Blawg In A Box

Note: This post was originally published at The Inspired Solo, and is reprinted here for your convenience. 

Quick link: I just ran across this article from Michael Stelzner writing for Copyblogger offering “Five Tips for Finding Writing Time.” I highly encourage busy blawggers to take a look at Michael’s tips and see how many can be imported into your blogging schedules. Personally, I have always encouraged my clients to follow my paraphrase of Michael’s #1 tip (”Identify your productivity zone”) - Don’t work against type!

The other tips will help you find the flow you need to make blawgging a natural part of your law practice day. Check it out!

Copyblogger: Five Tips for Finding Writing Time (Michael Stelzner)

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Note: This post was originally published on The Inspired Solo, and is reprinted here for your convenience.

Prior to my teleconference/interview with Nader Anise today, he emailed me to ask if I was all ready for the call. I wrote back and said I was, and added, a little tongue in cheek, “Any advice from the pro?” See, Nader does this sort of thing all the time. He regularly conducts terrific teleconference calls for his clients and for lawyers in general in which he discusses, either by himself or with others in the field, various aspects of lawyer marketing. I’ve participated in a few of these and listened to the audio recordings of others, and I can say, without equivocation, that Nader is definitely “the pro” when it comes to both lawyer marketing, and to communicating his wisdom on calls like this.

So Nader wrote back and said, among other tips, to treat it like a conversation - “just you and me talking about blogging.” My enthusiasm and passion for the subject is well known, so this was absolutely the right thing to say to a slightly jittery guest! And he was right - it was exactly like a conversation with Nader - OK, one in which dozens of others were listening in! But still - a great conversation.

And that, above all else, is what the best blawgs are - a great conversation, between blawgger and reader, lawyer and potential client (or referral sources, depending on your approach). I hope I communicated that fact to those who listened in, and I hope those of you who were able to join in found something of value. I only wish there had been more time! As Nader said, maybe we can schedule “part two” soon. There is definitely a lot more to say on the subject of blawgging!

So, my deepest thanks to Nader for getting me started on the Blawg In A Box road, and for hosting the call. If and when we can schedule a follow-up, you’ll read about it here and in the Inspired Blawggers newsletter!

Note: This post was originally published on the Inspired Solo, and is reprinted here for your convenience.

I’m hesitant to write this post - not because I think it won’t be helpful, but because I have reason to think that this is too technical for about 40% of my readers who are, by and large, lawyers and not SEO consultants, designers, or coders. But in the end, I can’t pass this opportunity up.

See, what I’m trying to do with this blog is what I try to do with my clients and Inspired Consulting - it’s the same thing I aim for in my own law practice. I call it “The Inspiration Method.” The “method” (and that might be overkill) has to do with concepts like creating true value, connecting with the inspiration and creativity inside of you, eschewing “following the crowd” for “being a leader,” even bootstrapping your efforts wherever possible. So, when I see the same concepts echoed in other blogs that have nothing to do with law but everything to do with one of the key components of this approach - leveraging technology in inspired ways to create a marketing powerhouse - well, I get excited. Can’t be helped.

Tadeusz Szewcyk writes here for Google Blogoscoped about “10 Steps to Success on the ‘Net Without SEO.” What I think you need to understand before reading Tadeusz’s excellent post:

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