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What topics are okay and not okay when texting with clients?
I frequently text with clients, but I have a hard and fast rule: I do not discuss the substance of a case by text.
What does that leave? Quite a bit, actually. As a criminal defense attorney, I use texting often to find my clients at the court house, remind them of upcoming hearings, ask for […]
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Are free messaging apps really free?
This week, Facebook privacy concerns have blown up in the news. Part of me thinks “who cares?” I figure social media is my public life. Like most of us, I use social media primarily for complaining and/or bragging. I’m either posting a video of my kid playing piano or I’m screaming at the sky about […]
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The Basics of Marketing a Small Law Firm Online
2018 marks my 24th year of practicing law as a self-employed attorney. The day after I took the oath in May of 1994, I hung out my shingle. In 2000, I also founded a law firm marketing company. These two experiences have taken me through almost all facets of law firm marketing. I have distilled […]
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ID thieves and the future of cell phone numbers
The Better Business Bureau issued a warning that identify thieves are using cell phone number porting to steal valuable identity information. Cell phone numbers are used to confirm your identity by many major software providers including Google, so protecting your number has become important.
If you use gmail, for example, your email and documents could be […]
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Announcing monikur (beta), the client communicator
monikur is a mobile communication app designed for professionals to communicate with their clients. As a self-employed attorney since 1994, I have run the full gamut from wanting to always be reachable by my clients to hiding from and hating my cell phone. As a young attorney, I carried a pager and was delighted when […]
