Most lawyers I know jam their calendars each day with more than two people could accomplish in a week. Is this you? It’s a vicious cycle because we feel terrible not being able to accomplish what’s on the list… instead of feeling great about what was accomplished. We literally sabotage our success and the feeling
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Legal Business Development: 8 Ways to Turbo Charge Your Productivity
I don’t know a lawyer that isn’t trying to squeeze more out of every single day… maximum productivity. We would all like to find a silver bullet… the answer to the demanding obligations we have in our lives. Jeff Haden contributor to Inc. Magazine wrote… 14 Simple Ways to Get Considerably More Done. It’s…
Legal Business Development: 8 Things You Should NOT Do Every Day
By Paula Black on
If you are a frequent reader of my blog you know that I have a motto for business development… Do Something Every Single Day! Creating a business development habit is key to building a book of business. But along with that we must look at the habits that we have acquired along the way that…
Legal Business Development: Do The Emails You Send Build Credibility?
By Paula Black on
Posted in Increasing Credibility
Do the emails you send to your clients build credibility? Credibility… like your ability to be laser sharp and get to the essence of an issue? Or are they written like mini briefs? Everyone gets more emails per day than they can possibly read. When communicating with clients it is important that they read your…
Legal Business Development: Do You Want To Be REALLY Productive?
By Paula Black on
Posted in Marketing Time Commitment
What does REALLY productive mean to you? For me it is a FEELING of being in the zone of productive. I’m knocking things off my TO DO list (yes, I am one of those obsessive list keepers and I sometimes write something on my list just so I get the satisfaction of crossing it…
Boosting Your Marketing Productivity With GTD
By Tom Kane on
Posted in Marketing Plans, Marketing Tips
Ran across an interesting article about getting things done and thus being more effective in practicing law by adopting five principles of GTD discussed by Daniel Gold in a piece he wrote for Attorney at Work. It struck me that the same ideas are applicable to greater effectiveness when it comes to marketing.
His…