Rainmaking
Personally Develop: Become a Mental Athlete
Greetings everyone,
Personal development is the core of creating, building, and sustaining a marketing plan/campaign on limited financial resources. The journey of a marketing war with low or limited resources requires heart, presence of mind and many compromises.
You must be a mental athlete. One that can move around the obstacles of limited resources. Personal development of [...]
The Launch of SweeThorn Confidential!
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SweeThorn Confidential is created to assist people who have legal questions and/or need professional representation to connect with attorneys who you may consider retaining to represent you and your family concerning your personal legal matter.
We are assistants, for the attorneys who utilize our legal marketing services. All legal questions will be answered by the [...]
Gotta love a Rainmaker!!
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Gotta love a rainmaker! An account of a bold rainmaker move.
I personally have not worked in a firm where the attorneys really got along. For a six month stretch the firm name could be Johnson, Miller and Steen. The next three months could be Steen and Associates then eventually just Mark Steen, P.A., for example.
One [...]
Are criminal cases wholesaled?
Listening to every situation imaginable and having a front row seat of the criminal judicial system has my answer to be yes. Yes, some criminal cases are wholesaled. Realistically our world is built upon an expectation of receiving compensation for our hard work.
If we are honest we would not work without knowing we will be [...]
Run and go get it “personality”
excerpt from Schaffer Law Library BLOG “Not Another exam”
According to the article, Dr. Larry Richard, a lawyer-psychologist and director of Hildebrandt International’s Leadership and Organization Development program, has developed a test based on the Caliper Profile, a multiple-choice test that uses 18 base personality traits to assess a lawyer’s rainmaking skills. Richard explains the five [...]
Heart of a Legal Marketer-Criminal Defense
The first time I heard this parable, I was working in the marketing department for the Mississippi Credit Union System. I had the pleasure to meet one of the top motivational speakers, Mr. Willie Jolley. As part of the marketing team, my job was to ensure he got from point A to point B through [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Remember Business Development?
It is difficult re-developing, but it must be done. If not, we will pay for it in the future. Today I am visualizing how the expansion will keep us connected to our base. The market has changed tremendously in only a few short years. The face of our legal marketing audience is younger, takes advantage [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Do attorney Rainmakers(client-relations) and marketing go together?
The word “marketing” in the legal community is taboo. Just the idea of marketing to some attorneys is scandalous. I am a direct marketer for criminal defense attorneys and the experiences shared are only what I personally have encountered.
I was contacted by an attorney who I have marketed to capture his business for about two [...]
So you want to be a Rainmaker?
Rainmaker may refer to
Rainmaking, attempting to artificially induce or increase precipitation
Rain dancing, a ceremonial dance that is performed in order to invoke rain
Cloud seeding, dispersing substances into the air that serve as cloud condensation or ice nuclei
The “Rainmaker” is any person who attracts and establishes long-term business relationships with clients and/or desirable contracts. It is [...]
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Jaw Dropping Comment about Attorney Plea Mill-ing
Posted on October 27, 2008. Filed under: Defense, MS Defense Exchange Comments, Rainmaking | Tags: bottom feeder, Legal Marketing, ning, plea mill, Rainmakers, SweeThorn, whosale |
This is a comment from SweeThorn.ning.com in response to the discussion about attorneys who wholesale, bottom feed, plea mill, etc. . . This is a must share. Got permission to re-post this from our member.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )As one who has worked in law offices I indeed know what these terms mean. I have mixed feelings that lawyers [...]