More Great Partners

Many of our clients contact us to inquire about referrals for other vendors in the legal services industry. We've done our research and have partnered with great companies who specialize in legal marketing, public relations, technology solutions and IT support. Learn a bit more about our partners below and be sure to mention that you were referred by Zola Creative when you call; many offer special discounts for our clients.

Zola Suite

Zola Suite is a cloud-based legal practice management application that offers best in class practice management features with built-in email and accounting capabilities.  

LawPay 
It is critical for attorneys to handle credit card transactions between their trust and operating accounts correctly. With LawPay, attorneys can accept credit cards with confidence.

LawPay's unique processing program correctly separates earned and unearned fees in compliance with ABA Rules of Professional Conduct and most state bar IOLTA guidelines. Why trust your payments to anyone else?

Legal Ease Consulting, Inc.
Allison C. Shields, Esq., President of Legal Ease Consulting, Inc., provides marketing, social media, business development, productivity and practice management, coaching and consulting services for lawyers and law firms.

Allison helps her clients create efficient, effective systems and operations to maximize productivity and enhance client experience. Allison’s clients learn how to identify and attract their ideal clients, improve their client intake and selection, increase client loyalty, develop client-friendly fee structures, and increase profits.

With the rise of the internet and social media, lawyers must capture attention and demonstrate their expertise online. Allison provides online marketing and social media services and training for lawyers to help them maximize these important opportunities.

To learn more about Legal Ease Consulting, Inc. and the services Allison provides, please visit www.LawyerMeltdown.com or call 631-642-0221. 

Brian McCarthy Marketing, Inc
Brian McCarthy Marketing, Inc. helps Estate Planning attorneys enhance their practices by using effective business growth and client nurturing systems.  His techniques lead to increased client revenue and incremental amounts of good will.  His unique methods are economical, dignified and very professional.

Learn more about Brian McCarthy Marketing at www.BrianMccMarketing.com, or by calling (401) 245-6106 to arrange a complimentary telephone consultation.

Compunite Computers
At Compunite we have a single goal in mind; To improve the quality of your life as it relates to your computing environment, creating an ecosystem which is not tied down to a location or a network but rather empowering your freedom to work however, whenever, and wherever you need to.

Office, home, or beach – you will have the right solution for your company.

Understanding our client's needs and providing a solution that meets and exceeds their expectations are paramount. Our experienced staff takes great pride in listening to our clients, our business partners, and industry experts to provide properly designed and sized technology solutions to fit any budget; while increasing productivity, scalability and stability for businesses in any market of any size.

We assist law firms throughout New York and New Jersey.

To learn more, please visit compunite.com or call 800-530-5970.

GlasserTech
Do you need assistance with Time Matters, Billing Matters, PC Law, Amicus Attorney, Time Slips and HotDocs?  GlasserTech is certified in providing support and training in these applications and offers Zola Creative clients a 10% discount on all of their services.

Learn more about GlasserTech IT Support at www.glassertech.com or by calling 516-762-0155

Happy Go Legal
Happy Go Legal was founded as a content-rich blog on topics relating to professional development and lifestyle design for lawyers and law students.  Readers were excited about the positive and resourceful posts being published, and wanted to know more about how they could start implementing changes into their lives.  Seeing the great need for more than just information, Happy Go Legal now offers one-on-one coaching to lawyers seeking to play bigger in their career and life, and will soon be offering professional development programs and webinars to lawyers, law firms, and law schools.  

A solo practitioner who coached with a Happy Go Legal coach for 12 sessions had the following to say about his experience:

“I started practicing law as a solo practitioner in January of 2012. Almost immediately, I felt like I had bitten off more than I could chew. . . . I had been struggling with issues like when the work day ended and the after-work time began. I was losing sleep. The coaching sessions [with my Happy Go Legal coach] gave me the tools to not only recognize proper separation and maintenance of a work/life balance, but it gave me specific tools to make that kind of change on a daily basis. The long term result is that I am able to focus more on my work when I am at work and I can use my time at home to re-energize and spend time with the important people in my life. Since beginning the coaching program, my client base has tripled and I have been invited into an established law office. . . . I credit the steps I took in the Happy Go Legal coaching sessions as pivotal in my practice development. Moreover, as we are not all perfect, I gained the tools that I need to remind myself of the big picture whenever I fall off track.”

