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Allison C. Shields, Legal Ease Consulting, Inc.
Long Island, New York
I help prevent "Lawyer Meltdown" through practice management and business development coaching and consulting for lawyers.
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LinkedIn's New Navigation Bar
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Although LinkedIn has been testing it for a while now and rolling out slowly to some users, the newest version of their user interface with a new navigation bar was finally announced by LinkedIn yesterday. You may recall that toward... Continue reading
Posted 2 days ago at Legal Ease Blog
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Things I Carry - My Own List
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About a month ago, I did a post inspired by the LinkedIn thought leaders' series, "Things I Carry." My post was entitled, "What Things Do Lawyers Carry," and I was hoping to get some comments or responses from lawyers so... Continue reading
Posted May 15, 2013 at Legal Ease Blog
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Buyer's Guide to Legal Billing Software
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Billing. It's probably the most hated word in any lawyer's vocabulary. But it's a necessary evil. Even small practices need to keep up with their billing and collections, particularly when times are hard. Luckily, there are lots of software products... Continue reading
Posted May 8, 2013 at Legal Ease Blog
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How to Motivate Employees
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I've written about how to motivate employees before. Usually, the subject comes up when I hear complaints from law firm partners or managers about why their employees (whether lawyers or staff) aren't performing the way the firm expects them to.... Continue reading
Posted May 2, 2013 at Legal Ease Blog
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Big Ideas About The Future of Law in 6 Minutes - LexThink.1 2013
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The videos from this year's LexThink.1 presentations have been posted. In case you don't know about LexThink.1, it's an event that is usually held in conjunction with the ABA TECHSHOW. LexThink.1 takes place the evening before TECHSHOW begins. Here's the... Continue reading
Posted Apr 23, 2013 at Legal Ease Blog
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New on Facebook
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If you haven't seen them yet, get ready - changes are coming to Facebook (again). Facebook's "What are you doing?" The latest addition? When you click in the status update box to post to Facebook, in addition to options to... Continue reading
Posted Apr 16, 2013 at Legal Ease Blog
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What Things Do Lawyers Carry?
If you've been on LinkedIn lately, you may have noticed that LinkedIn now features some influencers (they call them "Thought Leaders") who have the ability to post longer, article or blog-style items on LinkedIn. Thought leaders include people like Jack... Continue reading
Posted Apr 10, 2013 at Legal Ease Blog
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Does Hourly Billing Encourage Padding of Legal Bills?
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On Monday the New York Times posted a story online about a suit against mega-firm DLA Piper alleging that the firm padded its bills. According to the story, lawyers at the firm engaged in email discussions about bills on this... Continue reading
Posted Mar 26, 2013 at Legal Ease Blog
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Time Management Tip #10: Delegate
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Time management isn't just about working more efficiently; it's also about being more effective and choosing the right tasks to work on in the first place. In Time Management Tip #5, we talked about creating a "Don't Do" list. Your... Continue reading
Posted Mar 12, 2013 at Legal Ease Blog
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How Your Webmaster or Law Firm Internet Marketing Consultant is Ruining Your Reputation
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Internet marketing consultants, social media "experts," and SEO "professionals" seem to be everywhere these days. Lawyers have begun to recognize that they can no longer ignore the internet, even if they think it isn't their main source of business. Many... Continue reading
Posted Mar 7, 2013 at Legal Ease Blog
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LinkedIn Tip #4: Supercharge Your Summary
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Your Profile is your “home” page on LinkedIn. It helps new connections or potential followers decide whether or not to connect and interact with you. It’s where people on LinkedIn will get information about you, and the information in your... Continue reading
Posted Feb 27, 2013 at Legal Ease Blog
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Content Marketing: Quantity Alone is not Enough
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I recently did a blog post on content marketing, and I've now come accross a slideshare presentation done by Velocity, a UK business to business marketing firm. The presentation went viral, for good reason. I've embedded their presentation below if... Continue reading
Posted Feb 20, 2013 at Legal Ease Blog
