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Smith.ai client Joey Vitale is the founding attorney at Indie Law, a law firm for creative professionals that specializes in trademarks. He also runs the Indie Show, a live chat show hosted on Facebook, and yesterday, hosted Maddy Martin, Smith.ai's head of growth and education. Tune in to their half-hour chat, where they cover a wide range of small-business tips, including the best lead follow-up processes, event marketing on a small budget, and a lot more.

Zapier rhymes with "happier" — and that's exactly what you'll be when you use Smith.ai's new Zap to automate data capture, workflows, alerts, and tasks.

Steve Ryan, founder and CEO of RyTech, a digital marketing agency for law firms, identifies five ways to fix your web traffic woes. Learn how to attract and capture web visitors who are more likely to become clients with targeted content, paid search ads, optimized calls-to-action, and more.

Alison Pacuska, president of Pacuska Professional Services, a top-tier boutique firm offering paralegal and legal assistant services, explains how to determine if a virtual paralegal is right for your law firm. Learn how to make the most of a virtual paralegal, and how a service like hers can complement the services of a virtual receptionist.

Minneapolis-based attorney and solopreneur Jess Birken of Birken Law Office and Hack Your Practice offers a handful of ways fellow solo lawyers can lighten their load by tapping flexible, affordable outsourced services.

Tune in to hear Smith.ai's head of growth and education Maddy Martin speak with Christopher Anderson, host of The Un-Billable Hour podcast, about communication best practices for small-firm attorneys. With responsiveness the most common theme among bar complaints, it's critical that attorneys improve their speed and methods of communicating with leads, clients, and other parties. Tune in to hear Maddy and Christopher's conversation, which is chock-full of actionable tips.

High Performance Counsel runs a Spotlight column featuring interviews with forward-thinking attorneys across the country. This month, Smith.ai clients Justie Nicol, Joey Vitale, and Emily Cooper shared the stage. Check out their Q&A and discover some of the secrets behind their high-performing small law practices.

Lawline Program Attorney Sarah Mills, J.D., outlines the importance of considering content, cost, and convenience when evaluating CLE providers.

Apptoto is an online calendaring tool that makes your existing calendar (Google, Outlook, Office365, Salesforce, Clio, etc.) available online. This makes it easy to put your calendar on your website and in your email for easy booking with leads and clients. It also now means you can share your calendar with Smith.ai receptionists so we can book appointments (and follow-up on upcoming appointments) on your behalf. The result is less calendaring work for you and your team (you have more important things to do), and more qualified leads on your calendar.