194: Gordon P. Firemark of Power Podcasting for Lawyers discusses ways that Lawyers can leverage new media to get more, better, referrals and clients with us.

Gordon Firemark of Power Podcasting for Lawyers is a Los-Angeles based Entertainment lawyer and a mediapreneur. In his law practice he helps creatives and businesses in theatre, film, television and new media to make smart deals that make sense. He’s been a podcaster for almost 10 years, with three shows: Entertainment Law Update, Entertainment Industry Insights, and the Law Podcasting Podcast. His latest adventure has him evangelizing to bring lawyer marketing into the 21st century with modern media strategies and tactics.

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Fail fast to succeed faster

Gordon tells us that his biggest failure was one of his greatest successes in not finding a job after he left his last firm because it forced him in to becoming a Lawpreneur.
Hear Gordon point out that waiting too long to launch a couple of his digital products was a failure because if he had moved sooner he would be that much further along now.

Tell us something good

Gordon relates that his biggest successes as an attorney come when he attends opening night of a play or sees a clients name on the silver (or small) screen.
Listen as Gordon discusses the success of his digital products and makes a special offer to Lawpreneur Radio listeners.

How do you support a Lawpreneur?

Gordon offers a special deal to Lawpreneur Radio listeners that can be found at lawpodcasting.com/lawpreneur. This will help you make the move forward to using digital media for marketing.

Favorite Resource

Favorite Books:

The E-Myth Attorney: Why Most Legal Practices Don’t Work and What to Do About It Many attorneys in small and mid-size practices are experts on the law, but may not have considered their practice as much from a business perspective. The E-Myth Attorney fills this void, giving you powerful advice on everything you need to run your practice as a successful business.
Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business Virtual Freedom: How to Work with Virtual Staff to Buy More Time, Become More Productive, and Build Your Dream Business is the step-by-step guide every entrepreneur needs to build his or her business with the asset of working with virtual employees. Focusing on business growth, Ducker explains every detail you need to grasp, from figuring out which jobs you should outsource to finding, hiring, training, motivating, and managing virtual assistants
The Motivation Manifesto The Motivation Manifesto is a pulsing, articulate, ferocious call to claim our personal power. World-renowned high performance trainer Brendon Burchard reveals that the main motive of humankind is the pursuit of greater Personal Freedom. We desire the grand liberties of choice—time freedom, emotional freedom, social freedom, financial freedom, spiritual freedom. Only two enemies stand in our way: an external enemy, defined as the social oppression of who we are by the mediocre masses, and an internal enemy, a sort of self-oppression caused by our own doubt and fear.
The Podcast, Blog & New Media Producer’s Legal Survival Guide: An essential resource for content creatorsThe Podcast, Blog & New Media Producers’ Legal Survival Guide is the first comprehensive explanation of the legal principles, issues and claims that can arise for producers of internet-based media. Written by veteran entertainment and media lawyer, Gordon Firemark, this 114-page guide is designed to help those who write blogs, host & produce podcasts, or distribute video or other media via the Internet avoid the most common mistakes that lead to threats, recriminations and lawsuits.

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Miranda McCroskey – host of Lawpreneur Radio