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Are You Pursuing the Right Clients?

Cracking the code to business development offers significant financial benefits. So why have only a select few—10.8% of all law firms—figured out a marketing and business development strategy to drive faster growth and build bigger relationships than other firms.Jennifer Dezso, BTI Principal, walks through the first marketing & business development…

Michael RynowecerJune 19, 2017

The Mad Clientist

The 10 Secrets of Pacesetting Law Firms

Only 10 marketing tactics really matter. Out of the dozens of tactics, protocols, and activities available—there are 10 driving superior performance. Time and money at every firm are always at a premium, and everyone—from Managing Partners to Marketing Coordinators—is looking for the secret sauce to stretch every last dollar and every last…

Michael RynowecerJune 14, 2017

The Mad Clientist

Business Development Bloopers and Blunders: References

More top legal officers are hiring new law firms than ever. In most cases, clients are hiring firms with whom they have never worked. At the same time the number of law firms CLOs recommend to their peers has declined. The dearth of peer recommendations and lack of experience with…

Michael RynowecerJune 7, 2017

The Mad Clientist

4 Reasons Clients Are Shelling Out for Law Firms in 2017

The $12 Billion, 10-year trend is about to reverse.After 10 years of bringing $12 Billion worth of work in-house—top legal decision makers are applying the brakes. BTI research reveals a substantial drop in corporate counsel hiring in-house attorneys. Only 7.7% of General Counsel want to add in-house attorneys to their…

Michael RynowecerApril 12, 2017

The Mad Clientist

Half of CMOs on Road to Burnout

In some ways it’s a CMO’s dream—demand exceeds marketing supply. CMOs face a record level of RFPs and now carefully orchestrate between 50 and 500 directory submissions or more—all coming due at the same time. This alone can absorb major capacity—before adding in all the daily tasks of running the…

Michael RynowecerApril 5, 2017

The Mad Clientist

Client Research: Super-Charged Business Development

Client research is more than a quick perusal of a client's website, and The Mad Clientist is here to run through the ways you can super charge your business development by taking your client research in the right direction. You can view the video below, or on YouTube directly here: https://youtu.be/jBvOtMSjQek We’ll…

Michael RynowecerMarch 13, 2017

The Mad Clientist

The Business Development Window is About to Open—For a Very Short Time

It’s prime cross-selling season.Every 12 to 18 months your clients face new and vexing problems. These issues change like clockwork. Some will appear, disappear, and reappear over time—but the issues will always have a new and more complex twist. The time is upon us.There are few better cross-selling opportunities than…

Michael RynowecerMarch 8, 2017

The Mad Clientist

Client Development: The Key to Dramatic Growth

This week The Mad Clientist discusses building your budget by separating out client-specific activities vs. broader initiatives to dramatically increase growth.You can view the video below, or on YouTube directly here: https://youtu.be/wTIabDMcO9Q We’ll be releasing videos here on The Mad Clientist blog every Tuesday. Subscribe today (in the box at the…

Michael RynowecerFebruary 20, 2017

The Mad Clientist

Building Business Development Superstars

A proven tactic for taking share from your competitors – no matter your size: Build the business development skills of partners willing and able to deliver. And don't miss this week's Thursday post, where we'll break down the process for building business development across your firm.You can view the video…

Michael RynowecerJanuary 16, 2017

The Mad Clientist

Reallocating Your Marketing and Business Development Budget

The Mad Clientist discusses ways your firm can keep up with Big Law marketing and business development budgets in today's Mad Clientist Minute.And don't miss an extended discussion of law firm marketing and business development budgets, client service tactics, and our annual overview of today's market in BTI's Market Outlook…

Michael RynowecerJanuary 9, 2017