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Nov 1, 2017 • 35min

#144: How Stress is Sabotaging Your Clients, with Nika Kabiri (Replay)

In this episode we talk with Nika Kabiri about the ways stress may be sabotaging your clients and getting in the way of your ability to represent them. You’ll also learn how to empathize with your clients the way lawyers who are building truly client-centered law firms must do. Nika Kabiri is a sociologist who conducts research and leverages learnings from political science, economics, psychology, and sociology to understand what people go through as they navigate their legal issues.
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Oct 25, 2017 • 33min

#143: The Past, Present, and Future of Unbundled Legal Services, with Forrest Mosten

In this episode, the "Father of Unbundling," Forrest ("Woody") Mosten explains how unbundled services came to law practice, discusses the future of unbundling and its potential for closing the access-to-justice gap, and lays out some best practices for lawyers who want to offer unbundled services. Forrest (“Woody”) Mosten is internationally recognized as the “Father of Unbundling” for his pioneering work in limited scope representation to provide affordable and understandable legal services to the underserved members of our society. He is in solo private practice as a family lawyer and mediator in Los Angeles in which unbundling, collaborative practice, representing clients in mediation, and other non-litigation conflict prevention activities are the foundation of his work with clients.
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Oct 18, 2017 • 48min

#142: How to Energize Your Speaking Engagements, with Pete Vargas

In this episode, Pete Vargas explains how lawyers can use speaking engagements to generate new clients and referrals. Plus, Pete outlines a three-part presentation outline (heart, head, and hands) designed to get the audience to take action. Pete Vargas has been educating speakers for over a decade, helping speakers, entrepreneurs, nonprofits, and small business owners land speaking engagements and leverage the stage to grow their businesses. Also, we've got a special offer from Westlaw: a free webinar on cybersecurity for small law firms. If you can attend on Wednesday, November 8th, at 12pm Central, email Carissa.Stimpfel@tr.com to register.
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Oct 11, 2017 • 32min

#141: How Lawyers Can (and Should) Use Pinterest for Marketing, with Christina Scalera

In this episode Christina Scalera explains why Pinterest really is a great place for lawyers to build business, and how to approach it. The gist of it is this: people go to Pinterest to find things, which presents an opportunity to get yourself in front of your potential clients. Learn more on the podcast, but you should also download Christina's Pinterest for Lawyers guide. Christina Scalera is the attorney + millennial behind the Contract Shop for creative entrepreneurs, and Ruckus, which explains how she built her IP practice and become an influencer in the creative community.
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Oct 4, 2017 • 32min

#140: Making a Case for a Primary Care Lawyer, with Melissa Hall

In this episode, Melissa Hall argues that lawyers can learn from healthcare, where a primary care doctor diagnoses and treats common health problems and sends patients to specialists as necessary. As with doctors, primary care lawyers could be the primary user interface for law. It's the approach Melissa has taken with her own practice, Smol Law. Melissa Hall is a general practice, "primary care" attorney who helps clients navigate the legal system by solving legal problems, helping clients solve their legal problems, or helping them find someone who can.
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Sep 27, 2017 • 37min

#139: 14 Low-Cost Ways to Improve Your SEO Profile, with Jeff Skrysak

  In this episode, Jeff Skrysak lists 14 things you can do to improve your SEO profile that don’t cost much money. (They do require a bit of effort, though.) Give each page a good, relevant title (HTML tag). Write good content for each page, and give each a good meta description. If you use Wordpress, install the Yoast SEO plugin. Create a directory structure for your pages that is descriptive and makes sense. Get listed on Google Maps for better local search. Ask your clients to leave a review on your Google listing (need a Google+ account). Match your Google+ account to your website. Create content around topics that are rarely discussed on other websites about your practice area. Create Facebook and LinkedIn pages for your law firm, and update them regularly, including with links back to your website. Write blog posts. Link to other websites. Use photos on every page and post. Do not make your law firm website all about you. Use headings in your pages and posts! Jeff is a former IT professional who practices in estate planning and business law in Oregon. He is both an attorney and legal solutions architect, which means he uses his software engineering skills to automate and improve all aspects of a lawyers's business.
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Sep 20, 2017 • 32min

#138: Starting a Legal Non-Profit, with Animal Legal Defense Fund Founder Joyce Tischler

In this episode Joyce Tischler discusses lessons learned from the founding of Animal Legal Defense Fund, which she founded in 1979. Today its annual budget is nearly $13 million and it has over 200,000 members and supporters. Joyce explains how she founded ALDF, what she learned, and gives some tips to anyone interested in starting a legal nonprofit today. As founder of the Animal Legal Defense Fund in 1979, Joyce Tischler has helped create and shape the emerging field of animal law. Joyce was the Animal Legal Defense Fund’s first executive director for twenty-five years, and now serves as the agency's general counsel.
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Sep 13, 2017 • 52min

#137: Career Change for Smart Professionals, with Rikke Hansen

In this episode, Rikke Hansen explains how lawyers should think about career change—including when to leave the profession or start their own firm. She also explains the ways in which lawyers tend to overthink their career paths and self-sabotage, and how to overcome those blockers. Rikke Hansen helps smart professionals in their 30s and 40s change careers or start their own business by sharing her proven framework for figuring out what you really want to do next.
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Sep 6, 2017 • 44min

#136: Meditation and Productivity for Innovators and Entrepreneurs, with Doug Brackman

In this episode, Doug Brackmann explains why traditional meditation may not work for innovators, entrepreneurs, and other highly driven individuals. Instead he proposes an alternative meditation style and productivity tools better suited to the "Driven" brain. To find out if you are Driven, take the assessment at HighlyDriven.Life. If you want to learn more, pick up Doug's book, Driven: Understanding and Harnessing the Genetic Gifts Shared by Entrepreneurs, Navy SEALs, Pro Athletes, and Maybe YOU. Dr. Doug Brackmann is a dual Ph.D. in both clinical and organizational psychology. Over the last 30 years he has developed expertise in Driven individuals, roughly 10% of the population. The Driven exhibit a highly competitive and driven nature, are not averse to risk-taking and may struggle with finding balance in their lives.
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Aug 30, 2017 • 57min

#135: How to Shop for Malpractice Insurance, with JoAnn Hathaway

In this episode, Legal Malpractice Insurance in One Hour for Lawyers author JoAnn Hathaway explains why you need malpractice insurance and how to shop for it. JoAnn L. Hathaway is a practice management advisor for the State Bar of Michigan. She previously worked as a legal liability claims director and risk manager, paralegal, and legal administrator.

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