Mike Graner

Mike Graner is the Marketing Manager at Smith.ai. He focuses on engaging content, company updates, and in-person events.

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Articles by Mike Graner

Why Your Debt and Bankruptcy Law Firm Needs an Answering Service

March 15, 2024
Why Your Debt and Bankruptcy Law Firm Needs an Answering Service
If there’s one thing that most Americans have in common today, it’s rapidly mounting debt. Credit cards, home mortgages, auto loans, personal loans, payday loans – it all adds up and is often too much. Your job is to be there when a consumer finds they can’t meet their financial obligations, but who helps your debt and bankruptcy law firm deliver compassionate service? A legal answering service frees your time to focus on client service, negotiating with creditors, and more.
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Why Your Business Law Firm Needs an Answering Service

March 11, 2024
Why Your Business Law Firm Needs an Answering Service
Business law is vast and varied. You could be helping a client with a merger one day and dealing with a business bankruptcy the next. A legal answering service ensures that you’re able to dedicate your full attention to each client without sacrificing communications.
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Why Your Personal Injury Law Firm Needs an Answering Service

March 5, 2024
Why Your Personal Injury Law Firm Needs an Answering Service
A phone call is the primary communication method for potential personal injury clients. So, why do so many law firms make leads wait up to three days for a return call? A legal answering service can ensure that you never miss a call again. In this guide, we’ll explore the many reasons that every personal injury law firm needs an answering service.
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5 Ways to Run a More Profitable Solo Law Firm

March 4, 2024
5 Ways to Run a More Profitable Solo Law Firm
Too often, running a solo law firm means trying to do everything yourself while barely scraping by. That doesn’t have to be the case for your firm. In this post, we’ll discuss easy-to-implement ways to boost profitability, enhance efficiency, and bump productivity.
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Best Legal Podcasts to Help Scale Your Law Firm

March 1, 2024
Best Legal Podcasts to Help Scale Your Law Firm
Struggling to achieve meaningful growth with your law firm? You’re not alone, particularly if you’re a solo attorney interested in scaling things up. Thankfully, there’s an abundance of resources available, including some great legal podcasts that can help you scale your law firm. We’ve collected the best of the best so you can get the info you need.
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The Pros and Cons of Automating Legal Documents

February 27, 2024
The Pros and Cons of Automating Legal Documents
Automation plays an increasingly large role within law offices. One aspect that promises to help your team save time and sanity while reducing errors is automating legal documents. However, while there are plenty of benefits, there are also drawbacks to the trend that you’ll need to know before jumping aboard.
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10 Best Legal Blogs to Help You Run Your Firm More Profitably

February 25, 2024
10 Best Legal Blogs to Help You Run Your Firm More Profitably
So much of operating a law firm is discovering precedents and following trails laid down by those who’ve come before. It’s about using others’ experience to inform case outcomes, but you can do the same with office profitability. We’ve collected some of the best legal blogs you should be following to help inform your law office operations through guidance from seasoned attorneys who’ve been where you are.
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What Is Voice Assistant and How Does It Improve the Customer Experience?

February 23, 2024
What Is Voice Assistant and How Does It Improve the Customer Experience?
Most of us use a voice assistant every day to create shopping lists or add calendar entries. However, these AI-powered tools can also be important to your customer experience. From providing fast, accurate support to delivering personal recommendations, voice assistants are becoming must-have tools for businesses of all shapes and sizes.
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How to Quickly Respond to Inbound Leads (and Why It Matters)

February 21, 2024
How to Quickly Respond to Inbound Leads (and Why It Matters)
Inbound leads represent an influx of cash into your operation, so you must respond to them as quickly as possible. However, there’s more to it than just setting up your business so that your sales team can jump on leads as soon as they appear. In this guide, we explore how to respond quickly to inbound leads, why it’s important, and other factors that matter just as much as speed.
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7 Productive Ways to Use AI for Lawyers

February 19, 2024
7 Productive Ways to Use AI for Lawyers
AI is everywhere today. It powers also bought suggestions, helps marketers reach their audience, and lives on our phones and other devices to make our lives easier. But does AI have practical applications for law firms? It does. In this post, we discuss seven productive ways lawyers can use AI.
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