Low Cost, High Impact Strategies That Work! You are happily settling into 2015. Your personal marketing is in place and you are now ready to launch into the implementation of your plan. Remember your action plan will revolve around two things: activities and contacts....
Five Tips to Help You Network Your Way to Success By Terrie S. Wheeler As a professional, you make your living by delivering expertise and exceptional service to your clients. It is likely 80-90 percent of your new business comes through referrals from satisfied...
Setting Objectives and Implementing Your Plan Picking up where Phase I left off, I would like you make a commitment to complete your marketing plan and actively implement your plan throughout 2015. As you recall, last month we conducted discovery and due diligence on...
The topic of developing your personal marketing plan for 2015 will be a two-part series; the first of which you are reading now. The next article will focus on how to set measurable objectives and implement your plan. If you follow practice assessment and planning...
Ask any lawyer and they will tell you: The vast majority of their new business comes from referrals. In fact, statistically, referrals are responsible for up to 80% of new business generated by lawyers. These referrals take many shapes and forms. From past clients,...
Video Interview with Terrie Wheeler by Terrie S. Wheeler, MBC About a month ago I was asked to serve as a contributor to a legal marketing website focused on producing videos from legal marketing professionals across the country. I was recently interviewed by Editor...
In today’s digitally savvy marketplace, your website plays a more important role than ever in conveying the right first impression for your practice. According to a recent survey results, over 80 percent of people who are considering purchasing legal services go to a...
A Primer for Lawyers By Terrie S. Wheeler, MBC As a lawyer, you have likely dabbled on LinkedIn but now you are wondering if it’s worth taking the plunge and actually devoting more time to using it. Can it really help you bring in more business? The short answer is...
Get Back in the Game Today! The kids are in school, leaves are turning and it is now time to turn your attention back to your law practice and its continued growth. Figuring out how to retain clients, attract new ones, effectively communicate, and build name...
Ten Tips to Maximize Trade Associations Involvement Many times our clients tell us they are involved in several different trade associations – most of which they rarely attend or if they do, their attendance is very sporadic. We understand that it can be overwhelming...
Everyone has been to the proverbial dinner party or neighborhood event only to be met with, “So, what do you do?” Generally, our responses fall into the path of least resistance: “I’m a lawyer,” or maybe “I do estate planning.” However, in today’s market, a key...
To attract new clients, consider that both sales and marketing are part of the mix. Lawyers quickly acknowledge marketing is not something they learned in law school, and that “doing marketing” doesn’t come naturally to them. If lawyers are really honest with...