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Closing Business: First Understand the Four Stages of a Business Relationship
Just knowing people isn’t enough in today’s competitive legal market. I often hear from clients, “she’ll definitely call me if she ever has
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Selling value: How to land clients when your set fee seems too high (Why price doesn’t matter)
Lawyers don’t like talking about price. Angst over pushback on fees is common among the lawyers I meet in my training seminars. While
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The Changing Legal Industry – Another Lesson from Steve Jobs
Markets change and markets evolve. The legal industry is no exception. Managing those changes can be painful, so here’s another great lesson from
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Law Firm Business Development: Establish Objectives for “Sales Conversations”
For many of you, your business clients have become personal acquaintances or maybe vice versa. In any case, summertime presents a fair amount
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Law Firm Client Retention and Growth: We Are All Minders!
The philosophy that there are Finders, Minders and Grinders is a bit out of date. I was reminded recently when speaking with a
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Law Firm Business Development: The Importance of Building Rapport
As we say all the time, “Business Development is Relationship Development.” If this is true (and we believe that it is), those of
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Why Law Firm Capacity Is So Important for Business Development and What to Do About It
Helping lawyers bring in more clients is often an exercise in removing obstacles. Here’s something I hear often: “If I get a new
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Mind the Gap: The Marketing and Business Development Chief
During a recent marketing audit project with a firm, I had a conversation with one of the firm’s more influential partners. When I
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Lessons from “The Profit”
Have you seen CNBC’s show The Profit? If not, I highly recommend you take in an episode or two. Marcus Lemonis is an
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Law Firm Business Development: Make Selling a Team Sport
Despite the fact that we encourage each of our individual clients (Partners, Associates, and Counsel alike) to have individual business development plans, we