Following up with clients

8 03, 2011

What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You

2019-03-21T20:09:07+00:00By |Comments Off on What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You

I have had my business and personal accounts at the same bank for 16 years, but for over a year, I have been thinking of changing banks.  In fact, I would have already moved my accounts if it weren’t such a hassle to transfer all those automatic payments.  I had the intention to find a better bank one day.

What does my bank account have to do with your law practice?  […]

7 02, 2011

Got Clients? How Did THAT Happen?

2019-04-01T20:49:16+00:00By |1 Comment

“I’ve spoken many times at CLE programs, and I never got any business from it.” Rick Albers’ jaw dropped when he heard that. Why was Rick so surprised? A lot of lawyers (and legal marketing experts) say that speaking at CLE programs is a waste of time. It just educates your competition.

Rick was stunned because he himself had referred four different matters to the lawyer who said that. Rick, a Texas real estate lawyer, chose that attorney because he heard him speak at bar association programs, and concluded that he was very knowledgeable. In fact, it was because they both got involved in bar association work that Rick came to know him in the first place. Perhaps the lawyer thought Rick referred the matters to him just because of their acquaintance. If so…he was wrong. […]

18 11, 2006

Business Development: Follow-up or Fall Down

2006-11-18T13:36:17+00:00By |Comments Off on Business Development: Follow-up or Fall Down

 Recently I celebrated a business development victory with a lawyer. I asked him what he thought was the most important ingredient in his success. “Persistence,” he replied. “I just kept following up.”
That’s where many of us fall down. We attend networking events, give speeches, join organizations, and do other things to be at the right place to meet prospective clients. We succeed in meeting what appear to be some good business prospects or good potential referral sources. Hooray! Now what do we do?

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