http://www.seoforlawfirms.com Where Legal Expertise Meets Internet Expertise Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:33:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en On February 11, 2009 I had the opportunity to present at the SMX West in Santa Clara on the "Legally Speaking" panel. I chose to prepare and present on a number of developing privacy laws, specifically the new Massachusetts law which requires encryption of sensitive personal information stored on ... http://www.seoforlawfirms.com/david-mink-speaks-at-smx-on-privacy-issues-facing-internet-businesses/ Several weeks ago I wrote a post about a new company called Bloggled.com.  At that point, their blog backup service was still in beta testing. They have now been live for just over a month and have backed up a couple hundred thousand blogs as of today.  I was able to help ... http://www.seoforlawfirms.com/blog-backup-is-a-vital-safety-precaution/ That was the question I was asked by a client just yesterday. Yesterday Bloggler had a scheduled outage for 4:00 p.m. The problem was my client did not see this notice and was freaked out that the article she had spent an hour working on had been lost. ... http://www.seoforlawfirms.com/how-can-i-archive-my-blog/ Accountants used the term "fixed assets" to describe assets and property which cannot easily be converted into cash. For example, land, property, and vehicles are frequently considered to be fixed assets.  On the other end of the spectrum you have current assets or liquid assets, i.e. cash and bank accounts.All ... http://www.seoforlawfirms.com/accounting-for-the-cost-of-your-firms-fixed-assets/ The following is a funny but true story: A few weeks ago my "blog crazy" wife went to a friend's house for help on a new design for the family blog.  Her friend assured her that the process would be a snap.  About ten minutes into the make-over, disaster struck as ... http://www.seoforlawfirms.com/what-if-you-accidentally-erased-your-firms-blog/ Recently I was called into provide an SEO quote for a large satellite tv and cable installation company.  This particular company has traditionally been a door to door sales company.  In fact, they earn over 90% of their yearly revenues during the months of May, June, July, and August, while ... http://www.seoforlawfirms.com/2-seo-choices-1-learn-to-do-it-on-your-own-or-2-pay-for-it-but-you-cant-ignore-it/ This week's posts have been dedicated to money management; exploring ways lawyers and other business professionals can cut back on costs.  With gas seemingly ever-increasing in price I thought I would share a unique tip given to me by an earth-conscious personal injury lawyer in Alabama.  This particular client of mine ... http://www.seoforlawfirms.com/gas-saver/ Most American households and many American business owners have a very difficult time managing their money. Although, there are a number of envelope budgeting software choices available, I have been most impressed with the envelope budgeting system from Finicity. The envelope budgeting concept is simple, essentially you have several ... http://www.seoforlawfirms.com/money-management/ If your business is anything like mine you are spending tens of thousands of dollars a month on advertising, office supplies, company meals, etc.  Wouldn't it be nice to knock off up to a 5%  discount on all of these miscellaneous business expenses?  Use cash back credit cards to get the equivalent ... http://www.seoforlawfirms.com/heavy-spending-on-your-business-credit-card-cash-back-credit-cards/ ****Update - even better real time analytics software that just got launched and is still in Beta and 100% free is BLVDSTATUS - check out the site to get signed up for free and start tracking your visitors in real time. Many of you may be aware of web analytics companies ... http://www.seoforlawfirms.com/web-analytics/