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			<name>sameerk</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Are You Practicing Law to Live the Life You Want?]]></title>
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		<id>http://lawfirmguru.com/?p=496</id>
		<updated>2009-07-23T18:04:38Z</updated>
		<published>2009-07-23T17:31:09Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Goals" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Lifestyle" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Peace of Mind" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Are You Practicing Law to Live the Life You Want?

This past week I was working with three different clients in 3 very different industries: an IT guy, a lawyer and a chiropractor.  Each was at a different stage of their business development from starting out to totally revamping their marketing strategy.
But they all shared a [...]]]></summary>
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			<name>sameerk</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Simple Ways for Lawyers to Save Money]]></title>
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		<id>http://lawfirmguru.com/?p=470</id>
		<updated>2009-07-17T21:48:42Z</updated>
		<published>2009-07-14T15:57:34Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Lifestyle" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Negotiating" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Office Management" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Office Space" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Paralegals" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Saving Money" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Simple Ways for Lawyers to Save Money
Every few months I take a look at what I&#8217;m spending on my business and make every attempt to cut down expenses.  What I find fascinating is that almost every time I revisit the issue there&#8217;s something I can reduce.  Which ticks me off because I could have been [...]]]></summary>
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			<name>sameerk</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[What Can Lawyers Learn From Billy Mays (the OxiClean Guy)]]></title>
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		<id>http://lawfirmguru.com/?p=460</id>
		<updated>2009-07-17T21:38:39Z</updated>
		<published>2009-07-13T17:27:48Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Clients" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Confidence" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Customer Service" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Examples to Follow" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Peace of Mind" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Sales/Selling" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Upselling" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[What Can Lawyers Learn From Billy Mays (the OxiClean Guy)
The last 2 weeks have been just ridiculous with celebrity deaths.  But the one that really hit home for me was Billy Mays (for those who don&#8217;t know the name he&#8217;s the OxiClean guy with the beard and the &#8220;authoritative&#8221; voice).  Don&#8217;t get me wrong.  I&#8217;m [...]]]></summary>
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			<name>sameerk</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[What Lawyers Can Learn From NetFlix]]></title>
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		<id>http://lawfirmguru.com/?p=204</id>
		<updated>2009-07-17T21:52:05Z</updated>
		<published>2009-06-25T20:28:10Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Examples to Follow" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Learn From Other Industries" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Office Management" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Technology" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Trends" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[What Lawyers Can Learn From NetFlix
Two days ago in the WSJ I read a great article about Netflix and how the owners are preparing for the demise of DVDs.  Well, demise may be a bit of a strong word but they are well aware that snail mail is going the way of the typewriter and [...]]]></summary>
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			<name>sameerk</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Article in the Wall Street Journal &#8211; Lawyers Lack Marketing Skills]]></title>
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		<id>http://lawfirmguru.com/?p=158</id>
		<updated>2009-07-01T05:51:36Z</updated>
		<published>2009-06-04T13:32:30Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Law School" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Marketing" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Relationships" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Lawyers Lack Marketing Skills (Article in the WSJ) 
This article is about 2 weeks old but warranted mentioning.  It&#8217;s a clear indication that law school does NOT prepare us for running our own practices.  In fact, law school teaches us a way to think, not particularly even how to practice law.  But that&#8217;s a digression.
The [...]]]></summary>
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			<name>sameerk</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Are You a Lonely Lawyer?]]></title>
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		<id>http://lawfirmguru.com/?p=153</id>
		<updated>2009-07-17T21:54:20Z</updated>
		<published>2009-06-03T13:12:23Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Entrepreneurship" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Lifestyle" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Mastermind" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Are You a Lonely Lawyer?
Entrepreneurship can be a lonely lonely place.  Not many people get you.  Not even other lawyers.  See, many attorneys who hang out there shingle think that running their business (because that&#8217;s what it really is, not a law practice) think that the rules of &#8220;regular employment&#8221; still apply: 9-5 hours, 45 [...]]]></summary>
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		<author>
			<name>sameerk</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Are You STILL Unsure Whether to Start Your Own Law Practice?]]></title>
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		<id>http://lawfirmguru.com/?p=121</id>
		<updated>2009-07-17T21:58:23Z</updated>
		<published>2009-05-21T16:05:11Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Before You Start" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Entrepreneurship" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Lifestyle" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Firm or My Own Practice" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Goals" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Are You STILL Unsure Whether to Start Your Own Law Practice?
