Marketing and Sales Representatives


A. About Us


B. What We Are Looking For


C. Ideal Background


D. Web Form Setup


E. The Process


F. Computer_Skills


G. Availability


H. Follow Through


I. What We Are Not Looking For


J. Telecommuting


K. Microsoft Office 2007


L. Hours


M. Commercial Bank Financing


N. Earnings Potential


O. Please Read


P. A Great Opportunity for the Right Person


Q. If You Are Interested


A. About Us

Juris Informatica publishes legal Web sites, sites that discuss particular legal topics. We also partner with other legal Web sites that place our Web forms and (800) telephone numbers on their site. Our sites and these affiliated sites produce leads from prospective clients, which we then screen to determine if they have a viable case. If they do, we refer the prospective client to a suitable attorney in their area, in exchange for an introduction fee from that attorney.

In the next 24 months, we expect to have over 1000 affiliated Web sites, with a typical such site introducing us to 20 to 50 actual cases a year (cases as opposed to leads). Accordingly, within two years we expect be handling approximately 30,000 cases a year. Our business is extremely lucrative, as legal cases can generate a lot of legal fees. For example, we recently landed a toxic mold case with over 1000 clients to be represented both individually and through a class action, with a settlement value in excess of $20 million; we will receive about 11 percent of that, and that is just one case. Using some very conservative assumptions, we expect to be generating over $100 million in revenues. For further information, see about our company.

Clients contact us four different ways:

  • Web forms
  • (800) telephone numbers
  • Web chats
  • Click to call (the click enters their telephone number and asks us to call them)

In addition to our own Web sites, we will be putting our Web forms, (800) telephone numbers and Web chat forms on other Web sites. The reason for this is simple — for every legal Web site we own, there are 10,000 we do not own. Many of these other sites have substantial traffic and high Page Ranks.


B. What We Are Looking For

We are looking for:

  • A few marketing representatives who will contact these other sites
  • Someone who would manage the entire process, including supervising marketing representatives who will be contacting these other sites


C. Ideal Background and Characteristics

Ideal background and characteristics include:

  • High energy
  • Exceptional intelligence. We do not tolerate dumb people very well.
  • High level of intellectual curiosity, particularly when it comes to law, computers and the Internet
  • Intellectual depth
  • Some experience in sales would be desirable but is not required
  • Self managing
  • Proactive, a doer
  • Exceptionally high level of personal responsibility and follow through
  • In most cases, an absolute minimum of at least five years of successful professional experience. Except for exceptionally unusual people, this is not an appropriate position for a college or graduate student or someone who graduated just a few years ago. If you are the exception, then write to us.
  • Excellent computer skills
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills
  • Low total cost of interaction
  • Experience with HTML, CSS and Web design would be a plus but is not required


D. Web Form Setup

We have developed what is perhaps the most advanced technology in the world to manage and control the placement of Web forms on other Web sites. Samples of these Web forms are available here. Each site has its own look and feel and will have their own preferences for what is included in the form, size of font, background color, margins, etc. Our technology allows us to control every conceivable CSS property from our database, simply by changing an entry in our database.

Once a Web site expresses interest, JI would look at their site and then ask them questions about their preferences. We would then create a new record in our database for that site and then change various parameters to alter the look and feel. Once we are satisfied with how the Web form looks, we will show it to them and solicit their comments, and then make appropriate changes to our database. We call this “altering our standard Web forms.”

In most cases, we would prefer that you be responsible for altering the Web form. To do this, you do not need to be a Web designer. Ideally you would know something about HTML, CSS and Web development. If you do not, you should be a fast learner. If you would prefer not to be involved in altering our standard Web forms, we will consider you, but in that case, the other characteristics you need to bring to the table (e.g., outstanding sales skills) need to be even stronger.


