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Networking
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Mike McBride Online
Networking Effectively May Not Look the Same For Everyone
By Mike McBride
In case you haven’t seen it, there was an article making the rounds recently entitled For Women Job Seekers, Networking Like a Man Isn’t Enough. It involved a study that…
The Social Media Butterfly
How Using Social Media to Promote Others Can Build Your Network and Brand
Recently, social media strategist Spencer X. Smith (if you’re not following him you should!) said something on LinkedIn that really resonated with me. It was about the idea of using your social…
Muse Communications Blog
Multitask Your Legal Marketing
Now that we’re well and truly in the holiday season – the one that exhausts and delights in equal measure – it’s a good time to take a deep dive…
Jaffe Blog
Is Your Networking “Notworking?” — Changing Perceptions and Overcoming the Trepidation of Attending
By asingles
What do you think of when asked to attend the local Chamber of Commerce’s after-hours networking event? I immediately think of that overly energetic, extroverted and annoying person passing out…
Kirk Stange on Law
Be sure to get yourself a ride
There are lots of social events that lawyers are expected to attend. From bar activities, charity and other social events, successful lawyers area really expected to be in lots of…
My Shingle
The Experts Told Me To Network…But No One Will Respond to My Invitations to Meet. What Can I Do?
The Problem With Networking Advice When you started your firm, chances are that you were told to network using a system like this one: Step 1: Attend bar association events…
Zen and the Art of Legal Networking
Lawyers: Put the Kibosh on Random Acts of Business Development TODAY
As you're reading this post, I want you to think about whether you'd consider yourself to be a fairly good networker and business developer. What does "networking" mean to you?…
Marketing Brain Fodder
Building A Business Development Plan: Part 3 — If You Can’t Name Targets, Focus On A Network Tune-Up
Professional service providers who have difficulty identifying specific targets (as discussed in Part 2 of our series on Building A Business Development Plan) typically have one thing in common: an…
Zen and the Art of Legal Networking
5 Essential Networking Tips for Lawyers
In addition to understanding the area of the law that you’ll specialize in, there are a variety of “soft skills” that will be essential to navigating the practice of law…
Harrington Communications Blog
Build Your Network…But Also Build a “Scene”
This article by Jay Harrington first appeared on Law.com. It is part of his monthly Law.com expert opinion column on attorney professional development. While accepting the Nobel Prize for literature, Ernest Hemingway said, “Writing, at…