December 5, 2019 is the 10th anniversary of The Enlightened Rainmaker blog. Last month, I wrote a blog about trying to blog every business day in November. And I wanted to provide the results and my thoughts on this experiment. I didn’t post a blog every business day in November. While I could have posted […]
Content is Still King
November 13, 2019 by Leave a Comment
In a great article on Forbes entitled Content Marketing is The New PR, Nancy Marshall of Marshall Communications, wrote why content marketing is now becoming the best way to get your name and brand out in the world. The one thing that stood out most in this article for me is a quote she cited […]
Rainmaking Recommendation #142: The “Key” to Creating Content That Gets Read
September 7, 2016 by Leave a Comment
In the last Rainmaking Recommendation, I provided an infographic which detailed the amount of data/content that is created and posted on the internet every minute of every day. With all of the videos being uploaded, with all of the blogs posted, with all of the social media being used, how do you get found when […]
Rainmaking Recommendation #102: The Curse of Legalese
September 3, 2014 by Leave a Comment
2014 and still many attorneys are writing in “legalese”. I have personally seen and edited blog posts, client communications and newsletters which are geared to the non-legal public in which phrases such as “heretofore”, “wherein”, and the like have been liberally sprinkled throughout. In most law schools, legal writing courses are a mandatory IL class. […]
Rainmaking Recommendation #88: Pick a Niche to Scratch their Legal Itch (Part 3 – How to Pick A Niche)
October 16, 2013 by Leave a Comment
In Rainmaking Recommendation # 86 we talked about Why Pick a Niche. In Rainmaking Recommendation #87 we discussed What is a Niche In today’s recommendation we will talk about HOW to pick a niche. There are many ways to pick a niche but here are some questions to ask yourself: Who is your ideal […]
Rainmaking Recommendation # 50: Put the Social in Social Media
February 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Are you using Twitter? Facebook? Linked In? Google +? Or any of the hundreds of websites that are considered “social media?” Great! If you haven’t gotten on board yet with Social Media sites, understand this – Social media is not a fad. It is not going away. It continues to evolve as a method of […]
Bless me Blawgosphere, For I have Sinned
October 3, 2011 by 2 Comments
Okay – I’m not of the Catholic Faith, and I am not sure to whom I am really confessing this sin. However, as a person who coaches attorneys on Time Management, Organization, and Rainmaking Activities including using the internet to get new clients (blogs, social media, for example) I felt the need to write this […]