E. The Process

  • We identify a certain search term to target — e.g., toxic mold, defective hip repairs, mesothelioma
  • You run a program we have developed which runs those search terms and then collects into our database information about the top 100, 200 or 300 Web sites that appear for that search term.
  • You quickly eliminate Web sites that are clearly not appropriate for us, such as government and university sites.
  • You then seek to develop a relationship with appropriate sites.
  • After you have developed a relationship with them, you propose the idea of our placing our Web forms and telephone numbers on their sites.
  • Starting with our form contract, you negotiate a contract with them.
  • You discuss with them which size Web forms they would like to place on their site.
  • You study their Web site and ask them about their design preferences.
  • You then enter the appropriate parameters in our database to customize their Web forms.
  • You show them our Web-based system that allows them to monitor each lead we receive from their site.
  • Our forms and telephone numbers go live on their site and leads will start to come in the same day. You are not involved in handling these leads; instead, you focus on the next site.


F. Computer Skills

We are exceptionally advanced users of computers. Our Chief Technology Officer, Keith MacKay, is a graduate of MIT and has managed over 1000 software development projects, including more than a dozen for Microsoft and more than 90 for Harvard Business School. Our CEO, James Mitchell, was a senior software engineer at Digital Equipment Corporation and had a research fellowship in information systems at Harvard Business School. Our software developers are among the best in the world. For our Web sites, we typically use WordPress running on the LAMP (Linux-Apache-MySQL-PHP) software stack. For our internal information systems, we use Microsoft tools: Windows Server, SQL Server, .Net, Visual Basic, Access. We have developed some of the most sophisticated software systems in the world. We do not expect or require all of our professionals to be software developers, but we do expect them to have a strong aptitude for computers, have a high level of intellectual curiosity about them, and to be keenly interested in enhancing their computer skills.

Applicants who are not computer proficient regularly assure us, “I can learn them.” Our experience has been otherwise. Let’s assume that one starts to be exposed to computers at age 15 and you are now 25. You’ve had 10 years of exposure, 10 years to become really good at using them. If after 10 years you are not really good, it probably means either (i) you are not inherently interested in them, or (ii) you simply do not have the talent (most people do not). Either way, we are not the right firm for you. Realistically you will not be able to meet our expectations for computer proficiency and it will be a frustrating (and short) experience for both of us. Every time we have gone down the “I am not good at computers now but I can become good quickly” path we have regretted it.

If on the other hand you are really good at using computers and you want to become an expert, JI would be a fantastic company for you! You will be working with some of the top software minds in the world, and we will show you things you have never imagined.

We use Microsoft Office 2007 and 2010 (Word, Access, Outlook) extensively; please read our page on Microsoft Office. You will need either a PC running Windows or a Macintosh that runs Windows. If you are a Mac user, please read our page for Macintosh users.

In the “If You Are Interested” section below, we ask numerous questions about your use of computers. Please do not let these questions intimidate you. As we mention below, there is probably no one on the planet who can provide a favorable response to all (or even most) of them. The comprehensive set of questions we ask does allow us (and you) to get an overall sense of how good you are at using computers.


G. Availability

It is essential that you be highly available, easy to reach on the telephone, incredibly responsive to voice mails and emails. One reason we have been so successful so quickly is that our professionals are easy to get a hold of, and thus we eliminate the time- and energy- draining practice of telephone tag. If you are not easy to get a hold of, this is the wrong position for you.


H. Follow Through

We seek to partner with and employ people who are “at the top of the food chain” in terms of personal responsibility and follow through. You must have a high level of personal responsibility. You do what you say you are going to do, you meet deadlines (or at least be reasonably close, since there really are no absolute deadlines in this business), and you are the furthest thing from a flake. You are diligent at returning e-mails and telephone calls not promptly, but quickly. We are highly successful entrepreneurs who get things done and we have zero (actually, negative) tolerance for flakes and space cadets. Please read our CEO’s essays on total cost of interaction, most appropriate form of communication, and the process should go smoothly, as well as his essay for prospective business associates.


