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This may seem like a strange Rainmaking Recommendation, but I have a question for you? How are you doing?
I ask because May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and the first week in May is Well Being Week In Law (WWIL). It’s also because mindset is probably one of the most important aspects of becoming a Rainmaker.
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Prospective Ideal clients – these are the people and businesses with whom you would like to do business. But, often I am asked the question: What if they already have a lawyer or law firm with which they work?
My answer is quite simple: “So what?”
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LinkedIn usage is up considerably since the beginning of the pandemic. According to statistics, the number of conversations on LinkedIn rose 55% in 2020, and the amount of content creation that was shared was up by 60%. All statistics regarding this B2B platform have all gone through the roof. At least that’s what the stats say.
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This Rainmaking Recommendation is a result of a Facebook posting in which someone I know said it was no one’s business whether or not they were going to receive, or had received Covid Vaccines. And while I agreed, it is no one’s business unless you make it their business, I also said that I was so excited to obtain my inoculations that I couldn’t help but post it on Facebook. Which made me think, what constitutes too much information?
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Way back in 2013, I wrote a blog entitled: The Mathematics of Time for Rainmaking. In it, I dispelled the myth that I hear from my clients who are in Mid-market and Big Law firms: “I don’t have the time to do Rainmaking.”
So, I showed you how much time you really did have. Let’s run the math once more. Again, we are starting with the following assumptions:
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Since the pandemic started, I have been doing a tremendous amount of virtual networking with a plethora of people. I am speaking specifically of group networking, not just virtual one-on-ones. And I have noticed something very interesting: many have trouble describing what they do for a living in a few short, memorable sentences. This is why you need to create an Audio Business Card, also known as an Elevator Pitch.
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Referrals can be one of the best Rainmaking tactics you can use to grow your book of business. But, many lawyers aren’t getting the quality or quantity of referrals that they would like.
Here are 10 reasons you’re not getting referrals:
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It’s a bit weird, but I have recently been revisiting what I had written in the past when I began my blog in 2009 to see how much of it is still applicable to my Rainmaking Training and Coaching. I wrote the blog you are about to read almost seven years ago, and it still stands today, but it has been updated.
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In this last part of the series about how to become an authority, I reiterate the definition that I have come to love:
Authority = Expertise* + Influence
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In Rainmaking Recommendation #230, I discussed why you need to become an authority in your practice area and niche.
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