Search Results for: business development

Homepage

WANT MORE OF YOUR OWN CLIENTS? Then download our ebook “The reluctant business developer’s guide to winning clients” by the author of The Go-To Expert. You’ll discover the: 5Ps to create time for business development 3 simple tests to find your lucrative niche How to get back in touch with people who you have lost contact…

5 common career limiting mistakes that stop senior associates making partner
| | |

5 common career limiting mistakes that stop senior associates making partner

It is a tricky business – making the transition from senior associate to partner in a law firm. There are the many booby-traps which come from having to create, write, and pitch your business case for partnership. Then, there’s the other stuff: the intangibles that demonstrate to your partners that you haven’t “got it” yet….

How to win your own clients

YOUR CHALLENGE I need to build a partner-sized client portfolio Free Guides   Boost your referrals by downloading this FREE ebook: Referralology   In the ebook you’ll learn: How to successfully ask for referrals from friends and your network without risking the relationship How to get your existing clients to send you high quality referrals so you…

How to choose what to specialise in (finding your niche)
| |

How to choose what to specialise in (finding your niche)

Building your own practice often means you need to be known for something in particular. This ‘something’ is often referred to as a ‘niche’. In today’s marketplace it is very difficult to make make partner as a generalist. In this article, based on an extract from Poised for Partnership, we explore how to find your…

How do people on partner track waste precious time and effort?
| |

How do people on partner track waste precious time and effort?

The fundamental difficulty involved in the transition to partner is how to still hit your numbers whilst carving out time to build your Business Case and Personal Case for partnership. In fact, for a few years you are going to have two jobs: The day job, and then the extra one to build your own…

How to sell litigation and other ‘distressed services’
| | | |

How to sell litigation and other ‘distressed services’

Litigation is impossible to sell. After all you can’t just pick up a phone and cold call a prospect to see if they have a dispute and need your services. Nor do most rational people want to be a situation where they are in a dispute with someone. So therefore, how DO you sell your…

How my recent cycling trip can make it easier for you to build your own practice
|

How my recent cycling trip can make it easier for you to build your own practice

In this short article I explain how you can make the seemingly impossible task of building a partner-sized client portfolio more manageable. It was the final stretch at the end of an exhausting bike ride. I’d already clocked up 10 miles of hilly off-road riding.  Before I could make it back home, I knew I…

6 big clues to help you identify and stop wasting time on tyre-kickers
| |

6 big clues to help you identify and stop wasting time on tyre-kickers

Tyre-kickers. Not a particularly nice word, and often used to describe prospects who don’t want to buy your service, or the upsell from your marketing activity. In this post I’ll give you six signs that should ring alarm bells that you are dealing with a tyre kicker. After all, they don’t usually have a big sign…

4 reasons why you should collaborate with your partnership competitors
| |

4 reasons why you should collaborate with your partnership competitors

Most firms set a limit on the number of new partners they admit to the partnership each year. As a result the ones who make it have the strongest personal and business cases for partnership. Consequently, most senior associates in law firms and directors in the Big 4, accountancy, and consultancy firms are in competition with…

End of content

End of content