Posted In: Business Development, Client Service, Law Firm Resilience, Leadership Support & Development, Research, Intelligence & Data Science, Strategic Planning
By Steven M. Bell on September 19, 2023
Law firms’ increasing focus on user experience creates a tremendous professional opportunity for law firm marketers and business developers. For a long time,
Posted In: Business Development, Law Firm Resilience, Strategic Planning
By Steven M. Bell on August 22, 2023
It’s budget season – one of the toughest times for law firm client development leaders because they are asked to allocate a finite
Posted In: Business Development, Law Firm Resilience, Strategic Planning
By Steven M. Bell on July 11, 2023
Law firms are slowly but steadily adding client-facing business development and sales professionals to their ranks and very often placing them under the
Posted In: Business Development, Law Firm Resilience, Strategic Planning, Uncategorized
By Steven M. Bell on May 9, 2023
To protect existing revenue streams, successful law firms invest heavily in client service, satisfaction, and relationships. But what about future revenue streams (aka
Posted In: Business Development, Law Firm Resilience, Leadership Support & Development, Legal Sales, Uncategorized
By Steven M. Bell on April 4, 2023
As soon as a new lawyer joins a law firm, they get wind of the fact that acquiring new clients and finding new
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By Steven M. Bell on February 14, 2023
Demand for legal services is materially down after a few extremely flush years, according to a recent “state of the legal marketplace” presentation
Posted In: Business Development, Legal Sales
By Steven M. Bell on December 13, 2022
During the pandemic, buyers of legal services not only increased the number of Requests for Proposals (RFPs) issued, but also deployed new technologies
Posted In: Business Development, Legal Sales, Profitability
By Steven M. Bell on November 15, 2022
“We can go about selling in a systematic way because there are repeatable processes in both buying and selling.” This is an observation
Posted In: Business Development, Legal Sales, Team Performance
By Steven M. Bell on September 26, 2022
As LawVision’s Jim Cranston suggested in a recent article—Five reasons why a Sales professional at your law firm can work—firms continue to contemplate
Posted In: Business Development, Legal Sales, Strategic Planning
By Steven M. Bell on August 23, 2022
The most common six-word phrase in use at law firms? “What charge code do I use?” Perhaps I exaggerate to make a point.