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		<title>SellanApp &#8230; that gives me an idea!</title>
		<link>http://www.practicehacker.com/2012/01/03/sellanapp-that-gives-me-an-idea/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicehacker.com/2012/01/03/sellanapp-that-gives-me-an-idea/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 01:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever feel that if only you had the right tools, backing, money, time, background, education, encouragement and inspiration, you could build a killer app? I used to think so; especially when I learned about efficient use of widely distributed human resources via frictionless online sharing (a/k/a crowd-sourcing). But like so much of new, new Internet, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Could ActionStep Be A Game Changer?</title>
		<link>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/12/15/3317/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 01:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>practicehacker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not often that I&#8217;m impressed, but I recently came across a SaaS product that had all the usual bells and whistles, as well as something different. ActionStep has what I expect in a practice management app, but instead of focusing on features it organizes everything around goals, objectives, and tasks. This means I can focus on doing my part while everyone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What it really means to be a new grad</title>
		<link>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/19/what-it-really-means-to-be-a-new-grad/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/19/what-it-really-means-to-be-a-new-grad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 10:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>practicehacker</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/19/what-it-really-means-to-be-a-new-grad/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There isn&#8217;t much about this infographic we didn&#8217;t know. After all, law school is becoming more expensive and riskier all the time. But as long as the number of applicants to law school continues to increase, young people continue to be gullible, school is easier to handle than real-life, and there is money to be made, law schools [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Plea to Legal Marketers &#8230; little help?</title>
		<link>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/17/open-plea-to-legal-marketers-little-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/17/open-plea-to-legal-marketers-little-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:01:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>practicehacker</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/17/open-plea-to-legal-marketers-little-help/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Being the Practicehacker doesn’t mean I know everything. Take law firm marketing for instance.   In real life I run a 3-lawyer suburban Chicago practice engaged in what I call &#8220;Small Business&#8221; law; i.e. we do pretty much everything a small business or its owners need their lawyer to do, including: Business start-ups, incorporation, organization [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This is you. This is you on Twitter. Any Questions?</title>
		<link>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/14/this-is-you-this-is-you-on-twitter-any-questions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/14/this-is-you-this-is-you-on-twitter-any-questions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 21:22:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>practicehacker</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.practicehacker.com/?p=3263</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Instant Law Clerk</title>
		<link>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/12/instant-law-clerk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/12/instant-law-clerk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 17:23:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>practicehacker</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/12/instant-law-clerk/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the second really good practice hack that I’ve come across in a week, and it incorporates all the best things about the new, new Internet (Web 2.1?): crowdsourcing, naming your own price, friction-free transactions, and cheap labor. Cheap labor, you say? You bet. Instant Law Clerk uses the cheapest, most plentiful resource in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do you call 100 unemployed lawyers?</title>
		<link>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/11/what-do-you-call-100-lawyers-in-an-unemployment-line/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/11/what-do-you-call-100-lawyers-in-an-unemployment-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Sep 2011 20:54:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>practicehacker</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/11/what-do-you-call-100-lawyers-in-an-unemployment-line/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A good start! But seriously: according to this piece in the Wall Street Journal new law grads continue to enter the workforce faster than Starbucks can hire them. To quote the article: According to jobs site SimplyHired.com&#8230; the hardest-to-place industry [is the] the legal field. Unemployed lawyers now find themselves in the country&#8217;s most cutthroat race for a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t piss on my leg and tell me it&#8217;s raining.</title>
		<link>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/10/seriousy-aba-dont-piss-on-my-leg-and-tell-me-its-raining/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/10/seriousy-aba-dont-piss-on-my-leg-and-tell-me-its-raining/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Sep 2011 21:25:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>practicehacker</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/10/seriousy-aba-dont-piss-on-my-leg-and-tell-me-its-raining/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[  As Kevin Spacey noted, speaking as Kaiser Soze in The Usual Suspects, &#8220;the greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn&#8217;t exist.&#8221; Couldn&#8217;t agree more. 2 years ago the ABA Journal rolled out its Legal Rebels Project in an effort to convince lawyers that the American Bar Association was more than an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google Spreadsheets as your CRM System</title>
		<link>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/09/use-google-spreadsheets-as-your-crm-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/09/use-google-spreadsheets-as-your-crm-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/09/use-google-spreadsheets-as-your-crm-system/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[While I&#8217;ve tried to make Practicehacker the #1 place to find tools, tips, techniques, and technology for small firms and solo&#8217;s, how often do I feature a true practice hack? A better, smarter, faster, or cheaper way of getting things done? Not often enough. But this is the real deal. A genuine hack born out [...]]]></description>
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		<title>LegalZoom &#8230;can&#8217;t &#8230;be &#8230;stopped</title>
		<link>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/08/legalzoom-cant-be-stopped/</link>
		<comments>http://www.practicehacker.com/2011/09/08/legalzoom-cant-be-stopped/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Sep 2011 15:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>practicehacker</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As highlighted recently on Shatterbox and in my discussions with Richard Granat of DirectLaw back at the 2011 ABA Tech Show, LegalZoom is coming into its own big time. Then again, what else would LegealZoom do with the money raised in its IPO but siphon business from competitors; lawyers? And that&#8217;s exactly what it&#8217;s been [...]]]></description>
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