An article in the September 2008 issue of the ABA Journal reveals that only 8% of law firms and 2% of attorneys maintain a law blog.
Wow. That’s a lot lower than I would have expected, especially since this same survey shows that 96% of attorneys are doing their legal research online and over half of the solos who participated in the survey have websites.
Ironically, a vast majority of the attorneys responded that they receive their information from websites, newsletters and discussion lists. But who provides the information contained on those …

I recently read a discussion on a group for legal bloggers in which an attorney was asking for comments on his blog. I haven’t met a blogger yet who didn’t appreciate comments. We all have our own personal measures of validation whether its traffic stats, RSS subscribers or how many comments we receive.
But there’s more to it than just saying “Hey, I wrote some blog posts. Can you please go read them and leave me a comment?” Blog comments are like compliments. They have more meaning when they are sincere …

As part of the development of the National Association of Virtual Legal Assistants (www.navla.org), I’ve been reading some legal blogs, sometimes referred to as “blawgs”, and speaking with some attorneys to get a better idea of how attorneys feel about hiring VAs.
I decided to take a quick survey on the NAVLA website but I’d also like to share it here. It’s a very quick survey and it’s not limited to attorneys. I’d like to invite anyone to take a few moments to answer it.
And feel free to expand on any …

Yesterday I was thrilled to find out that I was awarded the Virtual Assistant Blog of the Week award from VA Networking. This is such an honor for me because of my admiration and respect for the VA Networking Group and I’m proud to be a part of it. My business was also featured on Virtual Rave as a result.

With the evolution of the Internet and “Web 2.0″, social networking has become a major business marketing tool. Whatever your profession may be, you can find a way to make online …

Even though we have so many modes of communication available to us today - email, cell phones, fax, VoiP - miscommunication is still an issue we sometimes face. But communication problems aren’t always due to technical issues although it does happen. Emails don’t go through, calls are dropped, voicemails get cut off. But it may not be that the message wasn’t received - it may be that the message wasn’t clear.
When you’re running your own business and if you are a VA or you work with one, communication is essential. …

In the age of Web 2.0, freelance writers are abundant. Articles, ebooks, seminars, press releases…do a search engine on any of those and you’ll find thousands of writers offering these services. I’ve written press releases for clients and for myself. And as a result of a Google alert for the phrase “virtual assistant”, I discovered a press release that was almost word-for-word the same as one of mine.
At first I just noticed that it sounded familiar and recognized a few phrases as my own. Then I pulled up my own …