How does an associate build the business development skills needed to succeed? Independent experts Michael G. Cummings and Larry Bodine teach you the key elements of business development and show you how to create your own personal marketing plan to ensure long term success.
In this hands-on workshop, you will learn the essential rainmaking skills for building a clientèle of people you enjoy working with, and helping them with legal services you enjoy doing. Jeffery Lantz, author of a new Internet Marketing book, will show attendees how to market their law practices on the Web. Business development veteran Larry Bodine will teach attendees how to get more clients and generate more revenue by improving their selling skills.
Learn more about our customized training offerings by selecting where your people need an Apollo boost in their business development:
Women Attorneys Your women attorneys can build their client base, take control of their careers, and address their unique business development challenges with this thorough series of four programs.
Litigators This comprehensive series of four programs boosts the business development capabilities of litigators, tapping into their special capabilities and overcoming the inherent challenges of their practice.
Associates Empower your associates to provide a business development asset for your firm by instilling in them the best practices of successful young lawyers and getting them into action.
Personal Marketing Planning - Quick Start 2010 Stop your attorneys wasting time and effort in ineffective marketing plans; stir the right kind of business development action in a focused and disciplined way.
I worked with Larry Bodine for about 10 months, during which time I learned a tremendous amount about developing business as an attorney. I became much more focused, emphasizing a specialized area of my practice (civil appeals), and becoming more widely known as an expert in that area. I put on a highly successful and well-received webinar under Larry's guidance, that brought me significant additional recognition as an appellate lawyer. I was beginning to get calls referring files to me in my area of specialization, indicating the success of the guidance Larry was providing.
My coaching calls with him were useful to get my attention directed in productive ways. There was no question for which Larry didn't have some helpful answer. I was in the process of planning the exciting next phase of my marketing program when I received an appointment to the bench, and one of my regrets is that I am not going to be able to follow through with Larry's advice and continue to build my practice. --Thadd Blizzard, Esq., Partner, Weintraub Genshlea Chediak. "I just wanted to thank you again for making the rollout of this program a success. I am very optimistic that we can make a difference in the generation of business with these partners, if we can give them the proper tools and support." -- Darcy Diaz, Client Services Director, Ropers Majeski Kohn & Bentley Ten Habits That Will Transform Your Business Development Results According to the most successful, it’s the habits and consistency of business development activity that makes rainmakers. But changing behavior to act this way is often very difficult for lawyers. What can you do? Start with these ten habits, advises Michael Cummings, and you’ll be on your way.
There’s a secret shared by those firms that want to hold onto their best clients and gain more business through them. It’s called “great customer service.” According to Larry Bodine, Esq. here are the ways you can practice great service, keeping clients happy by doing what clients like and avoiding what they hate.
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