Archive for the ‘quotes’ Category


Major Announcement! New FTC Toolkit and Site Compliant program – Webinar

As many of you know, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued new rules relative to endorsements and testimonials.  Now, if you use endorsements and testimonials in your marketing (and every marketer worth their salt does) you could be fined thousands of dollars for “deceptive” advertising EVEN IF ALL YOUR TESTIMONIALS ARE ABSOLUTELY TRUE! I’ll be [...]

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The kind of notes that make one’s day…

I received this note as feedback from the article I wrote to introduce the November issue of the ABA Young Lawyer Magazine which is dedicated to Creativity.  The article is titled “You’re Full of It!”  As soon as the ABA puts the issue online, I’ll post the article. Until then, they have exclusive first publication [...]

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The Tao of Advice

This article was originally published in Alexis Martin Neely’s Law Business Revolution Dispatch – Volume 1 – Issue 8.  The other articles are great! If you’re a lawyer who wants to make a difference, you should subscribe.  There are great marketing articles in here for non-lawyers too… The Tao of Advice © 2009 Kevin E. [...]

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New Rules: Endorsements & Testimonials in Marketing

If you’re a marketer, you need to understand the new rules about endorsements and testimonials that go into effect December 1, 2009. This is a fairly long post, and it doesn’t hit on all the issues, but it should give you  an overview of what you need to think about. If you want a printer-friendly [...]

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Break from the Mold

Article after article, survey after survey, we keep reading about how most lawyers are stressed, overworked, and dissatisfied with their careers.  Yet, in law school especially, we continue to receive the same career advice—join a law firm, follow ranks, work long hours, subscribe to the traditional way of doing things, and so on.  Fuel the [...]

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