I. What We Are Not Looking For

Having interviewed several marketing representatives already and having been totally unimpressed with almost of them, we were surprised that so many seemed to fit the negative stereotype. Some of the things we are not looking for include:

  • Those who are me, me, me
  • People without a lot of intellectual curiosity
  • People who do not read the materials we send to them very carefully
  • People who are not really good at computers
  • Those who do not follow through
  • People with high total cost of interaction


J. Telecommuting

This is a telecommuting position; you do not need to reside in Boston. You do need to reside in the United States or Canada, however. Although we are increasingly becoming an international economy, for this position it does not make sense to us to partner with people outside North America. There are simply too many good people in North America. In addition, the time, language and cultural barriers are simply too great.


K. Microsoft Office 2007

As of May 2010, you will need to have Office 2007 or 2010 installed, including Microsoft Access. As of July 2010, you will need to have Office 2010 installed, as Office 2010 is not completely compatible with Office 2007. See our page on Microsoft Office.


L. Hours

We strongly prefer that you are able to devote full time to this opportunity, but we will consider part-time relationships. We require as an absolute minimum 20 hours a week. Less than that, the time and energy we consume in training and managing you are greater than what you can realistically accomplish.


M. Commercial Bank Financing

One of the downsides of our business is that cases often take a long time to turn into cash — sometimes as long as three or four years. Most people that we might partner with cannot afford to work this long. We have just begun the process of identifying and negotiating with several large commercial banks which will provide senior debt financing. Each actual case (i.e., an engagement agreement has been signed by the client and the law firm) is valued by the commercial bank and then the bank advances a percentage of the estimated value of the case. The bank holds back enough to cover the approximately one-third of cases that do not pan out, plus the time value of money. We expect to have this bank financing in place sometime in July 2010.

After that point, we will be offering two compensation plans. The first provides a base salary each month plus commissions, with the base salary being a draw against commissions. The second would be commission only. The first plan will be available only those who work full-time, while the second will be available to both those who work full-time and those who work part-time.


N. Earnings Potential

The annual earnings potential are extraordinary. Each Web site that we affiliate with can generate a lot of cases and frankly you do not need to spend much time signing up a site; if you are working full-time, you should be able to sign up two or three sites a week.

Why are we willing to offer such a lucrative package? Two reasons:

  • We are looking for exceptionally talented people. We want the best and by offering so much money (along with other things), we will be able to obtain the best.
  • There is quite a lot of money in the pool to be distributed and we do not mind being generous.

Please note we are not looking for short-term relationships. If you quit after 3 or 6 months, you will have wasted our time and energy as well as yours. This is not what we are looking for.


O. Please Read

If you are interested, you should read the following:


P. A Great Opportunity for the Right Person

This is an opportunity to make an obscene amount of money. To be candid, it’s very unlikely you will ever again have such an opportunity in your lifetime. This position is suitable for an unusual person who has the entire package — exceptional intelligence, excellent computer skills, quick learner, someone who knows how to sell (or can learn quickly), someone who can build relationships, someone who is self-managing and who knows how to get things done. If you are not that kind of person, please do not apply. You will be wasting your time and ours and even if you fool us into hiring you, the relationship will quickly deteriorate.


Q. If You Are Interested

Many of the questions listed below are computer questions. JI is an exceptionally advanced user of computers, and it’s important that every professional who joins our firm is highly competent in using them and is keenly interested in becoming more proficient. We have included an extremely comprehensive set of questions. There is probably no person alive who could truthfully provide a favorable response to all of them, not even our Chief Technology Officer. Please do not let these questions scare you, we do not expect favorable responses from you to most of these questions. We have included all of them in order to get a comprehensive view of your computers skills. At the same time, after reading these questions, you might say to yourself, “Realistically, I am not very good at computers.” In that case, it makes absolutely no sense to apply, as we are simply the wrong firm for you.

If “(1-10)” is listed after the question, that means please provide an answer in English and also answer the question on a scale of 1 to 10, where 1 = no experience or knowledge and 10 = world class guru.

If for any section you do not use that software package, just say that in your answer to the first question and then feel free to ignore the remaining questions in that section.

