Make Money Mondays: Shift Work and Pandemic

As we roll into the second month of pandemic, many of us are slowly realizing that the crazy ad hoc schedules — with Parent No. 1 working 6 am through 10 am, then homeschooling junior while Parent No. 2 works, then swap at noon and so on — that we once viewed as stop gap…

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Make Money Mondays: Invest in Yourself

As we start on Week Number 4 of the pandemic lockdown, everyone is growing restless and nervous.  For many solo and small firm lawyers, the reality of at least another month’s worth of case postponements and reduced intake has settled in.  Meanwhile, if my personal email box is any indication, vendors, marketers and coaches galore…

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Make Money Mondays: Blinders On

As law firm owners and entrepreneurs, all of us are living under a cloud of unprecedented uncertainty and financial hardship.  It’s stressful and scary and if you were to claim otherwise, I’d question your sanity. In the days and months to come, there will be time — plenty of it — to reposition your firm,…

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Make Money Mondays…or Not? Marketing in the Time of Covid-19

As Covid-19 spreads across the United States, so too, have all kinds of pitches and programs and promotions by law firms and the vendors who serve them.  Some of these programs are free and purely informational – covering topics such as employers’ obligations and liability during a pandemic or the mechanics and ethics of getting…

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Make Money Mondays: Say Hello to the Holiday Phone Call

With a late Thanksgiving, it’s hard to believe that we’re already two days into December – and just three weeks away from the start of holidays. So if you were planning on ordering and sending out personalized holiday cards, time is growing short.  And believe it or not, that’s actually a good thing. I don’t…

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