Monthly Archives: October 2009

Rocket Matter’s Founding Partner Speaks at Avvo Tour

OCTOBER 29, 2009 – BOCA RATON, FL
Rocket Matter’s Founding Partner Speaks at Avvo Tour
Larry Port discussed how to run an efficient and error free law firm at events in Miami and West Palm Beach.
Rocket Matter®, the leading Web-based legal practice management and time and billing solution for small to mid-sized law firms, today announced that [...]

Rocket Matter speaks at Avvo’s South Florida Tour on Legal Productivity

We were very happy to work with Mark Britton and Conrad Saam of Avvo to help make their Florida tour a success.  Avvo, like Rocket Matter, is an exciting new technology company in the legal space and is generating a lot of buzz.
Our subject:  ”Running an Efficient and Error-free Law Firm”, which we’ll be offering [...]

5 Easy Ways to Create Opportunity in a Down Market

I love listening to Ari Kaplan speak.  I always learn something interesting and important, and he’s one of the most entertaining speakers out there.  Tomorrow, 10/29/2009, he’s conducting a free webinar, “5 Easy Ways to Create Opportunity in a Down Market” for free.
It’s the first event of a new series Ari is doing, 30-Minute Thursdays. [...]

Advantage #2 of Using a Legal SaaS Product: It’s Easy to Use

Do you know anyone that purchased legal software such as Time Matters, and then never used it?
This phenomenon tends not to happen with Rocket Matter and other web-based software.  It’s easy to access (just type a URL into a brower) and simple to use.
There’s a strong economic motivator behind this: many SaaS companies charge month-to-month, [...]

Apple and Microsoft: The Odd Couple

Apple and Microsoft have a bizarre relationship.  They fight for market share of the personal computing market yet kind of really need each other.  Think about it:  Microsoft serves as a big easy target for Apple in their marketing efforts, and Microsoft’s products are forced to improve because of Apple.  Microsoft sells office software for [...]

MILOFest is Right Around the Corner & We’ll Be There!

Interested in using a Mac in your Law Office?  Already up and running?  Wanna go to Disney World?
This year’s Macs in Law Offices conference (MILOFest) will be held in Orlando, FL at the Disney Coronado Springs Resort.  Rocket Matter will be there and conducting a session on using GTD and other cool business processes to [...]

Advantage #3 of Using a Legal SaaS Product: No Special Hardware Required

Question: What is the best thing about spending a thousand dollars on a brand new computer to support your new legal practice management software?
Answer: Not spending a thousand dollars on a new computer for your new legal practice management software.
Traditional, server-based legal practice management programs (such as Time Matters™ or Amicus Attorney™) require minimum [...]

Rocket Matter Announces Improvements to Calendaring and Storage Within Their SaaS Product

OCTOBER 14, 2009 – BOCA RATON, FL
Rocket Matter Announces Improvements to Calendaring and Storage Within Their SaaS Product
Event notifications, calendaring improvements and unlimited document storage latest improvements to market-leading SaaS product.
Rocket Matter®, the leading Web-based legal practice management and time and billing solution for small to mid-sized law firms, today announces the availability of increased [...]

Advantage #6 of Using a Legal SaaS Product: Low Startup Costs

Let’s face it:  it’s been a rough year.  If you still have a job you’re probably pulling the weight of the resources that were let go in a downsizing round (and if you’re doing really well you’re probably a bankruptcy or foreclosure attorney).
Necessity is the mother of invention as they say, and many attorneys had [...]

Advantage #7 of Using a Legal SaaS Product: Eliminate “Phone Pong”

You know when your software breaks in your office, so you call the software vendor, then the IT consultant, then perhaps even a Certified consultant, and they all tell you to call each other and someone else?
We call this phone pong.
Rocket Matter integrates your contacts, calendar, phone messaging, time tracking, reporting, invoice creation, to-do list, [...]