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In this episode, Jim and Tyson interview Lawyer Steve Bardol. Steve runs a family law practice in Webster Groves. They will go through his career, internet strategies, struggles and objectives.  

http://bardollaw.com/about-2/stephen-j-bardol/

Hacking’s hack: A hack for writing copy. A 3 F’s slogan. When you’re thinking about how to convey that you understand what your clients are going through:

Feel. I understand what you feel.

Felt. I felt that way before.

Found.I felt that way until I found this solution.

If you use this as a mindset in coming up with copy, it will really help your Marketing.

Steve’s tip: Send a gift to your referral sources. KEY.

Tyson’s tip: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life, by Mark Manson

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In this episode, Jim and Tyson have “the original streaming lawyer” Mitch Jackson as a guest! They will go over his background, his career, his strategies and marketing tactics! Awesome episode, lots of nuggets and takeaways!

http://legalminds.lawyer/

https://streaming.lawyer/

Hacking’s hack: https://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/ Excellent content about social media.

Mitch’s tip: A book: Adversaries into Allies: Master the Art of Ultimate Influence. Author: Bob Burg

Tyson’s tip: An app to use on your presentations! Whiteboard! https://itunes.apple.com/es/app/doceri-interactive-whiteboard/id412443803?mt=8

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Will is a trial lawyer who helps families hurt by caregiver carelessness–such as nursing homes and hospitals–and hold the wrongdoers accountable. Check his website out: https://www.eadiehill.com/

Hacking’s hack: Mitch Jackson, who is coming on the show next week runs a great mastermind group, with lots of ideas and social media tips. http://legalminds.lawyer/

Will’s tip: Cy Wakeman. Ditch the drama, restore sanity to the workplace, and turn excuses into results! Leadership expert Cy Wakeman and the Reality-Based Team will show you how. http://www.realitybasedleadership.com/

A way to boost your feelings about everything and help you run your business.

Tyson’s tip: Identify where all your clients are coming from, and if you identify a trend where you are getting bad clients, just eliminate THAT marketing client.

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1. SAY NO to new advertising avenues until you master the ones you are already using and advertising that you don't understand.  
2. SAY NO to any sales calls.
3. SAY NO to potential clients that you have a bad feeling in your gut about.
4. SAY NO to matter types that you are not familiar with or lack the system necessary to handle accordingly.
5. SAY NO to volunteering on a board unless you have oodles of time.
6. SAY NO to doing things just because you’ve always done it.
7. SAY NO to things that you shouldn’t be doing.
8. SAY NO to negative people, influences and employees.
9. SAY NO to distractions.
10. SAY NO to an unhealthy lifestyle.

Hacking’s hack: Follow a friend of mine. James Ashford.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTDQm1FSDOY&feature=youtu.be

He has a lot of great tips, he is really good in automation and a certified Infusionsoft partner.

Tyson’s tip: Have all your cases easily accessible in some format where you can easily flip through or go through the case status.   

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In this episode, Jim and Tyson interview Kwame Christian; an attorney and an expert in negotiation and mediation. They will go over the importance of negotiating and mediating in law and in your business.

About Kwame: https://kchristianlaw.com/about/

Kwame is also a podcaster, and he hosts his own podcast; Negotiate Anything: Negotiation | Persuasion | Influence | Sales | Leadership; the top rank negotiation podcast in iTunes.

Hacking’s hack: A book. Content Inc.: How Entrepreneurs Use Content to Build Massive Audiences and Create Radically Successful Businesses

Hardcover – September 8, 2015 by Joe Pulizzi  (Author)

Kwame’s tip: A challenge. Whenever you as an attorney want to say something through a statement that ends in a period, or an exclamation point, try to turn that into an open ended question and see if you can guide the other side to where you want to go.

Curiosity is one of the keys to persuasion. Developing that habit will help you become more persuasive.

A gift for our listeners from Kwame; The Ultimate Negotiation Guide.

https://americannegotiationinstitute.com/guide/

Thank you Kwame!

Tyson’s tip:  To increase efficiency in your firm, sit down and map out your business from point A to point B. Be very detailed.

It will help you identify those redundancies so you can remove them from your firm and make you more efficient.

BONUS Books:

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It

Hardcover – May 17, 2016

by Chris Voss  (Author), Tahl Raz  (Author)

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion

Revised Edition

by Robert B. Cialdini  (Author)

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Law firm owners waste hours every week on repetitive tasks that could be automated, but most fear that automation will make their client experience feel cold and robotic. What if automation could actually make your law firm MORE personal and efficient?

In this episode of The Maximum Lawyer Podcast, we sit down with Greg Jenkins, founder of Monkeypod Marketing, to break down:

🔥 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:

✅ How automation can multiply your law firm’s efforts (without losing the human touch)
✅ The biggest automation myths that hold law firms back
✅ How to automate your intake, follow-ups, and client communication
✅ Why documenting your processes is the key to growth
✅ How automation improves—not replaces—your client relationships
✅ Greg’s favorite automation tools (and how he uses them to run his own business)

🚨 If you’re tired of getting bogged down in admin work and want to focus on high-value legal work and firm growth, this episode is for you!🚨

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Greg Jenkins is founder and CEO of:  http://www.monkeypodmarketing.com/, and his business is automation other businesses.  

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Every listener of the show knows how much Tyson hates email... Mike comes with a tip to help him with that. 

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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)

 https://www.amazon.com/Content-Inc-Entrepreneurs-Successful-Businesses/dp/125958965X

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)

 https://www.amazon.com/Profitable-Podcasting-Business-Expand-Platform/dp/0814438288

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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The podcast is called Profitize Your Business: http://profitizeyourbusiness.co/

“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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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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