http://myshingle.com/2009/08/articles/trends/coffee-shop-etiquette-for-the-home-office-shingler/ Great Things Come in Small [Law] Practices! Thu, 17 May 2012 02:37:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://myshingle.com/2009/08/articles/trends/coffee-shop-etiquette-for-the-home-office-shingler/#comment-3616 LawyerCoach Fri, 18 Jun 2010 21:32:51 +0000 http://174.120.83.8/~sh1ngl3/2009/08/articles/uncategorized/coffee-shop-etiquette-for-the-home-office-shingler/#comment-3616 I liked your idea about sponsoring a legal information or Q&A session at your favorite coffee shop, assuming it's during their otherwise slow hours, and doesn't come across as too self-promoting. Here are some more thoughts on how to make your coffee shop time a win-win experience. Join their frequent buyers club so they can see you're a valuable patron. Greet the people who work there by name, and introduce them to new customers you bring in. Look for little ways to benefit the owners or workers there. Write to the manager or corporate headquarters about the good service you get at that store and how it has become part of your community. Tweet about what a great place it is & why. Give a small gift card from that shop to clients when you give them a big stack of documents to review. (A win-win-win.) When you behave as a giver and not just a taker, you are much less likely to have complaints about using the services they offer. I liked your idea about sponsoring a legal information or Q&A session at your favorite coffee shop, assuming it's during their otherwise slow hours, and doesn't come across as too self-promoting. Here are some more thoughts on how to make your coffee shop time a win-win experience. Join their frequent buyers club so they can see you're a valuable patron. Greet the people who work there by name, and introduce them to new customers you bring in. Look for little ways to benefit the owners or workers there. Write to the manager or corporate headquarters about the good service you get at that store and how it has become part of your community. Tweet about what a great place it is & why. Give a small gift card from that shop to clients when you give them a big stack of documents to review. (A win-win-win.) When you behave as a giver and not just a taker, you are much less likely to have complaints about using the services they offer.

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