Why didn’t anyone tell me? I don’t know about you, but having been in business on my own for 10 years now, I sometimes feel frustrated that it took me quite so long to figure some things out, and this annoys me. I am surrounded by some good friends and good business contacts, so it … Read more
My Son Samuel’s Football Tackling My son plays football every Sunday morning for his local team, and he is doing quite well. I am delighted to say that cricket is still his first sport, but I am enjoying watching him play. He is only 11 so the quality is sometimes lacking from the team as … Read more
I have been speaking with some really savvy solicitors recently. Many of them have already been doing incredibly well, winning lots of new business and making good profits. Yet they do not want to rest on their laurels. For different reasons they realise that their position is too precarious, and that a change in the … Read more
It has been almost impossible to avoid the hype surrounding the latest instalment of the James Bond Franchise – Skyfall. Every review seems to have been overwhelmingly positive, with many stating that it is Daniel Craig’s best Bond film of his three, if not the best Bond film ever. So when I went to watch … Read more
No, it really isn’t. To get from where you are now to where you want to be, it is not 100% more effort that you require. This is a good thing too, as I am sure you are giving your all as it is. The good news is that it isn’t 100% more of any … Read more
In the first part of your law firm marketing MOT, I covered client newsletters and generating free traffic for your website. To read that part again, please click below: Law firm marketing MOT part 1:>> In this email, I want to ask you whether you are using two other forms of marketing to attract new … Read more
Competition is really hotting up in the legal services market, with a new ABS forming every week, private equity investing into legal ventures and the High Street solicitor/niche law firm/smaller practice being left more and more to fend for itself. Yet there are still smaller firms doing incredibly well out there and growing year on … Read more
Everyone wants the one silver bullet that will magically and overnight transform their law firm marketing and ensure a steady and growing number of clients approach them for assistance. I am often asked “What one thing can I do to instantly generate new clients?” Well I am going to share it with you in this … Read more
The Death Of High Street Shopping & Solicitors? Not a week seems to pass at the moment when the media are not bemoaning the death of the traditional High Street. Soon there will be no shops on the High Street they cry, and Mary Portas, Queen of Shops, is brought in to save the High … Read more
I thought you might need a little motivation and inspiration to fire you up now that we are properly back into the New Year, so how about a look at the top most read blogs and articles of 2011. These articles inspired solicitors in 2011 to make the changes necessary and to take the marketing … Read more