Your LinkedIn Profile: Is That You Speaking?

business development, career management

Does your LinkedIn profile actually sound like you?  Or does it sound like how you think a lawyer should sound?  Perhaps you skipped the “Summary” section completely because you don’t know what to write other than something dry and stiff. I’ve...

Choose Something: Business Development Actions for the Last Week of December

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Does your law practice calendar look low in billable hours the next two weeks?  If so, use that time to check at least one more business development action off your list for 2012.  Yes, I am talking about that long list of ideas you had for this year that were sure to...

Buzz Building for Lawyers, Part 2

business development

Building Buzz About Your Legal Services: Assess yourself and the competition.  Is any other lawyer known as the “go to lawyer” for your same target market? How can you become known as the “go to lawyer” for that market?  Who and what will help...

One Innovative Campaign to Get a Job….

career management

Actions speak louder than words. This young woman put her social media skills into action in her bid to land a job as the University of Michigan’s first Director of Social Media. Dear Lisa...

Social Media, Stereotyping Strengths and Horn Blowing

business development, career management

The ABA Journal published an article discussing whether Web 2.0 plays to women’s “strengths” more than men’s. Based on my 22 years in the legal profession, I agree that generally women are less comfortable blowing their own horn than some men...