Interested in setting up a free exploratory session with a Happy Go Legal coach? Fill out this Inquiry Form. Not sure yet and want to learn more? Sign Up to receive our monthly newsletter and weekly posts in your inbox!
 

Timesheets.com – Web-Based Timesheets for your Hourly Employees
Let’s face it, when it comes to tracking billable time at your law firm, there’s no shortage of software options. But what about billable time’s dorky step-cousin? You know, the hermit with the pocket protector and thick glasses? I’m talking about hourly time tracking for payroll, which is often just an afterthought for most busy attorneys.

You probably just tell your employees to write their hours down on paper and be done with it, but did you know that the average employee gives themselves an extra 10 minutes of time per day with just innocent rounding? At $10 per hour, that employee is costing you roughly $40 per month! And that’s just one employee. If you have 5 employees, your payroll is $200 more expensive than it should be.

That’s why you need Timesheets.com, a web-based employee time tracking service which tracks hourly time for a fraction of the cost that you’ll be saving in payroll expenses. At the end of a pay period, the service exports a universal payroll report suitable for any payroll company.

Timesheets.com also tracks time-off and accruals, so you can dispose of the messy excel spreadsheet and begin accurately tracking all of the paid time your employees aren’t at work. Their accrual system is easy to use and offers a variety of accrual schedules.

The software comes complete with a full audit trail to protect against labor disputes. Your data is secured in multiple locations and available even if you cancel your service, because we know that you might still need it someday. They house and offer data retrieval free of charge. How many timekeeping services do that?

To learn more about this great service, visit their web site at www.timesheets.com or call 800-430-8081.

Today’s Practice Consulting works with solos, small, and mid-sized firms to help them create impactful marketing and business development strategies that engage, differentiate their firm from their competition and show their personality (which admittedly  can be a challenge for some lawyers).  

Today’s Practice also partners with innovators in the legal tech space to provide law firms with introductions to new technologies and platforms that can help bring their practice into the 21^st century.  They are dedicated to the proposition that in order to stay competitive, law firms need to start operating like businesses by providing transparent pricing models, utilizing technology platforms to drive productivity and identifying risks before they escalate into legal issues.  

Today’s Practice is led by Deborah Tesser who has spent over 20 years working either as or consulting with lawyers. Whether it was practicing as a transactional attorney with an AmLaw 100 firm, representing institutional lenders as part of a mid-sized real estate boutique, or counseling clients as a small town solo, Deb has experienced, first-hand, the ins and outs of private practice. She leveraged that deep knowledge of legal culture and dynamics when working as a legal recruiter and expanded her skill set by joining a marketing firm that provided business advisory services, project management and marketing strategies for independent businesses and professional services firms. More recently, Deb was a Senior Consultant with a niche legal consulting firm focusing on business development and marketing strategies for internationally recognized IP law firms. Now Deb has found her calling as the President and Founder of Today’s Practice Consulting, LLC. 

Deb’s main goal is to work closely with her clients to get to know them, their practice and still have some fun in the process.  

To find out how Today’s Practice can help bring your firm into the 21st century, visit their website at www.todayspracticeconsulting.com or call 908-904-0010.

We Care Computers, LLC 
We Care Computers, LLC (WCC) is a full service IT consulting firm, providing computer, network and software services to the legal community in Connecticut and throughout Western Massachusetts.

From sales, installation and implementation for the leading Case Management and Document Management products to training and support, our philosophy is the same. To create business partnerships with our clients that provides long term added benefits. 

WCC prides itself on maintaining the best team of professionals in the industry, all dedicated to helping you get the most out of your systems.

WCC can improve your firm's productivity, build business value into technology solutions, and reduce your information technology costs. 

WCC clients receive regular updates on new software and hardware, business strategies related to technology, changes in infrastructure and connectivity, and new technologies. Learn more by visiting www.wecarecomputers.com or calling 860-836-4191.