Often called Facebook for business, LinkedIn could be a great network for professional contacts – except precious few of us know how to use it properly. Sandra Bekhor suggests some new approaches that might just pay off.

Technology seems to be the apple cider of business – everywhere you look you see new claims for its curative abilities. Sometimes though, it really can save your bacon. James Careless talks to a few lawyers who felt the uncomfortable sizzle.

There’s more to building a referral network than handing out your card and crossing your fingers. Carolynne Burkholder-James offers readers some advice for building the kind of relationships that bring many happy returns.

Research is part of a lawyer’s job, but when you don’t have a room full of paralegals or articling students to do it for you, it can take valuable time away from the other parts of the job. That’s where the growing field of legal analytics can come in, says James Careless.

You work hard for your money, but sometimes collecting that hard-earned cash can be just as difficult. Ann Macaulay has some tips on how to be paid what you’re owed, in full and on time.

Legal research, everyone knows, is time-consuming and expensive. Or is it? Law librarian Kim Nayyer points to some free options for you.

Let’s face it, people don’t go into law because they’re good accountants. And we all know that small firms just don’t have the resources for their own accounting departments. So what’s a sole practitioner to do? James Careless has some advice on finding advice.

You might have been top of your law class but if you’re wearing a dirty shirt for your meeting with a potential client, guess which will make the bigger impression. An unprofessional or out-of-date website is your dirty shirt online. Here are tips for some things to keep in mind when creating your professional online presence.

Yes, you studied law and not marketing, but if you’re like most small practitioners, a little marketing ability would come in handy in terms of growing your book of business. Not every one needs a full-on marketing strategy, but we have some tips for building one if you do.

University of Windsor assistant law professor Robert Semple takes a long look at personal plight law firms and decides it’s possible for them to deliver quality advice, improve access to justice and still turn a profit. Intrigued?