A recent subscriber to my newsletter wrote to me and said he&#8217;d like to cancel his subscription.  I honored his request and asked him why.  What he said gave me great respect for him.  He didn&#8217;t whine, he didn&#8217;t complain about how it was too [...]]]></summary>
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		<author>
			<name>sameerk</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Are You the Recognized Expert Lawyer?]]></title>
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		<id>http://lawfirmguru.com/?p=117</id>
		<updated>2009-07-17T22:02:57Z</updated>
		<published>2009-05-19T17:54:52Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Advertising" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Expert Status" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Marketing" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Are You the Recognized Expert in Your Area of Law?
People want to work with experts.  You don&#8217;t want a cardiologist performing brain surgery and you don&#8217;t want a divorce attorney representing you when you&#8217;re charged with armed robbery.  That&#8217;s the straightforward part.  But how do you set yourself apart from the OTHER divorce attorneys or [...]]]></summary>
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		<author>
			<name>sameerk</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Have You Negotiated Yet (come on, we&#8217;re lawyers &#8211; it&#8217;s what we do)]]></title>
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		<id>http://lawfirmguru.com/?p=114</id>
		<updated>2009-07-13T18:18:44Z</updated>
		<published>2009-05-14T13:41:37Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Office Management" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Saving Money" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Have You Negotiated Yet (come on, we&#8217;re lawyers &#8211; it&#8217;s what we do)
Everyone&#8217;s screaming recession and yes, EVEN attorneys are getting slammed.  But for those of us that run our own businesses there is no better time than NOW to revisit every bill that you&#8217;re paying.  I a few hours on the phone with my [...]]]></summary>
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		<author>
			<name>sameerk</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Lingering Questions on How to Start Your Own Practice]]></title>
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		<id>http://lawfirmguru.com/?p=112</id>
		<updated>2009-05-14T13:27:49Z</updated>
		<published>2009-05-14T13:27:49Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Office Management" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Questions &amp; Answers" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Lingering Questions on How to Start Your Own Practice
I went through the questions of the attendees of my seminar in at Rutgers Camden Law School this past weekend and all could be sumarized in 3 questions:
1) How do I get clients?
2) How much does it cost to start&#8221;
3) How do I learn what to do, [...]]]></summary>
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		<author>
			<name>sameerk</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[For the love of God just help them out!]]></title>
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		<id>http://lawfirmguru.com/?p=107</id>
		<updated>2009-05-13T23:04:03Z</updated>
		<published>2009-05-13T23:00:41Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Customer Service" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[For the love of God just help them out!
Could be just a fluke that this happened twice in one day but here&#8217;s another example of how customer service transcends industry.  An old client of mine calls me up and tells me how his boss is having issues with his attorney and wants a 2nd opinion.  [...]]]></summary>
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		<author>
			<name>sameerk</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
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		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Bona-Fide Office Rule (NJ)]]></title>
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		<id>http://lawfirmguru.com/?p=99</id>
		<updated>2009-05-13T18:03:12Z</updated>
		<published>2009-05-13T15:40:15Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Ethics" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Office Management" /><category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Seminars &amp; Events" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Bona-Fide Office Rule (NJ)
So it seems that after this past weekend&#8217;s seminar &#8220;ethics&#8221; have got the best of many of my readers.  I&#8217;ve said it many times before but I&#8217;ll restate it, &#8220;ethics regulations for lawyers often make it difficult to run an efficient and effective business.&#8221;  With that said, I&#8217;m NOT in favor of [...]]]></summary>
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		<author>
			<name>sameerk</name>
						<uri>http://</uri>
					</author>
		<title type="html"><![CDATA[Camden Seminar This Saturday (5/9/09)]]></title>
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		<id>http://lawfirmguru.com/?p=32</id>
		<updated>2009-05-13T15:45:11Z</updated>
		<published>2009-05-06T19:33:50Z</published>
		<category scheme="http://lawfirmguru.com" term="Seminars &amp; Events" />		<summary type="html"><![CDATA[Camden Seminar This Saturday (5/9/09)
For those of you who are in the NJ/PA area this weekend I&#8217;m presenting a 4-hour seminar on starting and marketing a solo practice.  We are a few seats over capacity but I&#8217;ve been told that we can move to a bigger room if we have more people signing up.  If [...]]]></summary>
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