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The Friday Brief – Week Ending 4/18/09

Every Friday at The Inspired Solo, we deliver a collection of links representing the best of the web in the past week, nicely categorized and presented for your reading enjoyment. We do the work so you don’t have to, because that’s just how we roll.

Finding Your Way As a Solo Professional Service Provider in a Recession

Owning your own business is always an uncertain proposition, in the best of circumstances. So, how do you chart your own course as a solo? Simple. Listen to the smartest person you know: YOU.

Join the Party: How to Develop Your Blog Tribe As a "Valuable Marketing Tool"

Now that you have identified your blog tribe, how do you go about reaching out to them? Here are five guidelines and three strategies proven to multiply your tribe members and make friends the right way.

Find Your Tribe: Four Steps to Finding Your Community As a Blogger

Solo lawyers are finally catching on that blogs are powerful tools in their marketing arsenals. What they need to learn now is that the best bloggers don’t operate in a vacuum — they connect with their tribes, and participate in communities. That’s true of any business-oriented blog, and perhaps doubly true of service professional’s blogs. Here’s how you do it.

Why Should You Consider Going Solo?

Why is now the time to break free and go solo? Because battening down the hatches, curling up in a fetal ball, and waiting for the hurricane to blow itself out will get you nowhere.

A Small Game of What If…

Playing a rousing game of “what if” might just show you a glimpse of something truly surprising … but are you ready to hear the answers?

Getting Passionate About the Practice of Law

Let me pose a question: Are you passionate about your practice? I don’t mean “Do you enjoy your job?” I’m not talking about the mere absence of hate, nor even the genuine if all too brief moments of pleasure that we all get from time to time, some more sporadically than others. I mean “Do you feel true passion for what you do?”

"Auntrepreneur" Melanie Notkin Offers 20 Lessons Learned for New Solos

Melanie Notkin, a new Twitter pal, is right in the midst of her launch of Savvy Auntie, her new web-based business. She’s been blogging about this experience, and now, she offers “20 Tips for the New Entrepreneur.” They’re right up the TIS alley — she’s subtitled them “Secret Weapons” to help business owners “Stay Motivated,…

Is "Branding" Just a Shallow Fad Word? This Guy Says "Yes"

Is “branding” a fad word? Is it just graphics? Is it even applicable to law firms anymore? This guy says “yes, probably, and probably not.” Here’s why we disagree.

Inspired Solo Rule #99: Dream Big

The Rules: Inspired Solo’s Top 100 Rules to Solo By What is this? The second entry in our Top 100 Rules for Inspired Solos. Rule #99: Inspired solos dream big We’ve all heard the acronym “SMART” by now in reference to goal-setting, right? A quick refresher may be in order: S — Specific M —…