ABA podcast with transcript. Business development starts from the ground up, guests tell ABA Podcast moderator Stephanie Francis Ward, and associates have opportunities to make good first impressions today with the decision makers of tomorrow.
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A complete encyclopedia of business development training techniques, indispensable advice for law firm management, partners, and associates looking to successfully bring in clients.
The hardest part : asking for business -- Your rainmaking team -- Rainmaking with the client in mind -- Tools for Rainmaking -- Brand identity for lawyers / Corrine Cooper -- Making rainmaking part of your daily practice -- The ten most common ethical rainmaking mistakes lawyers make / Barbara Glesner Fines.
For beginners, the field guide provides practical advice on how to develop basic skills and build confidence. Intermediate-level business developers will benefit from self-assessment tools that provide clear insight into what they are doing well and what they need to do differently, with specific tools and resources that will help them improve. Advanced-level business developers will benefit from advice about sophisticated techniques not currently available elsewhere in published materials geared to the legal profession.
No matter the size of your law firm, this pragmatic book shows you how to utilize client surveys, Web sites, brochures and collateral pieces, databases, newsletters, direct mail, seminars, special events, advertising, public relations, proposals, presentations, and interviews.