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Time Management Tip #9: Do the Worst First
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When I was a kid and I had to eat something I didn't like (like broccoli, spinach or mushrooms), I learned that if I ate that item first, it was much easier; I had the rest of my dinner (the... Continue reading
Posted Feb 13, 2013 at Legal Ease Blog
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Content Marketing for Lawyers
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If you've done any research or read anything recently about marketing, you've probably come across the term "content marketing." It seems to be the newest marketing buzzword. But what is it, and why should lawyers care? What is content marketing?... Continue reading
Posted Feb 5, 2013 at Legal Ease Blog
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LinkedIn Tip #3: Re-Organize Your Profile
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This is the third post in my series of LinkedIn Tips. Tip #1 covered invitations to connect and tip #2 talked about improving your professional headline. For this time, we'll work on one easy way to improve your LinkedIin Profile.... Continue reading
Posted Jan 30, 2013 at Legal Ease Blog
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Book Review - Blogging in One Hour for Lawyers
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Although some lawyers have been blogging for quite a while now, others are just starting out. I still hear even established lawyers asking questions like, “Should I start a blog?” “What is the difference between a blog and a website?”... Continue reading
Posted Jan 24, 2013 at Legal Ease Blog
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Resolutions for Client Service
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It's a new year, and a good time to commit to improve client service. Dan Pinnington advises lawyers to avoid doing things that annoy clients the most and recommends things like: Establishing a policy for returning client calls within a... Continue reading
Posted Jan 11, 2013 at Legal Ease Blog
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Resolutions for Client Service
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It's a new year, and a good time to commit to improve client service. Dan Pinnington advises lawyers to avoid doing things that annoy clients the most and recommends things like: Establishing a policy for returning client calls within a... Continue reading
Posted Jan 11, 2013 at Legal Ease Blog
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ABA TECHSHOW 2013 Preview
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It's a brand new year, and that means it's time to plan your trip to a brand new ABA TECHSHOW. ABA TECHSHOW 2013 is scheduled to take place from April 4-6, 2013 at the Hilton Chicago located at 720 S.... Continue reading
Posted Jan 3, 2013 at Legal Ease Blog
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Time Management Tip #8: Cure "I Need to See It" Syndrome
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As 2012 draws to a close, you might be thinking about productivity, “time management”and what you can do to improve in the new year, so here is my final time management tip for 2012: Get rid of “I need to... Continue reading
Posted Dec 19, 2012 at Legal Ease Blog
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LinkedIn Tip #2: Improve Your Professional Headline to Stand Out
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LinkedIn is a business and professional network. The people who use LinkedIn are not there to discuss their favorite television show or talk about what they had for dinner. They join LinkedIn, post Updates and join Groups to further their... Continue reading
Posted Dec 12, 2012 at Legal Ease Blog
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Lawyers and Productivity: Year-End Thoughts
A few months ago I did a post about workplace productivity, based on two different infographics I found on the web relating to social media use and productivity. That post generated some interesting discussion, so I thought I would bring... Continue reading
Posted Dec 5, 2012 at Legal Ease Blog
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Pinterest for Lawyers
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Just when you were starting to master LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and maybe even Google+, along comes yet another “hot” social media site – Pinterest. Launched in 2010, Pinterest is an online virtual pinboard for “collecting and organizing things you love.”... Continue reading
Posted Nov 28, 2012 at Legal Ease Blog
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Holiday Gift Guide 2012
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Thanksgiving is not quite here, but in some places, the Black Friday deals have already begun – the ‘holiday shopping season’ seems to start earlier and earlier every year. I’ve started seeing all kinds of articles and posts about holiday... Continue reading
Posted Nov 20, 2012 at Legal Ease Blog
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Time Management Tip #7: Next Actions
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In our last time management tip, I talked about using the Power of Three to narrow your 'to do' list down to three "must do" items so that if you accomplish nothing else during the day, you will still feel... Continue reading
Posted Nov 14, 2012 at Legal Ease Blog
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