Shall We Meet for Lunch or Hold a Walking Business Meeting in the Park?

"Let's have lunch, OK?" That used to be my suggestion when I wanted to talk with someone, whether it be catching up with a friend or the need to discuss business. That was before the biometrics of Fitbit, among other things, nudged me to reach for a different way to conduct a small business meeting. Now, when I need to talk business, I often ask whether, instead of lunch, my acquaintance would like to talk while we walk in a park.

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Designing a New Solo Law Practice and Matching Website

I opened my own solo law practice in January this year, which has been exciting. It has been a good time to think about what I've been doing with my law license for the past few decades and what I'd like to be doing over the coming years. These issues hit home while I was designing my new law firm website, which I recently launched. I decided to design the law firm website myself because this site will evolve as my practice evolves.

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A great way for a non-coder to design a website: Elementor

I began my new law firm last month.  It's a solo practice and, like most people starting a new business, I've been shopping for how to run this new business efficiently and at low cost.  I finally got around to creating my own website, but  I had a few requirements: 1. I know very little HTML coding, and I didn't want to take the time to learn it. 2. I didn't want someone else hand-coding my website, because I wanted to be able to have complete control over the site in order to make my own changes (again, without having to learn HTML); ...

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