Law Firm Marketing Quotes
Send us your favorite comment made by lawyers or marketing professionals about marketing and business development. If your quote is selected, we will send a contribution in your name to the Children’s Cancer Research Fund.
Here are some of our favorites:
- “We won a great victory for a client. But it’s been 6 months and she hasn’t called.”
- “I won’t cross sell because that other partner might mess up client.”
- “If I make 3 calls a week to clients, I’ll be done in 3 weeks!”
- “I don’t have time to market.”
- “Honestly, I don’t know how to begin.”
- “We have no pipeline and no one seems to be concerned.”
- “My client’s business keeps changing and I don’t keep up.”
- “My lead partner does all the selling – I deliver the work.”
- “It is unprofessional for me to market.”
More Favorites:
- "There’s no time to send an article to my clients.”
- “If I can’t figure out what my current client needs, how can I sell more work.”
- “I can’t handle all of the work I have now.”
- “I can’t do it but I’ll hire someone.”
- “We have great attorneys – clients should be calling us.”
- “I failed on one proposal before – why try again?”
- “Our practice group and office have no business development budget.”
- “We always miss the major new litigation.”
- “Our proposal format is out of date.”
- “I can never find copies of past proposals or learn what worked or what didn’t work.”
- “What do we do with our up and coming attorneys, the future of the firm?”
- "We should be more active in industry associations where we do lot’s of client work. But how do I keep up with their meetings, programs, etc.?"
- "I don’t have time to learn about my future clients’ businesses, products, long range plans, etc."
- "We don’t do well on competitive pitches."
- "Just lost my largest client and I haven’t marketed in years."
- "With so many companies cutting back on the number of law firms they use, why bother marketing?"
- "When I market, people don’t seem to get it."
Even More Favorites:
- "I’ve been asked to join a pro-bono board; why bother?"
- "We chase too many leads without a strategic review of the business opportunities."
- "Our compensation plan does not reward me for bringing in new business. Besides, if I bring it in, a Billing partner gets all the credit."
- "We get everything we need from the marketing department."
- "I can never get any time from the marketing department."
- "There is no firm support or encouragement for me to write articles or give speeches."
- "We need a training program."
- "Why don’t we do client service interviews?"
- "Not my job responsibility."
- "Let’s bring it up and review it in six months."
- "We’re not ready for that kind of change."
- "Let’s give it more thought."
- "It won’t pay for itself."
- "I know a firm who tried it."
