Posted In: Business Development, Law Firm Resilience
Closing Sales Open Loops
When Business Development (BD) professionals and the lawyers they work with use the word “closing,” they primarily mean acquiring a new client or
Posted In: Business Development, Law Firm Resilience
By Steven M. Bell on April 16, 2024
When Business Development (BD) professionals and the lawyers they work with use the word “closing,” they primarily mean acquiring a new client or
Posted In: Business Development, Law Firm Resilience
By Silvia L. Coulter on March 26, 2024
Retaining and growing existing client relationships and building new business. That’s basically the business development strategy on which most firms are, or at
Posted In: Law Firm Resilience, Profitability, Uncategorized
By Mark Medice on March 19, 2024
Law firm leaders constantly seek more effective and transparent measures to assess and boost their financial performance. Although traditional metrics such as effective
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By Jim Cranston on March 5, 2024
I read a great article in the Harvard Business Review on networking. In “Don’t waste your time on networking events,” author Derek Coburn
Posted In: Business Development, Client Service, Law Firm Resilience, Legal Sales, Strategic Planning
By Silvia L. Coulter on November 21, 2023
Over the last two decades there has been a proliferation of practice groups at most firms. Some are practice-specific, fewer are industry-focused, and
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By Silvia L. Coulter on October 3, 2023
Elise, a partner in a Midwest-based global litigation firm, seemed somewhat desperate when I spoke with her. In the past five months she
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, 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, Client Service, Law Firm Resilience
By Jim Cranston on April 18, 2023
There are limited ways for a law firm to differentiate from other firms. After all, the practice of law is basically the sale
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By Silvia L. Coulter on February 21, 2023
A number of scholars have studied relationship development and the science/psychology around building relationships. Whether the perspective is from a psychology viewpoint using