North Carolina Lawyers Weekly

By Lloyd C. Rosenberg I survived. After practicing law just shy of 40 years, I decided it was time to say goodbye. Adios. Hasta la vista, baby. And that’s exactly what I did. I walked out of my office as ...

Tagged with: Retirement

By Karl Heberger BridgeTower Media Newswires Google Analytics is a free service that allows marketers and website owners to track users’ behavior on their websites. It can tell the story that is so critical to understanding how to improve the ...

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By Susan Letterman White BridgeTower Media Newswires Navel-gazing, dreaming, the soft stuff and a waste of time. These and more have been used to describe retreats where the discussion concerns a firm’s mission, values, principles or norms. Discussing values, principles ...

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By Stephen M. Honig “Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.” — Stephen R. Covey “Diversity” in business means variance in gender, race, ethnicity, age, disability and experience. Few goals are more discussed, and yet so unachieved, as diversity on ...

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  Too many lawyers talk too much. Judges and jurors are, metaphorically speaking, drowning in words. Some of these words are helpful, but many are completely unnecessary. Those unnecessary words make your case longer to try and harder to win. ...

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You’ve earned the degree, passed the bar, and landed a gig. But moving up in the lawyer world takes more — namely, some understanding of basic marketing principles. Although a crucial piece of the puzzle for long-term business success, marketing ...

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Workplace injuries are unfortunately quite common in the United States and in North Carolina. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) reported that in 2017, there were 5,147 reported on-the-job fatalities alone, more than 14 deaths every day. North Carolina ...

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My first marketing job out of college about 20 years ago involved — what we called at the time — internet advertising. I was drawn to this form of advertising due largely to the ability to measure results. I wasn’t ...

Tagged with: digital marketing

  Everyone loves a good story. A good story can connect us. It can foster the imagination and inspire action. It can engage team members, reinforce core values and promote best practices at work. Best of all, a good story ...

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BY THOMAS FRANZ A new survey from Martindale-Avvo shows how legal consumers select their attorneys. Price was the most valuable decision criteria in the survey, as 68 percent of respondents said it is an important factor in how they choose ...