http://houchinlaw.com Houchin & Associates, P.C. Sun, 15 Aug 2010 12:44:10 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I'm writing this post from my iPhone as I wait for my flight home from Boston after two weeks of heavy travel and mind-expanding change. It's become apparent that my marketing & social media skills are at least as valuable as my legal skills and that my ability to help ... http://houchinlaw.com/2010/08/15/moving-past-limitations/ I will be speaking at the Legal Rebels program during the upcoming American Bar Association 2010 San Francisco Annual Meeting.  It would be my pleasure if you would join me.  Please stop by to see me present at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, August 5 at the expo floor at George Moscone Center ... http://houchinlaw.com/2010/07/30/aba-annual-meeting-legal-rebels-ignite/ I decided to make a change in my email list management system.  I had been using a nice little WordPress Widget to serve my broadcast email needs.  It worked great for gathering email addresses and sending opt-in emails to all the people on the list every time I posted a ... http://houchinlaw.com/2010/07/28/changing-email-systems/ You know I don't do a lot of event promotion on the site, but when my friends Dawn Todd and Rikka Zimmerman told me about this I wanted to share.  Yes, I even wanted to sponsor - and DID sponsor through BOTH my law firm and The Space Between Center ... http://houchinlaw.com/2010/07/27/an-event-you-shouldnt-miss/ - Comments Welcome. Get the free "No Lame Names" ebook by entering your email address at the right (Middle column, just under the video over there...). It'll automatically redirect your browser to the PDF or start a download. Have a great weekend. http://houchinlaw.com/2010/07/01/trademark-infringement-brand-launch/ --- Here's a little video on the Alchemy of Ideas.  Hopefully this will shed some light on why Intellectual Property law does not care about your idea - only what you've DONE with your idea to bring it into the word and share it with the rest of us. Granted, I still ... http://houchinlaw.com/2010/06/20/alchemy-of-ideas/ http://houchinlaw.com/2010/06/08/a-little-story-about-copyright-registration/ Sounds good, but does it WORK? I receive a lot of email with offers for all kinds of different programs. I’m sure you do too. It can be a bit overwhelming for sure – especially when you also have client work, family, and community projects that need your attention. Yesterday morning there ... http://houchinlaw.com/2010/05/18/sounds-good-but-does-it-work/ A few days ago I posted a tweet that I had grilled up some of my famous garlic grilled potatoes & veggies and that the kids were digging in.  A bunch of people asked for the recipe.  Since I usually don't work from recipes (I hate playing by other people's ... http://houchinlaw.com/2010/05/14/houchins-famous-garlic-grillin/ I just met with a smart young attorney who is fresh out of law school and hanging his shingle. Like any service-based business, he was very concerned about how he's going to attract the clients with whom he would love to work. Like I said, he's smart. Attracting clients is not ... http://houchinlaw.com/2010/05/14/10-basics-of-services-marketing/