Rainmaking Recommendation #107: What’s Going to Be Different?

This is the last Rainmaking Recommendation of the year.  In two weeks we will start a new year.  This is when people make promises, usually called resolutions, which they will never keep. In fact, according to the University of Scranton in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, about 45% of Americans usually make resolutions, but only […]

Rainmaking Recommendation #104 – Time Pickpockets

Way too many times have I heard the sentence, “I don’t have enough time for rainmaking and marketing activities” (Rainmaking Recommendation #62). I have proven through mathematics this isn’t true (Rainmaking Recommendation #91), I have told you that you don’t need to spend inordinate amounts of time on rainmaking activities to make a difference to […]

Rainmaking Recommendation #92: Planning your Time

To continue with the theme of time. . . The countdown to the New Year has begun.  And this is when article after article and blog post after blog post begin to appear about writing your marketing and rainmaking plans, how to set goals, etc.  I am a big proponent of planning because as Benjamin […]

Rainmaking Recommendation #91: The Mathematics of Time for Rainmaking

Over the next few Rainmaking Recommendations and blogs on JaimieField.com, we will be talking about time – your time and your clients’ time.   These posts will be about client service & productivity management, rainmaking and legal marketing. However, all will deal with a theme of time.   One of the biggest excuses I hear about […]

Rainmaking Recommendation # 83: Halfway There or Halfway Over?

We’ve reached the halfway point of the year.  If you are like most, you have probably had plans and goals that you wanted to achieve this year.  Maybe you even called them New Year’s Resolutions. So, have you achieved those goals? Did you abandon your plans for achievement a few days into the year or […]

Rainmaking Recommendation #63: Re-Evaluate Your Associations

Rainmaking Recommendation #63:  Re-Evaluate Your Associations  Look at your calendar. If you are like me, your September is always filled with networking events – traditionally this is the time that associations get back to business and lots and lots of activity. Time is a precious commodity.  You do not have all the time in the […]

Rainmaking Recommendation # 62: I’m too busy

Have you ever used the excuse:  “I’m too busy.” Really? How busy are you?  Have you ever tried to figure out where you are spending your time? Are you really so busy that you cannot find 15 to 30 minutes in your day to do one activity that could build your book of business? One […]

Rainmaking Recommendation #5 – Time IS on Your Side, Yes it is!

Time IS on your Side. How to use wasted time to create Rainmaking Opportunities

Rainmaking Recommendation #3 – The Difference 10 Minutes can Make

One of the best Rainmaking habits you can develop is to take 10 minutes every day (at the start of your day) to plan your day. Write down all of the tasks that need to be done, Include at least one Rainmaking activity Then commit it to your schedule and do it! When you plan […]