Reminder! Second Annual Best Of Visual Identity Innovators
Our April issue will feature the <b>Best of Visual Identity Innovators</b>. All entries must be submitted by March 1st.
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Media & Communications Corner: <b>Mastering 'Reporter Speak'</b>
"I have always depended on the kindness of strangers." (Blanche Dubois in Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire) It may have worked for Blanche…
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<b>Meyerowitz on Marketing</b>Strutting Your Stuff: The Advantages Of Seminar Marketing
Seminars, which were "the way to go in the 1990s," remain hot. That makes a great deal of sense. After all, a seminar provides lawyers with the opportunity to strut their stuff for existing clients (reminding them why they hired the lawyers in the first place and subtly suggesting that the initial retention decision was correct) and in front of prospective new clients (to whom the message is, "Look what these people know. I should ask them to help when our company has a problem."). In short, "seminars bring clients and contacts into your office."
Letter From The Editor
Editor-in-Chief Betiayn Tursi introduces a new feature, a new book and a new Web audio conference.
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P.R. Professional Inside and Out: How To Get the Most Value From Your P.R Dollar
LJN's Web Audio Conference Division presented a Web audio entitled "P.R. Professional inside and out: How to Get the Most Value from your P.R. Dollar." The program focused on topics including the advantages of an inside public relations (PR) person, what outside public relations firms have to offer and how their services are impossible to duplicate.
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Developments of Note
Recent developments in e-commerce law and in the e-commerce industry.
Internet Boosts Business Of Marriage Law
The impact the Internet has had on growing revenues, increasing profit and strengthening businesses' bottom line ' whether electronic or brick-and-mortar ' has been tremendous. <br>And just as in the general business sector, matrimonial attorneys have recognized the Internet as promoting a variety of goals for themselves and their clients
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The Burden Of Technology
Businesses invest in technology to save money. They hope that the latest invention will live up to the marketers' claims of efficiencies over old ways of doing business. <br>But paradoxically, when "computing" the savings, don't forget the extra costs ' the "technology burden" as it's called ' imposed by innovation, whether cutting edge or mainstream. Keep in mind that sometimes you have to spend more ' a lot more ' before you can spend less.
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<b>Commentary:</b> Speed Passage Of The Telecommuter Tax Fairness Act
Now that the 109th session of Congress is well under way, passing The Telecommuter Tax Fairness Act must be a top priority for legislators. This proposed legislation would prohibit states from imposing a punitive tax on nonresidents who choose to telecommute some or most of the time to in-state employers. By proscribing such a tax, the law would remove a significant obstacle to the continued growth of an important form of e-commerce: interstate telework.
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e-Commerce Docket Sheet
Recent cases in e-commerce law and in the e-commerce industry.
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