Rainmaking Recommendation #87: Pick a Niche to Scratch their Legal Itch (Part 2 – What Is A Niche)

The last rainmaking recommendation told you “why” you needed to start creating a niche law practice; however, just to reiterate:

• You widen your visibility within a specific group,
• It’s cost effective,
• It levels the playing field,
• You can get more referrals, and
• You can position yourself as an expert.

Today we will discuss “what” a niche is in terms of developing your book of business.

A niche is . . . .”small but specific and well defined segment of the population. Niches do not ‘exist’ but are ‘created’ by identifying needs, wants, and requirements that are being addressed poorly or not at all by other firms, and developing and delivering goods or services to satisfy them.”  www.businessdictionary.com

When most attorneys think of niches they think of specific business industries in which they can become involved.  In fact, you can start to look for specific industries by going through the SEC’s Specific Industry Codes and continuing to drill down to each of the individual SIC/NAICS codes for the industry with which you would like to work. http://www.naics.com/search.htm

However, niches can be defined by demographic information as well.

• Age
• Gender
• Location
• Ethnicity
• Lifestyle
• Hobbies
• Socio-Economic

Each of these niches, as stated above, is demarcated by the fact that they are specific, well defined segment of population.

Your first job is to determine which niche it is with which you wish to work; the next Rainmaking Recommendation will be about “How to Pick a Niche.”

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