TechnoLawyer: SmallLaw

Coming today to SmallLaw: All modern websites use a content management system or CMS. This cloud software makes it easy to add new articles to your website and make changes to existing web pages. Many CMS products and add-on services exist. Even if you decide to use WordPress, the dominant CMS, you'll need to sort through thousands of themes and "built-on" services. In this issue of SmallLaw, online legal marketing expert Gyi Tsakalakis discusses the best products for most solos and small law firms — and common red flags to avoid. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week to learn how to optimize your local search listing on Google.

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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 52 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.

How to Handle the Death of One of Your People

Four Rookie Mistakes for Young Solos

How to Test Your SEO "Expert"

Here's How to Become a Better Networker

Congratulations to Tison H. Rhine of Wisconsin Lawyer on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: Coffee in the Law Office

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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: Word processing guru Deborah Savadra noticed that most legal professionals open up a word processor and just start typing. The default settings for margins, page orientation, etc. work fine most of the time. But what if you want one page in landscape orientation or need a three-inch header for a court stamp or have to change page numbering schemes in the middle of a brief? In this issue of SmallLaw, Deborah continues her "best of Both Words" series by tackling challenging page formatting tasks in both Word and WordPerfect. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week to learn how to create a law firm website in five minutes.

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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 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.

How Your Associates Can Bring in Business

Denney's What's Hot and What's Not Mid-2015

A Social Media Primer for Lawyers

Public Relations for Personal Injury Firms

Congratulations to Kevin Davis of ABA Journal on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: Small Law Firms Tap the Contract Lawyer Market

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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 35 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.

How to Use to a Virtual Assistant

Always Be Selling Even When Billing

10 Ways to Grow Your Email List

A Checklist for New Lawyer Bloggers

Congratulations to Frank Strong of Business of Law Blog on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: Rollover Billable Hours

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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: Many small firm founders neglect the business side of their practice, which inevitably results in arrears and other financial problems. In this issue of SmallLaw, Law Practice Advisor Heidi Alexander explores five common financial blunders and how to avoid them with a combination of best management practices and software. From lost billable time to write-offs to poor client selection and more, you'll surely pick up a helpful tip. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week to learn about a problem you don't realize you have.

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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 35 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.

Here's Why Most Law Firms Don't Grow

How to Improve Hospitality in the Office

Six Tips for Moving Your Attorney Site to SSL

Dos and Don'ts of Conference Networking

Congratulations to Jacob Sapochnick of Enchanting Lawyer on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: How to Create YouTube Videos That Attract New Clients

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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: TechnoLawyer members have ranted for years about paragraph numbering in Microsoft Word. So when we heard about Infoware's Word Renovation Tools (Word RT), we asked lawyer and legal technology consultant Seth Rowland to investigate. In this issue of SmallLaw, Seth puts Word RT to the test with a set of Word documents converted from WordPerfect. Seth also evaluates Word RT's other features, and explains how Infoware prices Word RT. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week for tips on transitioning to a remote team.

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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 52 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.

Lawyers With Lowest Pay Report More Happiness

What You Really Need Is a Don't-Do List

Inexcusable Law Firm Website Design Mistakes

Email Tips to Grow Your Law Practice

Congratulations to Allison Shields of Law Practice Magazine on winning our SmallLaw Pick of the Week award: The Eight Step Email Survival Guide for Lawyers

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: New Jersey lawyer Ed Zohn is an aficionado of both Outlook and document management so we asked him to write a comparative review of QuickFile 5 and SimplyFile 4. These Outlook add-ons enable you to file incoming and outgoing email into the correct folder with one click. Ed covers setup, core functionality, and pricing. He also explores advanced features such as snoozing an email message to make it disappear until a later time. Don't miss Ed's verdict. Also, don't miss the SmallLaw Pick of the Week for nine tips on how to write introductions that keep readers engaged.

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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.