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mmlafleur.com As hard as it is to sell yourself and your firm, marketing is an activity in today’s legal market that not only must be done, but it must be done effectively and well. Don’t waste your time spinning your wheels and telling yourself you’re marketing by posting a once-in-three-months entry to your blog or sending out a boring newsletter on a topic that has been covered to death. In fact, don’t do any of the following: 1. Attend networking events filled only with lawyers These functions have their place, especially if you are seeking referrals, hoping to gain greater expertise in an area, or are trying to establish better relationships with judges, law professors, and others with J.D.s. But if you are hoping to snag some actual clients, you might want to consider other marketing opportunities.

We hope you enjoy this piece inspired by the many problems faced by Nigerians (and African alike) by a Lawyer, social influencer and Ex Mr Unverse Nigeria winner Mr Allen Ukwuru. Today, I want to speak to the Nigerian youths, it seems we are too laid back with respect to the affairs of this country, I know it is because we are distracted by our daily struggles to make ends meet and largely by the modern technological artefacts. A good number of us; spend a huge amount of time on social media(s), while losing a sense of the things that truly matter to us. What we must understand is that piloting the affairs of this country has nothing to do with age. In fact, leadership has nothing to do with age; but has everything to do with understanding the issues that this country has and making informed and reasoned decisions without fear or favour.Not to offending any religious sensibility; let me allude to the likes of Joseph, David etc in the Bible, how old were they before becoming r...