TechnoLawyer: SmallLaw

Coming today to SmallLaw: You must breathe to stay alive. Your law firm must bill to stay alive. Ideally, both should occur without much effort. In this issue of SmallLaw, estate planning lawyer Chandra Lewnau explores the deep billing feature set of cloud app Bill4Time. Chandra covers setup, the dashboards and user experience, key features such as timekeeping, invoicing, and reporting, the mobile apps, integrations, and of course the price. Should you consider Bill4Time? Read the review to find out. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week for six ways your firm's Facebook page can pay.

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Small firm, big dreams. Written by practicing lawyers who manage successful small firms and legal technology and practice management experts who have achieved rock star status, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in small law firms, as well as comprehensive legal product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles (and podcasts and videos) about solo practices and small law firms. The SmallLaw newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to SmallLaw: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 40 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our SmallLaw Pick of the Week.

The 9 Things I Wish I Learned in Law School

Running Your Firm From the Road (Podcast)

Why Your Content Sends You Zero Traffic

The Post-Referral Sales Investigation Meeting

Congratulations to Jim Woods of Productivityist on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: Six Email Principles to Boost Productivity

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Small law firm, big dreams. Written by successful small-firm founders, managing partners, administrators, and legal technology and practice management experts, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in solo practices and small law firms. Additionally, SmallLaw features comprehensive reviews of legal products with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles, podcasts, and videos about solo practices and small law firms. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to SmallLaw: Does your small law firm homepage earn its pay? Probably not according to online legal marketing expert Gyi Tsakalakis. In this issue of SmallLaw, Gyi explains what prospective clients expect nowadays and how to give it to them. Gyi covers visible elements of your homepage such as your contact information as well as invisible elements, the latter of which help you rank better in Google. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week for the top 10 initial client meeting disasters.

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Small firm, big dreams. Written by practicing lawyers who manage successful small firms and legal technology and practice management experts who have achieved rock star status, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in small law firms, as well as comprehensive legal product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles (and podcasts and videos) about solo practices and small law firms. The SmallLaw newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to SmallLaw: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 46 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our SmallLaw Pick of the Week.

Are Lawyers Getting Dumber?

2015 Legal Rebels

Social Profile SEO

Dealing With Bad Online Reviews

Congratulations to Ernie Svenson of Ernie the Attorney on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: A Lawyer Reflects on Meditation and Mindfulness

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Small law firm, big dreams. Written by successful small-firm founders, managing partners, administrators, and legal technology and practice management experts, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in solo practices and small law firms. Additionally, SmallLaw features comprehensive reviews of legal products with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles, podcasts, and videos about solo practices and small law firms. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to SmallLaw: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 41 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our SmallLaw Pick of the Week.

Why You Should Read "The Martian"

How to Hire the Best People to Grow Your Firm

Multiple Practice Areas and Your Website

How to Stay Connected With Referral Sources

Congratulations to Lee Rosen of Divorce Discourse on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: Are Paralegals Necessary?

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Small law firm, big dreams. Written by successful small-firm founders, managing partners, administrators, and legal technology and practice management experts, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in solo practices and small law firms. Additionally, SmallLaw features comprehensive reviews of legal products with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles, podcasts, and videos about solo practices and small law firms. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to SmallLaw: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 47 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our SmallLaw Pick of the Week.

Bend Over: The Credit Card Processor Is Here

The Managing Partner's Sex Change

10 Steps to Engaging More Prospects

Four Unique Law Firm Websites

Congratulations to Gina Rubel of Lawyernomics on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: Don't Start a Conversation or Email With These Words

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Small law firm, big dreams. Written by successful small-firm founders, managing partners, administrators, and legal technology and practice management experts, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in solo practices and small law firms. Additionally, SmallLaw features comprehensive reviews of legal products with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles, podcasts, and videos about solo practices and small law firms. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to SmallLaw: Microsoft Word lacks finesse when tracking changes or comparing documents. Workshare Compare, part of the Workshare Professional 9 suite, contains more precise change tracking and document comparison tools. In this issue of SmallLaw, lawyer and legal technology consultant Seth Rowland uses these tools to determine whether Workshare Professional represents a good value for small law firms. Seth also explores the other apps in the suite — Workshare Protect and Workshare Connect. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week to learn how not to blow a referral opportunity.

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Small firm, big dreams. Written by practicing lawyers who manage successful small firms and legal technology and practice management experts who have achieved rock star status, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in small law firms, as well as comprehensive legal product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles (and podcasts and videos) about solo practices and small law firms. The SmallLaw newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to SmallLaw: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 40 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our SmallLaw Pick of the Week.

Right and Wrong Reasons to Form a Partnership

Eliminating Clutter Cuts Stress

Google Updates Local Results

Should You Post Articles on LinkedIn Pulse?

Congratulations to Shannon Ainsworth of LawMarketing.com on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: How to Write the Perfect Google AdWords Ad

How to Receive SmallLaw
Small law firm, big dreams. Written by successful small-firm founders, managing partners, administrators, and legal technology and practice management experts, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in solo practices and small law firms. Additionally, SmallLaw features comprehensive reviews of legal products with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles, podcasts, and videos about solo practices and small law firms. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to SmallLaw: Clients may soon ask if your staff is certified in word processing. When this day arrives, you want to make sure everyone can pass the test without breaking a sweat. In this issue of SmallLaw, word processing guru Deborah Savadra explains how to use five time-saving features in Word and WordPerfect for common formatting problems. Make this required reading for everyone in your firm. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week for an urgent LinkedIn tip.

How to Receive SmallLaw
Small firm, big dreams. Written by practicing lawyers who manage successful small firms and legal technology and practice management experts who have achieved rock star status, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in small law firms, as well as comprehensive legal product reviews with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles (and podcasts and videos) about solo practices and small law firms. The SmallLaw newsletter is free so don't miss the next issue. Please subscribe now.

Coming today to SmallLaw: Our editorial team has selected and linked to 43 articles from the past week worthy of your attention. Below you'll find a sample article from each section of today's issue, including our SmallLaw Pick of the Week.

Ten Commandments to Hanging a Shingle

How Lawyers Can Do More in Less Time

How to Generate Leads With a Newsletter

A Few Thoughts on Writing for the Web

Congratulations to Lee Rosen of Divorce Discourse on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: Project Management for Small Law Firms

How to Receive SmallLaw
Small law firm, big dreams. Written by successful small-firm founders, managing partners, administrators, and legal technology and practice management experts, SmallLaw provides practical advice on management, marketing, and technology issues in solo practices and small law firms. Additionally, SmallLaw features comprehensive reviews of legal products with accompanying TechnoScore ratings. SmallLaw also ensures that you won't miss anything published elsewhere by linking to helpful articles, podcasts, and videos about solo practices and small law firms. Please subscribe now.