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Is Your Website An Earl Scheib Special?
May 16, 2012 By Jay Fleischman
I remember my first car, a 1981 Pontiac Grand Prix in British racing green. Not my first choice, but my father convinced me that I should spend a pittance on a used car as opposed to blowing all of my money on a brand-new one. With the first 90 days, I'd blown the engine, replaced the transmission, and done a bunch of other work on it. By the time all was said and done, I'd spent more than the cost of a new automobile. Turns out my car was an Earl Scheib special, a clunker hastily painted over to look terrific. I learned my lesson early on. Judging from the looks of lots of law firm websites out there, many of my colleagues didn't get the memo. … [Read The Rest...]
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