Being an entrepreneur is a great way to make your mark, pave your own path while being your own boss. Especially if you can identify a need in the market for goods or a service that you can provide that others are not providing in the same way or not providing at all.
That being
For those of you on Twitter, here are a few ideas to help boost your followers and engagement on the platform. The best part? None of these take a long time to do. They just require a little bit of time each day.
Why should you be on Twitter? Decision makers, reporters, recruits, referral sources,
Sometimes social media really works wonders in bringing people together who you wouldn’t have had the opportunity to meet otherwise. One such person who LinkedIn brought into my life is Olivia Kiratu. Despite living on opposite sides of the world (she lives in Kenya and I live in New York City), we have developed
Do you have a social media strategy? Do you have a social media editorial calendar? Do you plan out your posts in advance?
Most importantly, do you know WHY you’re posting something to social media?
I feel like so many of us go through the motions of posting a piece of content to social media,
Here are a few ideas to organically grow your social media presence and followers on any social channel (only go where your clients/customers and prospects are):
The end of the summer is here, and a new season is about to be upon us. In spite of what’s been a difficult year for many of us with the pandemic clouding everything we do and affecting many of us personally and professionally, I wanted to provide a little bit of positive advice.
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Clients come to law firms because they need help finding and implementing solutions – each employee is in essence a legal solution provider and a problem solver. And in a crowded and the unpredictable business climate of today, it is more important than ever to embrace and anticipate changes to meet the shifting needs of clients. Most importantly, we always need to put our clients first and ensure that every employee embraces a client-centric mindset.
Being a great lawyer doesn’t guarantee you a solid book of business anymore. Neither does having a law degree from one of the top schools in the country. None of these fancy credentials matter if you don’t have the right people skills (or emotional intelligence) to connect with clients on a personal level, especially now.
Because clients regularly hire outside counsel who they’ve known for many years – from law school, a prior firm, a friend of a friend or a past matter – cultivating relationships should be at the heart of everything you do – especially now. It’s important to treat everyone with whom you come into contact as if they could be a future client or referral source, which is a helpful guiding principle in how to interact with your professional network.
Here’s how to develop a more client-centric mindset and build stronger relationships despite the barriers we are facing today during this worldwide pandemic.
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It’s really important to know what your competition is doing in today’s crowded market. They can help you enhance your marketing and business development efforts. Your competitors give you inside information that can help you do your job better, stay relevant, refine strategy, innovate and lead the market. Some call this competitive intelligence – I
It’s a challenging time for everyone in terms of generating new business right now. If you are a law firm associate or junior partner who has lost momentum on building your book of business and/or brand due to the pandemic, or you’re just starting to think about developing new business, I have a few ideas.
Your social media bios are others’ first impression of you and your brand.
A professional bio on a social network is an introduction – a foot in the door so your potential audience can evaluate you and decide if they want to get to know you further.
In each of your social media profiles, you