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Everything is bigger in Texas, including LMA!

What do the Ewings, Top Chef and the Legal Marketing Association (LMA) all have in common?? DALLAS!!! Woo hoo. I just booked my flights for the LMA Annual Conference to be held in Dallas (ok, Grapevine), Texas, March 15-16, 2012. I’m looking forward to seeing friends and colleagues, along with the programming and networking events [ READ MORE ]

Be careful who you friend – as they can report you to the (state) bar

Oh, those kids over at the Florida Bar Association are kicking it up again. My friend (and guest blogger) Gail Lamarche just posted this link over on the Legal Marketing Association‘s member listserv, The Florida Bar Guidelines for Networking Sites (updated as of January 10, 2012). Before we all start to panic, go read the [ READ MORE ]

“God welcomed his newest angel at 4:35 a.m.”

I woke up this morning to the sad news that my friend Nancy Myrland‘s dear mother had passed away: God welcomed his newest angel at 4:35 a.m. He couldn’t have given me a better mother. I will miss her dearly. That’s the message Nancy posted publicly on her Twitter account. Privately, several of us from [ READ MORE ]

New Year’s Resolution #2: Learn how this social media thingie works

I saw a great headline the other day: Dear Congress, It’s No Longer OK To Not Know How The Internet Works. I remember fondly the days when we were all tickled pink by our elected officials’ struggle to understand how the internet works. Whether it was George W. Bush referring to “the internets” or Senator [ READ MORE ]

“Where do I start?”

I spoke today for the Pasadena Bar Association Technology Section. Before the program began, I took the time to speak to several people to get a better idea of who was in the room and their level of social media usage. It was a diverse crowd. We had an attorney in the room who was [ READ MORE ]

There’s MORE at LMA

Are you getting excited? The Legal Marketing Association’s Annual Conference kicks off in just one week. I know many of you are going through the online materials, flipping through the agenda, trying to decide which sessions to attend. Just remember, there’s MORE at LMA. The MORE sessions (Mentoring Opportunities with Real-life Experts) are round-table discussions [ READ MORE ]

Marketing and Business Development are NOT about today

Get it into your heads: Marketing and Business Development are NOT about today! I had a great reminder of this from a partner in my firm. He began building a relationship with his client’s subsidiary 10 years ago. Yes I said TEN as in X or 3,650 days (plus a couple leap years). The work [ READ MORE ]

Are You a Facebook Friend or Spammer??

Happy New Year. I had a great stay-cation, enjoyed time with my kids and the Sports Dude. Loved meeting up with Gina Furia Rubel and her fabulous family at Universal Studios. I completely checked out from work and from legal marketing. I ignored my Google Reader. But, it’s now time to write my first post [ READ MORE ]

Mad Men, Lawyers and the 24-hour Layover

Another episode of Mad Men, and another lesson for the lawyers in our midst. On his way to Acapulco for some much deserved R&R, our protagonist, Don Draper, stops off in Los Angeles for a 24-hour layover. When his colleague, Harry Crane, Head of Media, suggests that he spend some time at The Brown Derby [ READ MORE ]

Law Firm Marketing Leaders Say What??

Kudos and thanks to Jonathan Fitzgarrald and Cheryl Bame for gathering together some of our colleagues to produce: “Law Firm Marketing Leaders: Tips from a Collection of Experts,” (pdf). Enjoy the “5 Tips” on the following topics from some of legal marketing’s finest: Social Media & Social Networking – Jayne Navarre, LawGravity Inc. and Heather [ READ MORE ]

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