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I would not waste my life in friction when it could be turned into momentum. — ~Frances Willard

Frankl on Making The Choice

The last of the human freedoms - to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way. Viktor Frankl (1905-1997) Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Sam Parker - December 19, 2011 at 9:30 am

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A Year in New York

5-minute video of New York to get your mind right for the day ahead

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Sam Parker - at 9:20 am

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Celebrate Success

In Leanne Hoagland-Smith’s post Christmas a Time to Enjoy Life, Reflect Upon the Year and Relish Your Sales Success got me thinking. “By not acknowledging your own sales success, may be keeping you from securing more sales success.” How often do we, as salespeople, expect perfection from ourselves – therefore not celebrating success? Need an [...]

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by LHidy - December 17, 2011 at 7:08 pm

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A simple way to promote your blawg you’re probably not doing

increase-blog-trafficDo you have a print brochure for your law practice? Most attorneys don't. They pass out their business card with the url to their web site or blog but a business card generally doesn't tell people what you do or the benefits you offer. People have to go the your web site to find out and too often they simply don't.

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by David M. Ward - December 16, 2011 at 8:34 pm

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A to Z Internet Marketing News: Tacky Social PR, Can You Measure Up, Is Sales #1?, Sharing 2011, Email/Social Become One

2011 Social Sharing Trends [INFOGRAPHIC] A new infographic recently released by Clearspring provides a good overview of social sharing in the past year.  I especially liked the breakdown of shares by social media platform. Facts You May Not Know You Didn’t Know: 73% of the top 10 shares were related to death & disaster Twitter [...]

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Ashley Zeckman - at 11:34 am

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Nansen on Crossing The Line

"The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer." Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930) Norwegian explorer Nobel Prize winner

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Sam Parker - at 9:30 am

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How to kill your chances of success

the worst time to take a vacationThere's a natural rhythm to building a law practice. You start out from a dead stop, try a lot of things to see what works, and you keep doing what's working. Eventually, you have some momentum. Things start happening a bit more often. They last a bit longer. They get a little easier.

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by David M. Ward - December 15, 2011 at 7:25 pm

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5 Tips on Creating Video Content for Public Relations

If you are  Public Relations professional (or online marketer), the time has come to implement new tactics that will keep your audience excited, engaged, and encouraged to share.  While optimized press releases, case studies, and white papers are great forms of online content, it’s time to take advantage of one of the hottest media formats [...]

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by Ashley Zeckman - at 11:34 am

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How to steal from your competition (and why I hope you get caught)

aba blawg 100The ABA is asking you to vote for your favorite law-related blog in this year's annual "blawg 100".

There are some interesting inclusions on this year's list, and some interesting omissions. Of course any list will have a bias that reflects the ethos of the organization and it's readership and the ABA is no exception. But even though The Attorney Marketing Center's blog isn't on the list (maybe next year), the list has value to me. It does for you, too.

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Be the first to comment - What do you think?  Posted by David M. Ward - December 14, 2011 at 6:47 pm

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Social Media ROI as Return on Influence

While the topic of return on investment with social media participation seems to polarize many marketing, advertising, and public relations pundits, there are a growing number of companies and agencies that are implementing social media marketing and analysis efforts to answer the question firsthand. We’ve all read about or seen favorite examples going back to [...]

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