In your e-mail, please tell us:

    Name and Contact Information

  1. What is your full name?
  2. What is your e-mail address?
  3. Do you have any other e-mail addresses? If so, what are they?
  4. Please list all of your telephone numbers.
  5. Which telephone number is best to call you on? As noted below, please state this in your local time and in Boston time.
  6. Do you have Skype?
  7. If so, what is your Skype ID? (If you live outside the United States, please install Skype (www.skype.com) now (ideally before you fill out this form), so that when we want to call you after receiving your e-mail, we can do so.
  8. Where do you live (city, state, country)?
  9. What is your address?
  10. James Mitchell lives in Boston, and Boston is the same time zone as New York City, namely the East Coast time zone. When it is 9 a.m. in Boston, what time is it in your time zone? In other words, how many hours ahead or behind Boston are you?
  11. Professional Experience

  12. How much sales experience do you have? If it is listed on your resume, just briefly summarize your experience in two or three sentences.
  13. Tell us why you think you would good for this position.
  14. Education and Professional Training

  15. Briefly describe your education. If you have sent us a resume, then you can just refer us to your that.
  16. Which professional organizations, if any, are you a member of?
  17. Which Web sites and blogs topics do you read for professional purposes?
  18. What other forms of professional development do you engage in, if any?
  19. Skills

  20. How strong are your oral communication skills? (1-10)
  21. How good of a writer are you? (1-10)
  22. How detail oriented are you? (1-10)
  23. David Allen

  24. Have your read James’ essay on David Allen?
  25. How interested are you in learning and implementing David Allen’s system? (1-10)
  26. Personal Responsibility

  27. We are looking for professionals with an exceptionally high level of personal responsibility. Please tell us your thoughts about how this applies to you.
  28. We are looking for professionals who are self-managing. How does this apply to you?
  29. Responsiveness

  30. How easy is it to reach you on the telephone? In other words, if 100 people call you in X days, what percentage of them are able to reach you when they call, as opposed to your calling back?
  31. How quickly do you return telephone calls?
  32. How quickly do you respond to e-mails?
  33. We will most likely need to talk with you at least once a day. What are your thoughts about that?
  34. We are looking for professionals with an exceptionally low total cost of interaction. How does this apply to you?
  35. Personal Computers

  36. Do you have your own PC (as opposed to using one at work or at a library, for example)?
  37. When did you purchase it?
  38. How much RAM do you have?
  39. How many monitors do you have connected to your PC?
  40. Tell us about your computer skills. (1-10)
  41. How often, if ever, do friends of yours ask you for computer advice? (1-10)
  42. If you have a Macintosh and you do not have a PC, are you able to run Windows on your Mac? Do you have to boot your computer to switch operating systems or are you able to run both operating systems simultaneously? Which program are you running to run both OS X and Windows?
  43. If you have a Mac, have you read our page for Macintosh users?
  44. LAMP

  45. What does the acronym “LAMP” stand for?
  46. How well do you know Linux? (1-10)
  47. Which Linux control panel (e.g., cPanel) do you use?
  48. How well do you know Apache? (1-10)
  49. How well do you know MySQL? (1-10)
  50. How well do you know PHPMyAdmin? (1-10)
  51. Do you know how to program in PHP? (1-10)
  52. Computer Programming

  53. What kind of Internet connection do you have (e.g., cable, DSL)?
  54. How fast is your Internet connection?
  55. How reliable is your Internet connection?
  56. Do you have your computer connected to the Internet via a wired connection (such as Ethernet), or do you use a wireless connection?
  57. Which browser are you using?
  58. Do you know what a top level domain is?
  59. What does “http” stand for?
  60. Do you own any domain names, and if so, which one?
  61. Which domain name registrar do you use? Why do you use them?
  62. The Internet and the Web

  63. What kind of Internet connection do you have (e.g., cable, DSL)?
  64. How fast is your Internet connection?
  65. How reliable is your Internet connection?
  66. Do you have your computer connected to the Internet via a wired connection (such as Ethernet), or do you use a wireless connection?
  67. Which browser are you using?
  68. Do you know what a top level domain is?
  69. What does “http” stand for?
  70. Do you own any domain names, and if so, which one?
  71. Which domain name registrar do you use? Why do you use them?
  72. Web Design

