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The Going Rate—What Clients Really Pay Law Firms

Check back next week for The Going Rate, Part 2—What Law Firms Really Charge Clients. And learn more about what corporate counsel are really paying law firms in BTI's Billing Rate Reference 2014 here: www.bticonsulting.com/rates.

Michael RynowecerMay 27, 2014

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How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AFAs

Skeptical Law Firm: Oh no… you want to talk about AFAs, again? We have clients who talk about AFAs all the time. The Mad Clientist: I hate to break it to you: AFAs are not going away. Corporate counsel love the idea of AFAs—in 2013, spending under alternative fees rose…

Michael RynowecerMay 21, 2014

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41% of CLOs Make Changes to Boost Business Value—Now

Value-added. High-value. Shared value. Business value. We tack some form of this often reviled buzzword onto virtually every activity these days. And no small wonder, it’s what corporate counsel are keyed into. Delivering value overtook cost control as corporate counsel’s most important goal in 2013. In 2014, more CLOs have…

Michael RynowecerMay 13, 2014

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The Mold Problem

We often think we need to come up with a solution on our own to prove we are worth hiring. But clients aren’t just looking for someone to take charge and save the day—they’re looking for an ally, an invested confidant. Clients want to play a role in the shaping…

Michael RynowecerMay 7, 2014

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9 Keys to Hirability, Higher Rates and Fame

Clients may know who you are, but this is just the tip of the iceberg. The real challenge is ensuring your firm’s brand moves past awareness to differentiation. Different from all others—in a good way—where your brand drives new business. Differentiation determines your hirability and how much clients will pay.…

Michael RynowecerApril 30, 2014

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Every Step You Take… I’ll Be Watching You

Nothing leaves a stronger imprint on clients than experience. Nothing. Apple continues to maintain its stronghold on brand value in Forbes’ annual list of Most Valuable Brands even as consumers start to grumble about whether or not Apple remains truly innovative. But Apple still delivers an experience no other brand…

Michael RynowecerApril 24, 2014

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4 Innovative Actions to Add Outsized Value Today

You can start the march to add outsized value and boost client service today. Ok, maybe Monday. Start slow and be selective. Focus on your largest clients. You can mix and match where you feel comfortable—but no matter how you move ahead—embrace at least one of these client building strategies:…

Michael RynowecerApril 17, 2014

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2 Law Firms Get 50% of the Budget—45 Fight for the Rest

The typical large corporation is working with 47 different law firms at any given point in time. The average middle market company works with 8. Meaning, law firms compete with somewhere between 7 and 46 firms every day at a single client. Your competitors want to grow by at least 5%…

Michael RynowecerApril 10, 2014

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The 7 Stages of Client Relationships

For most firms, quantity and size come before strength and quality when counting clients. We always want more and bigger. But without core strength or understanding our depth of quality, we know little about what each client relationship can be and how long it may last. Knowing where we stand with clients…

Michael RynowecerApril 2, 2014

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Are Your Client Relationships Good…or Simply Good Enough?

Unless your firm has robust client feedback in place, you are simply guessing at how good your client relationships are. Clients are the only true judge of the strength for every relationship we hold dear. We brought back the BTI Client Relationship Scorecard, last published in 2009, because law firms…

Michael RynowecerMarch 26, 2014