by Dan Jaffe | Jun 9, 2021 | Dan's Video Podcast
June 9, 2021 – Yesterday, I sat down with Attorney Dan Lear of Gravity Legal, a payment solutions provider for law firms. Our conversation mostly focused on legal payments and legal tech — past, present, and future. I really enjoyed this conversation with...
by Dan Jaffe | Jun 5, 2021 | Dan
It’s that time again where Google is rolling out updates. For LawLytics members this is a good thing, as I explain in the video. Transcript (generated using otter.ai, not proofed by looks ballpark): If you’ve been doing the right things, which I’ll...
by Dan Jaffe | Jun 3, 2021 | COVID, Dan, Solo Series
In this video blog post, I talk about how LawLytics members used the platform to pivot quickly during COVID, and how technology that empowers small firms and solos to pivot on a dime will be even more important in the tech-accelerated, post-COVID world. Video...
by Dan Jaffe | Jun 2, 2021 | Dan, Solo Series
In this video blog post I share a quick and easy way that attorneys can use video, talk about what they already know and talk with clients about regularly, and create content that is more effective than any content that a marketing agency could create for them in...
by Dan Jaffe | May 24, 2021 | Dan, Solo Series
5.24.2021 – I recorded this short video blog post about using your law firm’s website to help you deliver and enforce expectation management at scale. It’s something that will make your life as a solo practitioner or small law firm owner easier...
by Dan Jaffe | May 24, 2021 | Dan's Video Podcast
May 24, 2021 – Last Friday I sat down for a conversation with Larry Bodine, who recently retired after a career that started in print journalism in the 1970s and wove its way through law practice, and legal journalism, including stints where he served as...
by Dan Jaffe | May 23, 2021 | Dan's Video Podcast
May 23, 2021 – On May 21, 2021 I sat down for a conversation with Dan Johnson, CEO and Co-Founder of Jurorsearch, which is a legal technology startup taking on the massive problem of jury trials. Specifically, they are working on software that makes voir dire...
by Dan Jaffe | May 20, 2021 | Dan, Solo Series
May 20, 2021 – I recorded this video blog post after seeing (what feels like) the hundredth ad aimed at attorneys who think, act, or use tools more like a CEO. I think the idea is solid. It got me thinking about the differences in my thinking when I was a small...
by Dan Jaffe | May 19, 2021 | Dan's Video Podcast
May 19, 2021 – Yesterday afternoon, I sat down for a conversation with Emily LaRusch, CEO of Back Office Betties, which is an innovative company that provides highly differentiated fractional intake services for law firms through phone answering and live chat....
by Dan Jaffe | May 18, 2021 | Dan, Solo Series
Why do some law firms have or need multiple websites instead of just one? In this video blog post, I answer that question. For most small firms, a single website is all they will ever need. However, the following are legitimate reasons to consider having more than...
by Dan Jaffe | May 17, 2021 | Dan, Solo Series
In this video blog post I talk about the conversations that I have frequently had with lawyers who are thinking about starting their own law firms. These conversations happen with lawyers with a wide range of experience, from just out of law school, to leaving medium...
by Dan Jaffe | May 17, 2021 | Dan, Solo Series
Today I’m concluding my story about hiring my first law firm employees with the final part of this chapter… hiring my fiancée. I wrote the last chapter over a week ago, and talked about hiring my first true legal assistant after making the mistake of altering a job to...
by Dan Jaffe | May 15, 2021 | Dan
Today I got a $16 dollar haircut. It was a big event as its the first time I wouldn’t end up with a self-inflicted shaved head since the start of Covid. The conversation I had with the barber, and how I found the barber and booked my appointment, and what it...
by Dan Jaffe | May 11, 2021 | Dan's Video Podcast
May 11, 2021 – Today I sat down for a conversation with Attorney Kathryn Burmeister, author of Overcoming Addiction to the Status Quo which I believe should be on the reading list of every lawyer and law student. We jump into our conversation at Kathryn’s rock...
by Dan Jaffe | May 7, 2021 | Dan, Solo Series
Today I’m going to pause my story about hiring my first law firm employees to address something unexpected. On Wednesday, I wrote something that turned out to touch more of a nerve (and was more controversial) than I had imagined or intended. In a blog post about my...
by Dan Jaffe | May 6, 2021 | Dan, Solo Series
Today we’ll talk about my next hire, which was my first true experienced law legal assistant. We’ll discuss how that made my life and my practice so much more scalable — but how it also made me vulnerable as a solo practitioner. This is the next post in my...
by Dan Jaffe | May 5, 2021 | Dan, Solo Series
This is the next post in my solo law practice story, which is an intro to a larger blog series about building a solo or small law firm that I plan to write. I’m sharing my story to provide context to my perspective. This week I’m writing about my first experiences...
by Dan Jaffe | May 4, 2021 | Dan, Solo Series
This is the next post in my ongoing blog series about how to start a law practice. In these early posts, I’m telling my story. Today I’m up early to write the second part of my story about my first law firm hires. In yesterday’s post, I described where I was at in my...
by Dan Jaffe | May 3, 2021 | Dan, Solo Series
This is the next post in my blog series about starting and building a law practice. This is an ongoing series that I will add to as time allows. It will cover everything a lawyer needs to know about creating and growing a thriving law practice. As I write this on May...
by Dan Jaffe | Apr 20, 2021 | Dan
You may have heard the news about Google’s “page experience update” sometimes referred to as “Core Web Vitals.” Like any announced Google change, marketers want you to believe that this will fundamentally rock the hierarchy of law firm website rankings, and make or...
