles to help you sort out what's missing from your firm. By running your firm like a business, you are free to work in your sweet spot, doing what you love to do every day. You'll attract more clients, make more money, and enjoy newfound freedom. As your firm grows, you'll enjoy peace of mind knowing it'll bring more profitability-not more problems.
If you're a lawyer, competition drives you-but not just in the courtroom. You can't rely on success alone to stand out in today's market. You need an advantage you can depend on, a digital marketing expert or agency you can trust. Unfortunately, without industry knowledge, hiring one is not as simple as trusting your gut or a list of credentials. In Law Firm SEO, Jason Hennessey shares the proven SEO strategies he's used for two decades to earn more than $500 million in new cases for his clients. The world of digital marketing is complex. It's easy to hire the wrong team and lose valuable time and money. Jason shows you how he has reverse-engineered the Google algorithm with practical tools and techniques and without technical complexity. You don't need to be an SEO expert to leverage digital marketing. Whether you're a law student, solo practitioner, senior partner, or marketing director, this book will show you how to take your firm to the next level, increase revenue, and give you the competitive edge you need to stay ahead.
These days, even if you're an outstanding lawyer, you're getting lost in the shuffle. The legal landscape is saturated with over 1.3 million attorneys. In The Game Changing Attorney, marketing expert Michael Mogill teaches actionable strategies to help you break through the noise, gain your ideal client's attention, and land the best cases.
Named one of 10 Best New Management Books for 2022 by Thinkers50 A Wall Street Journal Bestseller "...this guide provides readers with much more than just early careers advice; it can help everyone from interns to CEOs." — a Financial Times top title You've landed a job. Now what? No one tells you how to navigate your first day in a new role. No one tells you how to take ownership, manage expectations, or handle workplace politics. No one tells you how to get promoted. The answers to these professional unknowns lie in the unspoken rules—the certain ways of doing things that managers expect but don't explain and that top performers do but don't realize. The problem is, these rules aren't taught in school. Instead, they get passed down over dinner or from mentor to mentee, making for an unlevel playing field, with the insiders getting ahead and the outsiders stumbling along through trial and error. Until now. In this practical guide, Gorick Ng, a first-generation college student and Harvard career adviser, demystifies the unspoken rules of work. Ng distills the wisdom he has gathered from over five hundred interviews with professionals across industries and job types about the biggest mistakes people make at work. Loaded with frameworks, checklists, and talking points, the book provides concrete strategies you can apply immediately to your own situation and will help you navigate inevitable questions, such as: How do I manage my time in the face of conflicting priorities? How do I build relationships when I’m working remotely? How do I ask for help without looking incompetent or lazy? The Unspoken Rules is the only book you need to perform your best, stand out from your peers, and set yourself up for a fulfilling career.
Do you know where your next client is coming from? What about your first client next month? You could spend years and tens of thousands of dollars trying out every marketing channel that screams for your attention. But if you know where to look there is a client 'vending machine' that some of the top practices have been using in the most competitive markets in the country. It even works for small and solo practices with a few hundred dollars to spend! It's called PPC lead generation and it combines the power of search advertising, conversion rate optimization and analytics to create a client generating machine that can work for you every day to win the clients looking for your services. This is NOT another marketing book showing you how to make a feel good game plan. Inside you'll learn: -The exact steps to set up your own PPC lead generation system that brings clients looking for YOU directly to your phone or inbox -The tools and platforms big law firms and the pros use -The pitfalls to avoid that leave some firms penniless in the dust Harness the power of PPC lead generation to take control of your practice's growth today.
The challenges to humanity posed by the digital future, the first detailed examination of the unprecedented form of power called "surveillance capitalism," and the quest by powerful corporations to predict and control our behavior. In this masterwork of original thinking and research, Shoshana Zuboff provides startling insights into the phenomenon that she has named surveillance capitalism. The stakes could not be higher: a global architecture of behavior modification threatens human nature in the twenty-first century just as industrial capitalism disfigured the natural world in the twentieth. Zuboff vividly brings to life the consequences as surveillance capitalism advances from Silicon Valley into every economic sector. Vast wealth and power are accumulated in ominous new "behavioral futures markets," where predictions about our behavior are bought and sold, and the production of goods and services is subordinated to a new "means of behavioral modification." The threat has shifted from a totalitarian Big Brother state to a ubiquitous digital architecture: a "Big Other" operating in the interests of surveillance capital. Here is the crucible of an unprecedented form of power marked by extreme concentrations of knowledge and free from democratic oversight. Zuboff's comprehensive and moving analysis lays bare the threats to twenty-first century society: a controlled "hive" of total connection that seduces with promises of total certainty for maximum profit -- at the expense of democracy, freedom, and our human future. With little resistance from law or society, surveillance capitalism is on the verge of dominating the social order and shaping the digital future -- if we let it.
What is a Mobile Law Practice? It is a law practice that is available when and where your clients need you. Structuring your practice as a mobile law practice allows you the flexibility to go to your clients, to work from your home office or to move to different offices. With today's technology, the options are unlimited. When you structure your Law Office on a Laptop, you have control over your hours, your overhead, and your life. Attorneys Catherine Hodder and Kelly C. Sturmthal have created a step-by-step interactive resource manual for starting up and running a successful mobile law practice. In this revised Second Edition, there is over 20% more information, including how to launch a solo practice and an expanded section on marketing through social media. With sample forms, helpful links, website information and checklists, this book has mapped out everything an attorney needs to set up their mobile law practice for success. -Considerations for Your Practice -Setting up Forms and Procedures -Evaluating Systems and Software -Marketing Yourself and Getting Clients -Using Social Media -State by State Guide for Law Practice Management -10 Tips for a Successful Solo Law Practice In addition to helpful links and resources, this book provides checklists of Goals and Opportunities to pursue so that you will have a concrete plan of action to start or enhance your own law practice. Note: The e-book version has clickable links to referenced websites. Advanced Reviews: ..".a great resource for any professional who is thinking about striking out on their own." - Karrie Bunting, Esq. ..".a book that impressively covers all the aspects of a law practice that one ought to think about before opening up shop..." - Liz Johnson, Esq., author of the Young, Hungry and Committed blog for lawyers. "There are many questions when you start a practice and this book gets them covered" - Hope Wood, Esq.
Get Ready for the Real World How do you get a job without experience and get experience without a job? It’s the question virtually every college student or recent graduate faces. Now newly revised and updated, Lindsey Pollak’s Getting from College to Career is the definitive guide to building the experience, skills, and confidence you need to succeed in the job search, offering action-oriented tips and strategies ranging from the simple to the expert. Learn how to: Get the best tools for career prep and job hunting E-mail like a professional Go global Practice the eight essentials of internship achievement Perform five minutes of stand-up Overprepare for interviews Persist without being a pest Getting from College to Career gives you the essential information and guidance you need to get your foot in the door of the real world. Don’t start your first job search without it!