In this episode, Jim and Tyson will ask each other 5 random questions. They will both answer each question and let us get to know our lawyer hosts better.

Questions:
Jim:
1. If you had to point to an event or experience in your childhood or young adulthood that shaped who you are as a lawyer or signal the lawyer that you would become, what is it?
2. What is one thing you are doing that you should stop doing?
3. If you were not practicing criminal or PI law, what practice area would you choose?
4. In the last two weeks, what percentage of your time spent working was performed doing work than you and only you could do?
5. A few months ago you said on the podcast that you would be starting your weekly email newsletter the following week. Have you done it?

Tyson:
1. How much would you sell your firm for? Why?
2. Same as Jim
3. If you could not practice law, what would you do? Why?
4. Are you Successful? Why?
5. What attorney inspires you the most?

Hacking’s hack: A book. Content Inc.: How Entrepreneurs Use Content to Build Massive Audiences and Create Radically Successful Businesses (Business Books) Hardcover – September 8, 2015
by Joe Pulizzi (Author)

In Content Inc., one of today's most sought-after content-marketing strategists reveals a new model for entrepreneurial success. Simply put, it's about developing valuable content, building an audience around that content, and then creating a product for that audience.

Tyson’s tip: A book. Profitable Podcasting: Grow Your Business, Expand Your Platform, and Build a Nation of True Fans Paperback – September 14, 2017
by Stephen Woessner (Author)

The word is out: content marketing is king. But when nearly every business has a blog, it's tough to stand out. The real secret is that there's a much better tool for spreading influence and generating revenue--one with far less competition.

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In this bonus episode, Tyson introduces Larry Weinstein, a CPA from Houston, Texas who is starting a new podcast. Throughout the episode, Larry will tell us everything about it.

In this bonus episode, Tyson introduces Larry Weinstein, a CPA from Houston, Texas who is starting a new podcast. Throughout the episode, Larry will tell us everything about it.

The podcast is called Profitize Your Business.

“If you want to maximize the profits from your business, the wealth from your business, cutting your taxes and cutting your expenses that’s only gonna take you so far. You need to profitize your business; you need to maximize your marketing, you need to maximize your sales; you need to adapt really good management practices… So that's what the profitize your business podcast is all about.”

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In this episode, Jim and Tyson interview Morris, a member of the Maximum Lawyer group. They will go over his career and the multi practice firm he works in; the business, marketing and different strategies he uses to get new clients. Awesome social media tips!

Morris works at https://www.martinsonandbeason.com/
https://www.martinsonandbeason.com/our-attorneys/morris-lilienthal/

Hacking’s hack: A book. KNOWN: The handbook for building and unleashing your personal brand in the digital age Paperback – January 28, 2017
by Mark W. Schaefer
https://www.amazon.com/KNOWN-handbook-building-unleashing-personal/dp/0692816062/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

Morris's Tip: https://www.helpareporter.com/. Grow your SEO.

Tyson’s tip: A tip. 1. Get your goals out in the open. 2. Don’t make your goals too complicated.

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In this episode, Jim and Tyson will talk about the importance of using plain language; everyday words and keeping it simple so your target understands you better. They will go over a list of 8 tips to help you do it and not sounding like a lawyer.

The List:
1. Not using tactical language.
2. Take notes in client meetings of things that you hear from them.
3. Put yourself in your client's shoes and think about how they view things.
4. Read over the chat and emails that you get.
5. Show more of your personal life so you can relate better with your clients.
6. If you are struggling with content have somebody in your office read it over.
7. Speak about your journey as a lawyer and write a BIO.
8. Read what you write out loud.

Hacking’s hack: http://answerthepublic.com/. It allows you to put in search terms or things that you think your clients may be searching about and shows you the questions people are asking. http://answerthepublic.com/#about-us

Tyson’s tip: https://www.renderforest.com/. Free Tools for creating professional intros, animations, slideshows and music visualizations in minutes.

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In this episode, Jim and Tyson interview a listener of the show, Anneke Godlewski; director of marketing and communications at Charles E. Boyk Law Offices, LLC. They will go over different community based marketing strategies and discuss how they can help your career and your business.

“If you see somebody on the news organically it’s gonna have a little bit more of an impact than seeing a TV commercial.”

https://www.linkedin.com/in/annekekurt
https://www.charlesboyk-law.com/
TPS Proud Student and Teacher of The Month: https://www.charlesboyk-law.com/gives-back/tps-proud-student-teacher-month/
Bikes For Kids:
https://www.charlesboyk-law.com/gives-back/bikes-for-kids/

Hacking’s hack: Appointment Core. Automate Your Appointment Setting Process for Your Infusionsoft & Google Calendar.
https://www.appointmentcore.com/

Anneke’s tip: Get Google Reviews! Every person that comes into your office, have them filling a paper survey in which the questions would evoke a really good review and then ask them if they’ll be willing to pull out their phone and leave a review right there in your office’s address in Google maps. Remember they should not be connected to your wifi.

Tyson’s tip: he WordPress app lets you post into different websites and track some data.
https://itunes.apple.com/ar/app/wordpress/id335703880?mt=8

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In this episode, Jim and Tyson will interview Michael Downey and go through his journey as an attorney from big firms to his own practice in legal ethics and the importance of marketing in this process.

Nitch down!
“If you go to a food court and you’re thinking I want some food, odds are if you are hungry of Pizza you are going to go to the pizza place Meanwhile, if there is a place that sells Hamburgers, Pizza, Mexican, etc., you probably gonna pass that place up cause you are gonna go the the focused practitioner.”

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelpdowney
https://www.downeylawgroup.com/

Hacking’s hack: A book from a Lawyer who also went out on his own. Never Eat Alone: And Other Secrets to Success, One Relationship at a Time Hardcover, by Keith Ferrazzi.

A great book on how to network and connect with people.

Michael’s tip: Selling the Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing Hardcover, by Harry Beckwith.

“What’s going on on the mind of someone who is looking to buy my services and then helping me understand better how to market to them and get them to hire me.”

Tyson’s tip: Think about this. If Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg tooked over you law firm, how would they run things differently?

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In this episode, Jim and Tyson will go through a BRENDON BURCHARD,s very interesting approach about creating content and reusing it in a very intelligent way.

A very simple process:

1. Shoot a video
2. Pull the audio from the video
3. Transcript the audio
4. Post in every network (LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, etc.)
5. Re post in time

http://brendon.com/

Tyson’s tip: https://www.bluejeans.com/. Online meetings, video conferencing, and screen sharing for teams of any size.

Hacking’s hack: A new podcast. http://rickmulready.com/category/aoptpodcast/, from a guy called Rick Mulready.

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In this bonus episode, Jim gives a talk at Saint Louis University Law School to a group of students who are taking Law Practice Management with the hopes of one day opening their own law firm.

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In this episode listeners will take over the show and alongside Jim and Tyson, will give THE one big tip on marketing and running your own law firm.

Thank you everyone! It's been an awesome first year and there are great things ahead!

In this episode:

Dan Ryan

Doug Biggs

Chris Finney

Gary Burger

Joey Vitale

John Fisher

JoAnn Holmes

Larry Weinstein

Matt Jet

Matt Vianello

Bertrand Mariaux

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