  73. How well do you understand Web design? (1-10)
  74. Have you ever designed a Web site?
  75. If so, how many? Please provide the URLs.
  76. How well do you know HTML? (1-10)
  77. Are you aware of the features that have been added to HTML 5? (1-10)
  78. Do you know how to write a hyperlink from scratch, using the HTML href tag? (1-10)
  79. How well do you know CSS? (1-10)
  80. How well do you know CSS positioning (the box model)? (1-10)
  81. How well do you know XML? (1-10)
  82. How much experience do you have in programming Javascript? (1-10)
  83. How well do you know Adobe Dreamweaver? (1-10)
  84. Other than Dreamweaver and WordPress, are there any other software packages you use for Web design or layout and/or as a content management system (“CMS”)?
  85. How well do you know Adobe Photoshop? (1-10)
  86. How well do you know Adobe Flash? (1-10)
  87. As noted above in Section D, part of the process is to alter our standard Web form. Would you be able to do that yourself (or be able to learn) or would you expect someone else to do that?
  88. WordPress

  89. How well do you know WordPress (“WP”)? (1-10)
  90. Which version of WP are you using?
  91. For how many years have you used WP? In which year did you start using it?
  92. Are you currently using WP? If not, in which year did you stop using it?
  93. Do you know how to automatically update your version of WP? (1-10)
  94. Which WP plugins do you like?
  95. Which WP themes do you like?
  96. Do you have any experience with the Thesis theme? (1-10)
  97. Do you understand the WP loop? (1-10)
  98. Do you know how to program in PHP? (1-10)
  99. Do you know how to modify a theme? (1-10)
  100. Do you know how to write a WP theme? (1-10)
  101. Do you know how to modify the code in a WP plugin? (1-10)
  102. Do you know how to write a WP plugin? (1-10)
  103. Have you setup a WP blog/site from scratch? (Using a script such as Fantastico is acceptable.) (1-10)
  104. Which blogs about WordPress do you read, if any?
  105. Search Engine Optimization

  106. How much do you know about search engine optimization (“SEO”)? (1-10)
  107. Which programs do you use for keyword discovery? (1-10)
  108. How well do you know Google Analytics? (1-10)
  109. Which traffic measure services do you use (e.g., Compete.com, Quantcast)?
  110. Have you read Aaron Wall’s SEO Book?
  111. Excluding black hat techniques, are there any SEO techniques you think are particularly clever?
  112. Which SEO blogs, if any, do you read?
  113. Microsoft Windows

  114. Is your computer running Microsoft Windows?
  115. If so, do you have a PC or are you have a Mac that can run Windows?
  116. Which version of Windows are you running (e.g., XP, Vista, Seven)?
  117. Which edition of Windows are you running (e.g., Home Basic, Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, Ultimate)?
  118. Are you running 32 or 64 bit Windows?
  119. How often do you use the Command Prompt?
  120. How familiar are you with Windows PowerShell? (1-10)
  121. Do you know how to add or remove programs from the Startup folder? (1-10)
  122. Do you use any text editor other than Notepad? If so, which one?
  123. Do you use any file manager other than Windows Explorer? If so, which one?
  124. If you had a program and were unable to close it through the “normal” way, would you be able to close the program using Ctrl + Alt + Delete?
  125. How familiar are you with the Windows Control Panel? (1-10)
  126. How much experience do you have in editing the Windows registry? (1-10)
  127. Microsoft Office

  128. Which version of Microsoft Office are you using (e.g., 2003, 2007, 2010)?
  129. Are you running Office on a PC or a Mac?
  130. When did you start using Office?
  131. If you are not currently using Office on a regular basis, when did you stop doing so?
  132. Have you read our page on Microsoft Office?
  133. Does your version of Office include Microsoft Outlook?
  134. Does your version of Office include Microsoft Access?
  135. Have you recorded Visual Basic for Applications (“VBA”) modules in Office? (1-10)
  136. Have you written VBA modules in Office? (1-10)
  137. Microsoft Word

