Eat your damned vegetables. What’s the matter with you? Don’t you know what’s good for you? When we teach and discuss Legal Project Management (LPM), we stress that the last of LPM’s five basic steps, Post Project Review, not only is every bit as essential as the first four steps, it can… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Business Development
Subscribe to Business Development RSS Feed“You did WHAT!?” – The Powerful Value of Providing Something for Nothing
Posted in Business DevelopmentAt the risk of further confirming our reputation as heretics, let us advance what to most practicing lawyers may seem like an outrageous proposition: “Not everything in life has to be a billable event. There are times when you’ll help your cause most by providing value and not charging the client.” Full disclosure: This post… Continue Reading
Making Your Net Work
Posted in Business DevelopmentWhen we hear business development-oriented lawyers talk about all the wondrous things evolving social media technology can do to their (or their firm’s) market visibility and reach, we’re reminded of the story of the backwoods recluse who wins a new automatic dishwasher in a contest. When a neighbor runs into him in town and asks… Continue Reading