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Here’s What Clients Really Think about Your Email Alerts

Every law firm sends them. Some send dozens. A couple send hundreds. All end up fundamentally in the same place. Clients report they receive so many email alerts saying essentially the same thing. So, here is what clients think about all these emails alerts: 64% consider them a necessary inconvenience—they…

Michael RynowecerFebruary 12, 2020

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Bet-the-Company Work Right Under Your Nose—Clients Point to 9 New Triggers

Clients used to have 3 clear criteria to segregate out the bet-the-company matters. Their reasons were cut and dried for years, if not decades. Now they have at least 12. This explains why 32.7% of companies report facing bet-the-company matters—almost double the number from last year (17.6%). The 9 new…

Michael RynowecerJanuary 29, 2020

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You Think You Won the Work, Your Client Says “Your Budget is Too High” – The Best Answers

You won the pitch. You had it nailed. You were ready for this pitch way before your client ever asked. You feel like congratulations are in order. Then your client asks for the budget. You work diligently and come up with a number—the number it takes to get the job…

Michael RynowecerJanuary 22, 2020

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RFPs Surge to New Heights—How You Can Win Them All

Clients love good ideas. And they find them in RFPs. Not every RFP—all it takes is one really good idea to make the entire process worth it for clients. Could this be why clients are issuing RFPs at a record pace? 32% of clients issued RFPs last year, up from…

Michael RynowecerJanuary 8, 2020

The Mad Clientist

Top 11 Trends Shaping the Legal Market for 2020

Complexity and risk continue to dominate client thinking. Clients continue to eat into their internal budgets to fund outside counsel work. The need for outside counsel who can meet their new expectations remains relentless. Use these 11 trends to your immediate and lasting advantage: Clients Are Way More Fickle, and…

Michael RynowecerJanuary 2, 2020

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Clients Embrace LinkedIn: Reveal All

Right there in plain sight. An insightful look into, if not the very definition of, your client’s world view. It’s on LinkedIn. This isn’t a superficial glance at where they went to school—it’s about finding snippets of insight buried within the introduction, comments, posts, likes, connections, and frequency of their…

Michael RynowecerNovember 13, 2019

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5 Reasons to Call Your Client Right Now

There are hundreds of reasons not to call your client—and at least 5 reasons you should. The opportunities to help clients during the final months of the year are 10 times greater than at the beginning. As the corporate world draws to its annual close, the race to complete both…

Michael RynowecerNovember 6, 2019

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CMOs Find New Life with Future Rainmakers

It’s rewarding, helps the firm, and helps them—the trifecta of engagement and satisfaction. 26% of CMOs tell us spotting and nurturing future rainmakers is their strongest skill. Not only does this skill help fuel the stream of future rainmakers—CMOs find this one of the most gratifying aspects of their role.…

Michael RynowecerOctober 23, 2019

The Mad Clientist

Score One for Law Firms Over ALSPs

It takes savings of at least 24% to get an executive to even entertain switching providers. You can offer these savings in time or money—but if it doesn’t meet the 24% threshold, you are toast. How ALSPs Negate Their Own Savings ALSPs offer raw savings but are getting killed in…

Michael RynowecerOctober 9, 2019

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Fewer Firms Improving the Client Experience

Fewer law firms are showing clients innovation around improving the client experience—top legal decision makers point to 14.6% fewer firms than last year. Clients are changing their expectations and demands as they face increased complexity and uncertainty—making it harder for law firms to understand. Fewer firms can keep up or…

Michael RynowecerMay 22, 2019