  138. Which version of Microsoft Word are you using (e.g., 2003, 2007, 2010)?
  139. Are you using Word on a PC or a Mac?
  140. How well do you know Word? (1-10)
  141. For how many years have you used Word? In which year did you start using it?
  142. Are you currently using Word? If not, in which year did you stop using it?
  143. How well do you know how to use styles in Word? (1-10)
  144. Do you know the differences between the three types of hyphens? (1-10)
  145. Do you know the differences between the three types of page breaks? (1-10)
  146. Do you know the differences between the four types of section breaks? (1-10)
  147. How well do you know how to use sequences (a type of field code)? (1-10)
  148. How well do you know how to use bookmarks? (1-10)
  149. How well do you know how to use cross references using sequences and bookmarks (1-10)
  150. How well do you know how to use mail merge? (1-10)
  151. Do you know how to create a custom dictionary (for spell checking)? (1-10)
  152. How well do you know how to use track changes (aka blacklining)? (1-10)
  153. How well do you know how to use compare documents? (1-10)
  154. Do you know how to insert a hyperlink in Word? (1-10)
  155. Do you know how to insert footnotes and endnotes? (1-10)
  156. Do you know how to change views (e.g., go to Draft view to Print Layout view to Outline view)? (1-10)
  157. Do you know how to customize the ribbon in Word? (1-10)
  158. How much experience do you have in recording Visual Basic for Applications (“VBA”) modules in Word? (1-10)
  159. How much experience do you have in writing VBA modules in Word? (1-10)
  160. Unless you already are an advanced user of Word, we will probably ask you to read a comprehensive book on Word, such as Special Edition Using Microsoft Word 2007. How do you feel about that?
  161. In general, how interested are you in becoming highly proficient in Word?
  162. Microsoft Access

  163. Which version of Microsoft Access are you using (e.g., 2003, 2007, 2010)?
  164. How well do you know Access ? (1-10)
  165. For how many years have you used Access? In which year did you start using it?
  166. Are you currently using Access? If not, in which year did you stop using it?
  167. Do you know how to create tables in Access (i.e., column definitions)? (1-10)
  168. In defining tables, how many different data types have you used?
  169. Do you understand the relationship between a parent table and a child table (i.e., one-to-many table relationships)? (1-10)
  170. What would an autonumber field/column be used for?
  171. Do you know how to create a query in Access? (1-10)
  172. Do you know how to create a report in Access? (1-10)
  173. In creating a query, do you know how to link two or more tables to each other? (1-10)
  174. In linking two tables, do you know the difference between an inner vs. outer join (i.e., and vs. or)? (1-10)
  175. Do you know how to create a query upon a query? (1-10)
  176. Have you ever created an update query? (1-10)
  177. Using the wizard, do you know how to create a form in Access? (1-10)
  178. Do you know how to create a subform in Access? (1-10)
  179. In creating a form, have you used the radio button control? (1-10)
  180. In creating a form, have you used the check box control? (1-10)
  181. Using the wizard, do you know how to create a report in Access? (1-10)
  182. Do you know how to create a report from scratch in Access? (1-10)
  183. In creating reports, do you know how to use sorting and grouping? (1-10)
  184. In creating reports, do you know how to use subtotals per group? (1-10)
  185. Have you used macros in Access (e.g., Access macros as opposed to VBA modules)? (1-10)
  186. Have you written Visual Basic for Applications (“VBA”) macros in Access? (1-10)
  187. If you are not highly proficient in Access, we may want you to read a book such as Microsoft Office Access 2007 Forms, Reports and Queries. How do you feel about that?
  188. In general, how interested are you in becoming highly proficient in Access?
  189. Microsoft SQL Server

  190. How much experience do you have using Microsoft SQL Server? (1-10)
  191. How much experience do you have using Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio (or Management Studio Express)? (1-10)
  192. In creating a table, do you know how to define a column as the primary key? (1-10)
  193. In creating a table, do you know how to specify a column as a autonumbered column (e.g., identity specification) (1-10)?
  194. In creating a table, do you know how to write computed column specifications? (1-10)
  195. How much experience do you have in writing Transact-SQL statements? (1-10)
  196. How experienced are you in writing stored procedures? (1-10)
  197. How experienced are you in writing triggers? (1-10)
  198. Microsoft .Net

