If the billable hour is a zombie we just can’t kill, then timesheets are the monsters lurking under your desk every single day. Here are our top tips for streamlining your time entry process so it’s much less painful — and you can stop losing money.

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Adapted from an article by David and Karen Skinner.

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If you treat law firm write-offs as an unavoidable cost of doing business, you’re missing a critical financial diagnosis of where your practice is actually leaking money.

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Adapted from an article by Amy Coats.

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Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is allow your mind to be briefly and deliberately bored. Jamie Spannhake makes the case for healthy, strategic boredom with five tips for reclaiming the lost art of doing nothing.

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Adapted from an article by Jamie Spannhake.

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Despite the ongoing “client value squeeze” and rising interest in moving work downstream, even the most motivated legal departments may find it hard to switch law firms. In fact, while firms focus on competition, technology or pricing, the silent killer of new business is client inertia — your prospect’s simple resistance to change. Sally Schmidt suggests five ways to convince them.

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Adapted from an article by Sally J. Schmidt.

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By breaking your annual goals into actionable, bite-sized tasks, you can stay focused and build momentum. That is the power of a lawyer business development checklist. By translating high-level vision into a weekly to-do list, you can experience those small wins that keep you motivated.

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Adapted from an article by Jay Harrington.

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Learn how to read legal marketing reports like a lawyer — not a marketer. Chip LaFleur breaks down the metrics that matter (and the ones that don’t).

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Adapted from an article by Chip LaFleur.

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As much as clients may have loved the senior partner who’s retiring, their main concern is, “What’s going to happen to me?” If you’re the likely successor, how will you retain the business? Consider these client transition strategies.

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Adapted from an article by Sally J. Schmidt.

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Many solo and small firm lawyers live in one of two extremes: they’re either so busy they can’t breathe, or they’re anxiously wondering where the next client will come from. A healthy, well-nurtured law firm referral network helps solve both problems.

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Adapted from an article by David and Karen Skinner.

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