Best Branding Giveaway – Mongolian Fortune-Telling Bones One way to reinforce your message and personal marketing is with a unique and memorable giveaway. This can be especially powerful when you can find a way to connect it to your firm, name,…
Read MoreReading your Speech
Seth Godin is one of my favorite authors and marketers, and I really enjoy his simple, practical blog. Plus, you gotta love a bald guy whose website says “Click on Seth’s head to read his blog.” His advice from…
Read MoreSending your business cards by text message
Never be without your business cards again. For speakers in front of an audience, or if you’ve given out your last card, here’s a handy way to ensure that your new contact(s) receives your information – directly into their mobile…
Read MoreLMA’s “Just JDs” program summary
You Don’t Ask Someone to Marry You on the First Date- and other bits of wisdom from the Just JDs program at the LMA Conference by Amy Smith, Marketing Director, ThompsonMcMullan, Richmond, VA Business development is much like dating….
Read MoreLaw Firms Can Advance with a Retreat
By Ed Poll, LawBiz.com Lawyers who are together physically in an office environment share a camaraderie that shapes the firm culture. If problems or issues develop in running the firm, the partners can gather in a conference room and resolve…
Read MoreKnow Whether Your Flight Is Delayed Before Your Airline Does
From one of my favorite sites, Netted.net: On the scale of things that can ruin your day, flight delays rank somewhere between “hometown pillaged by Vikings” and “Iceberg, right ahead!” Unfortunately, as travelers, we are all at the mercy of our…
Read MoreAir Travel Tip – bring an uninflated party balloon.
Professional speakers spend a lot of time on airplanes. Shoved into the pocket of every briefcase, backpack, and roller bag, I have a couple small uninflated birthday party balloons. Why? I have four kids. They’re now ages 12-21, but when my…
Read MoreChecklist: 35 Money-Saving Meeting Tips
Here’s another helpful checklist from MeetingsNet. HIGHLIGHTS The decisions you make in the first stages of site selection and contract negotiation will be the ones that save you the most. CHECKLIST RELY ON THE LOCAL CONVENTION AND VISITORS BUREAU. Many of their services…
Read MoreHandy Form – Speaking Engagement Agreement
Everyone I’ve asked remembers having had the nightmare where you wake up in a sweaty panic that you forgot about an important test, or discovered during finals week that you were signed up for a class you’d never attended. From…
Read MoreQUIZ: How to Tell if a Conference Is Travel-Worthy or a Time Waster
Fast Company is one of my must-read monthly magazines. I read it cover to cover, and subscribe to a number of daily or weekly emails as well. Here’s a snippet and a link to an article from one of the emails. Those of us who speak…
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