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'Professional Development:' Owning Your Business: Using Financial Metrics to Drive Business Development Image

'Professional Development:' Owning Your Business: Using Financial Metrics to Drive Business Development

Joe Maguire & Anne Marcotty

Growing the top line requires a systematic approach that maximizes your available time and focuses you on the best opportunities.

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Focusing on Client Retention May Mean Restructuring the Firm Image

Focusing on Client Retention May Mean Restructuring the Firm

Kathryn B. Whitaker 

<b><i>Law Firms Should Double Down on Their Existing Clients By Focusing on Client Satisfaction and Retention Rates Rather Than Billable Hours and Origination Credits</b></i><p>New client acquisition can cost 15 times more than retaining an existing client, and yet most lawyers spend their limited and valuable time chasing new clients.

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11 Factors to Collecting Attorney Fees on a Timely Basis Image

11 Factors to Collecting Attorney Fees on a Timely Basis

Peter Oliva

Most of the time, delayed payments are a result of actions by the law firms themselves. Let's take a look at 11 factors impacting the collection of attorney fees on a timely basis and how to avoid these mistakes.

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Adding Value with a Client Visit Initiative Image

Adding Value with a Client Visit Initiative

Brook W. Redmond & Ali C. Ferro

The increasing competition in the legal industry highlights the importance of differentiation and adding value beyond the work product. Face-to-face interactions with clients are a critical component in differentiation because they provide the opportunity to understand better the nuances of clients' businesses, develop deeper relationships, and drive productive collaboration.

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'Sales Speak:' Savvy Salesmanship is a Hallmark of Successful Business Development Image

'Sales Speak:' Savvy Salesmanship is a Hallmark of Successful Business Development

Ari Kaplan

At its core, business development is about making authentic connections that grow into meaningful relationships. Rainmakers recognize that principle and apply an array of techniques to fuel their careers.

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Finally Finishing Unfinished Business? Image

Finally Finishing Unfinished Business?

Arthur J. Ciampi

<i><b>How the Recent </i> Heller Ehrman <i>Case Impacts Lawyer Mobility and Clients Choice of Counsel</i></b><p>The law of unfinished business, as applied to cases billed on an hourly basis, has been the subject of much commentary and case law. In <i>Heller Ehrman</i>, the high California court, like the New York Court of Appeals, found that a dissolved law firm did not have a property interest in hourly matters for work performed after dissolution. The case is worth exploring as it impacts, among other things, lawyer mobility and clients choice of counsel.

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Showcasing Attorney Expertise: Guidance for Law Firms Image

Showcasing Attorney Expertise: Guidance for Law Firms

Cindy Sharp

Many attorneys already share intellectual capital by writing articles or delivering presentations with the hope of attracting additional business. However, most individuals, and even firms, have not developed a cohesive plan to ensure maximum exposure.

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Professional Development: Adding Value with a Client Visit Initiative Image

Professional Development: Adding Value with a Client Visit Initiative

Brook W. Redmond & Ali C. Ferro

The increasing competition in the legal industry highlights the importance of differentiation and adding value beyond the work product. Face-to-face interactions with clients are a critical component in differentiation because they provide the opportunity to understand better the nuances of clients' businesses, develop deeper relationships, and drive productive collaboration.

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Marketing Tech: Finding a Few More Minutes for Marketing and Business Development Image

Marketing Tech: Finding a Few More Minutes for Marketing and Business Development

Ari Kaplan

Years ago, when trying to improve some of my snacking habits, I stopped buying cookies, candy and savory chips. Magically (and perhaps obviously), I quickly found that I ate less junk food. In effort to find a few more minutes a day for marketing, I recently applied this same basic, but effective, technique to my time management and the results have been just as immediate.

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<i>Media & Communication</i>: How to 'Get Your Name Out There' Image

<i>Media & Communication</i>: How to 'Get Your Name Out There'

Nicholas Gaffney

Anyone who has so much as dabbled in marketing or consulted a PR firm has been told they “need to get their name out there.” But it's not that simple. It's not just getting your name out there that will reap results — it's getting your name out there in the right places.

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