141: Essential Software

These are the essential software options that many lawyers aren't using but should be using, or should be using more than they are (if they're using any of these options).

BTW, I'd love to get your feedback or answer any questions you have (which can get to in an upcoming episode).

Show Notes

Here's a list of essential software that was discussed:

Automated Scheduling (e.g. Acuity, Calendly, ScheduleOnce) PDF Manipulation software (e.g. Acrobat, Kofax PowerPDF, PDF Pen,PDF Expert) Dictation & Transcription software Dictation: (Dragon Naturally Speaking, which is now only supported for Windows computers. But Mac users can use voice control to get 80% of the benefit of Dragon on their computer. Smartphones now all have pretty decent dictation capabilities) Transcription (Otter.ai, which is free for 60 hours of transcription per month) Otter.ai transcript of this podcast episode TextExpansion software (e.g. TextExpander) Brett Burney's TextExpander for Lawyers courses Demo of Ernie's textexpander automation for this episode's podcast show notes Password Manager software (e.g. LastPass, 1Password, Dashlane, Roboform) Backup software (e.g. Backblaze, Carbonite, Time Machine for Macs) Team Chat (e.g. Slack) or Microsoft Teams) Virtual Meeting software (e.g. Zoom), Webex, Microsoft Teams) Process documentation software (e.g. SweetProcess, Process St.) Register for Ernie's Systems Building Workshop Video recording software for explaining/training (e.g. Loom) Example of Loom recording Email broadcast software (e.g. ConvertKit, Mailchimp) Website: online presence (e.g. Wordpress, Squarespace, About.me)

General Resources

Learn to use technology to reduce friction & gain freedom with this resource: https://www.the8020lawyer.com/ Focus on these essential tech tools for maximum traction in your practice. Take this short law practice assessment to identify your main strengths & weaknesses.

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