  199. How much experience do you have using Microsoft .Net? (1-10)
  200. Which version of .Net are you using (e.g., 3.5, 4.0)?
  201. How much experience do you have using Microsoft Visual Studio (“VS”)? (1-10)
  202. Which version of VS are you using (e.g., 2005, 2008, 2010)?
  203. For how many years have you used VS? In which year did you start using it?
  204. Are you currently using VS? If not, in which year did you stop using it?
  205. How much experience do you have programming Microsoft Visual Basic.Net (“VB.Net”)? (1-10)
  206. For how many years have you used VB.Net? In which year did you start using it?
  207. Are you currently using VB.Net? If not, in which year did you stop using it?
  208. Are there other .Net languages that you have programmed in? If so, which ones? How well do you know them? Are you currently using them? If not, when did you stop using them? (1-10)
  209. Commitment You Can Make to Juris Informatica

  210. Are you currently employed?
  211. How many hours per week are you currently working in your current job?
  212. If so, are you planning on continuing with your current position, or would you quit your job to work with us?
  213. If you will be quitting your position, how much notice do you need to give?
  214. How soon would you be able to start?
  215. Once you start, for the first 90 days, how many hours a week are you able to devote to this opportunity?
  216. After those 90 days, how many hours a week will you be able to provide?
  217. We want to get a sense of when you would be able to work, stated in both your time and in Boston time. Monday through Friday, when would you be able to work and for how many hours each day? Again, please state both your local time and Boston time.
  218. On Saturdays and Sundays, when will be you able to work and for how many hours each day? Please state in your local time as well as Boston time.
  219. Are you looking for a short-term, medium-term or long-term relationship with JI? How long can you commit to working with us?
  220. Please tell us about family commitments. If you have kids, who takes care of them? Are there other relatives (e.g., parents) that you take care of?
  221. What else is going on in your life? Hobbies? Board memberships? What other commitments do you have?
  222. Salary History and Earnings Expectations

  223. Please provide your salary history for the past five years, broken down into base salary, bonus, commission, and any other categories you think are relevant.
  224. How much a month do you need to live on?
  225. How much would you realistically like to make 12 months from now?
  226. 24 months from now?
  227. 36 months from now?
  228. Miscellaneous

  229. Is there anything else we should know about you?
  230. Any comments you have on our idea?
  231. Which topics for new legal Web sites do you think would be particularly worthwhile?
  232. Are there any areas of the law, particularly in the area of mass torts, that you think we should be paying particular attention to?
  233. Do you have a blog or Web site? “You” means yourself or a company that you control. If so, what is the URL?
  234. What questions should we have asked but did not?
  235. If we or one of our associates sent you an e-mail through LinkedIn, there was a nine digit number towards the end of the e-mail, immediate after their name. It would be in the format of 100-029-987, or something like that. Please list that number if you can find it in the e-mail we sent to you. If you cannot find it, do not worry about it.
  236. Skills

  237. How strong are your oral communication skills? (1-10)
  238. How good of a writer are you? (1-10)
  239. How detail oriented are you? (1-10)
  240. Have You Sent Us

  241. Have you sent us a chronological resume?
  242. Have you sent us writing samples?
  243. Manager Position

  244. Tell us about any management experience you have
    (Answer this and the following questions only if you are interested in the manager position)
  245. How much experience have you had in managing a virtual team?
  246. Team leaders and project managers need to have a very high level of availability. How do you feel about that?

We will respond to every inquiry with 48 hours. Our founders have an impressive track record in starting, managing and selling businesses successfully. We are kick ass, get things done type of people and by the end of 2011, we expect to have more than 1000 affiliated Web sites, with another 500 added in 2012. For the right person, this could be an extraordinary opportunity.

We look forward to hearing from you!

James Mitchell
(781) 718-1301
jmitchell@kensingtonllc.com
www.jmitchell.me