Archives for January 2013

Rainmaking Recommendation # 72: For the Price of A Cup of Coffee

Rainmaking does not have to cost a lot of money. Many attorneys are spending tens of thousands of dollars  on websites, SEO tactics, listing services which promise 30 clients in 30 days, buying books on Rainmaking that they don’t actually implement (or worse – don’t read), and this is just a short list.   In fact, […]

Rainmaking Recommendation # 71: The True Secret To Rainmaking

Shhhh… don’t tell anyone – particularly the other Rainmaking Trainers and Legal Marketing “experts” out there. There is no one way to become a rainmaker.   If you have been trying to fit yourself into a mold of what a rainmaker looks like or does and it hasn’t been working, the reason is that you are […]

Rainmaking Recommendation #70: How to get there

  In Rainmaking Recommendation #67 – Conduct your own Attorney Review you were asked to look back at where you have been. In Rainmaking Recommendation #69 – Dream Big you were asked to determine where you want to go. Rainmaking Recommendation #70 is about how to get there – And this means creating your Rainmaking […]

Rainmaking Recommendation #69: Dream Big

We are continuing the steps on how to develop a successful Rainmaking Plan for 2013. In Rainmaking Recommendation #67 – Conduct your Own Attorney Review, we discussed Performing your own Attorney Review by determining: what you did this year that worked to bring in new clients; what didn’t work ; or most importantly, If you […]

Rainmaking Recommendation #68: Thanks Giving

Think about the holiday that is tomorrow in the United States:  Thanksgiving. Now look at the words that make up this term:   Thanks and Giving.  When was the last time you gave a “thank you” to the people who are in your life?  Your clients, your referral sources, your family?  “Thank You” is one of […]

Rainmaking Recommendation #67: Conduct Your Own Attorney Review

Over the next few Rainmaking Recommendations, we will be discussing the end of this year and how to develop a successful Rainmaking Plan for 2013. Want to hear a scary fact?  There are only 54 days left to this year. We are coming down to the end of 2012.  What did you do this year […]

Rainmaking Recommendation # 66: How are you going to get there?

Last night was the 2nd Presidential Debate. Did you watch? Were you struck with the same question I was during the entire event? “How?” Each of the candidates outlined their goals for the country but neither one explained how they were going to do it. What does this have to do with Rainmaking?  We all […]

Rainmaking Recommendation # 65: “Who are you?” Rather than “What do you do?”

When you go to a networking event, what’s the inevitable first question that you get asked or that you ask another? “What do you do?” The fact is that this question implies that you are only interested in what they do for business and what they can do for you, not who they are as […]

Rainmaking Recommendation #64: You Never Know Where You Will Meet Your Next Client

Rainmaking Recommendation #64:  You Never Know Where You Will Meet Your Next Client (There will be a reader who will see themselves in this Rainmaking Recommendation because he was one of its stars.)  Last week I was working at a client’s law office.  I went outside on this absolutely gorgeous day to take a break […]