{"id":452,"date":"2010-05-16T18:57:51","date_gmt":"2010-05-16T22:57:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peoplevstate.com\/?p=452"},"modified":"2010-05-16T19:13:23","modified_gmt":"2010-05-16T23:13:23","slug":"to-serve-defend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peoplevstate.com\/?p=452","title":{"rendered":"To Serve &#038; Defend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"_cp_widget_6926607e57e5c\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Powered by Cincopa WordPress plugin\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cincopa.com\/wpplugin\/runtime\/loading.gif\" style=\"border:0;\" \/>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<!-- Powered by Cincopa WordPress plugin wp1.59: http:\/\/www.cincopa.com\/wpplugin\/wordpress-plugin.aspx -->\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">document.getElementById(\"_cp_widget_6926607e57e5c\").innerHTML='<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cincopa.com\/wpplugin\/runtime\/loading.gif\" alt=\"\" \/>';<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.cincopa.com\/wpplugin\/runtime\/libasync.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\ncp_load_widget(\"%5Bcincopa+10606848%5D\", \"_cp_widget_6926607e57e5c\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n I hesitate to post this TV commercial featuring yours truly, for a couple reasons.<\/p>\n<p>First, I&#8217;m keenly aware that just about everybody who&#8217;s anybody in the practical blawgosphere has expressed disdain for lawyer marketing in general. I share those sentiments to a large extent, and certainly aspire to reach the point, like these luminaries of the practical blawgosphere, where my practice is fueled solely by word-of-mouth and referrals from satisfied customers. But I&#8217;m not there yet, and so in the meantime feel like I should take some modest steps to let people in my community know that I exist. Hence, I&#8217;m in the Yellow Pages, both in print and online. And, more non-traditionally, I&#8217;m even on a few bus stop benches, and on a couple taxis in the fleet owned by an old high school friend. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Second, when I was approached by someone from the local TV station (where the ad has in fact run on a limited basis on late night TV over the past month) about producing and running a TV ad with them, and realized it wasn&#8217;t nearly as expensive as I assumed it would be, I wasn&#8217;t sure whether there was any possible way to produce any such ad that I would be comfortable with and wouldn&#8217;t think was embarrassingly corny. Even after deciding to go ahead and give it a shot, I&#8217;m still not sure. An ad like this, so they tell me, has to convey a personal and caring touch. That&#8217;s the whole point of putting your mug on TV, I suppose, as opposed to the phone book, etc. In point of fact, I do think my level of genuine care and sense of personal responsibility towards my clients is one of my distinguishing traits as a lawyer. I take my work home with me, in more ways than one. Still, it&#8217;s pretty much impossible to convey that personal and caring touch toward the whole world in general without it seeming, and being, somewhat forced and artificial.<\/p>\n<p>And so despite these hesitations, I&#8217;m posting the ad for a few reasons: to put a face and a voice to this blawg(er); to prove once again that I don&#8217;t really care what everybody who&#8217;s anybody in the practical blawgosphere thinks; and . . . because I&#8217;d really like to know what you all think. Is this ad ill-advised? Is it too corny? 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