Subscribe on iTunes When you hear the phrase ‘word of mouth’ you probably think of a naturally occurring instance where people are talking about or referring to a person, place, product, etc. Word of mouth marketing takes the work you’ve done building your brand,...
Bill Bice is a programmer at heart. At 18, he created ProLaw Software, the first integrated ERP for law firms. After selling the company to Thomson Reuters, Bill became a VC as a founding partner in the Verge Fund, investing in high tech, high growth companies in the...
Neil Patel says it best when it comes to posting on LinkedIn’s social feed: “Repost with abandon.” If this scares you, like it did me at first, it’s because we’ve been trained via other social platforms like Facebook that this is a big no-no because marketers have had...
“People don’t want to buy a quarter-inch drill bit. They want a quarter-inch hole.” – Harvard marketing professor, Theodore Levitt As Seth Godin puts it, “People don’t want what you make.” Don’t worry, people don’t want what I make, either. No one really wants to...
Tommy Noonan got tired of finding fake reviews on Amazon. He’s not a software engineer by trade, but he created ReviewMeta.com, which has analyzed 203 million reviews on Amazon and found that 11.3% of reviews (22.8M) are fake. In some product categories, like...
Sramana Mitra with 1Mby1M, the first global virtual accelerator, just interviewed me for her podcast. A LinkedIn Top 10 Influencer, Sramana’s mission is impressive: Nurture one million entrepreneurs in reaching at least one million dollars each in annual revenue and...
I’ve started networking without the empty calories, to make sure you’ve got a great LinkedIn profile. Now it’s time for the virtual meet and greet. How do you connect with the right contacts on LinkedIn? It’s time to start searching for connections. You’ve got two...
Who actually reads the fine print? Despite everything seemingly coming with Terms of Service or Fine Print these days, don’t we all just click “I agree” and go on with our lives? Donelan Andrews, a Georgia school teacher, has long taught her students to pay attention...
When you go to a networking event, you’re likely going to get in front of potential prospects. You put forth the time, effort, and money to purchase entry, travel to a location, and get in front of people over the course of an hour or two, handing out and receiving...
There are only two ways to effectively grow your law firm, and only one of them creates new value to the partners: Lateral hires: recruit partners from other firms. Creates immediate growth because the majority of clients follow the partner. Word of mouth: leverage...
