Re: Marketing/ Sales to lawyers and law firms

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What wonderful client generating idea do you have Mike C. I bet it is close
to something like "Clients come to my website and submit information that I
then send to you for $xxx per lead."

Sorry sir, you are a dime a dozen.

On 12/12/07, Mike C. wrote:
> Well, actually you did. Read over your post.
> On 12/08/07, Rob wrote:
>> I never claimed to be a web designer. I was merely stating that
>> there are a million want to be legal match and legal fish "marketers"
>> out there who could not wet a paper bag in the middle of the ocean.
>>
>> On 12/05/07, Mike C. wrote:
>>> Good Point. If a lawyer is representing his clients as he should,
>>> chances are he/she is not going to have the time it takes to do what
>>> was suggested in the post by Rob. Rob, if you have the time to spend
>>> designing websites and doing graphic design and media plans, I would
>>> say great! Why not go into advertising and forget about law?
>>>
>>> FYI: I'm in need of back surgery, thinking about doing it myself!:-)
>>>
>>> On 11/30/07, Blake wrote:
>>>> Post that website Chief.. I would like to see how a true
>>>> lawyer/graphic designer/programmer/advertising executive, creates
>>>> and promotes a quality website..
>>>>
>>>> I think you're missing my point.... That's the problem with most
>>>> lawyers, they think they have everything all figured out.. waste
>>>> thousands of dollars trying to do something they have absolutely no
>>>> knowledge of.. When they should just avoid the court room and Stick
>>>> to settling cases..
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 11/16/07, Rob wrote:
>>>>> I am doing just fine without one of the millions already living in
>>>>> their mom's basement with their "great ideas" to make me
>>>>> millions. I am pefectfully capable of designing my own website
>>>>> and submitting it to search engines. My website will not look
>>>>> like it was designed by a 5 year old, I won't have to pay someone
>>>>> thousands to update it, and I can ensure it complies with my state
>>>>> bar association's rules of professional conduct.
>>>>>
>>>>> If they are not willing to put their "great idea" in writing, I am
>>>>> not even going to speak to them. Most of the "great ideas" are
>>>>> the same ole "pay me $10 per lead that comes from my website that
>>>>> could have been designed my 5 yr old little sister/daughter.
>>>>>
>>>>> I will give you my secondary email address so you can put it in
>>>>> writing. If they are not willing to put it in writing, they can
>>>>> go rip someone else off.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 11/10/07, Blake wrote:
>>>>>> so there are really that many people living in mom's basement
>>>>>> doing nothing but thinking of great ideas for lawyers.. and then
>>>>>> calling them??? If you're not already, get a job with a large
>>>>>> firm, because with that mindset, you'll never make it on your
>>>>>> own.. and will probably end up living in your mom's basement..
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On 11/03/07, Rob wrote:
>>>>>>> I am a young lawyer and I am one of the ones who will hang up
>>>>>>> on the 1,000,000 people working out of their mom's basement
>>>>>>> with a "million dollar opportunity." Put it in writing and
>>>>>>> then maybe I will call you.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 11/02/07, Al wrote:
>>>>>>>> Good Advice. Those old dinosaurs are slowly dying off due to
>>>>>>>> not being able to conform to new media practices that are
>>>>>>>> needed for any law firm to continue to have success. It's a
>>>>>>>> competitve market place, I have to laugh at these high brow
>>>>>>>> jerks that make comments like, " if the caller mis-
>>>>>>>> pronounces my name, I hang up." That's the dumbest comment
>>>>>>>> I've heard to date... How full of yourself can you be? It
>>>>>>>> takes 2-3 minutes to listen to what a marketer has to say..
>>>>>>>> If intersted, request info, if not, ask to be removed from
>>>>>>>> the call list.. it's that simple....
>>>>>>>> On 11/01/07, Kurt wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Dave,
>>>>>>>>> If you are trying to market your product to lawyers the
>>>>>>>>> most important thing is to be confident in what you have,
>>>>>>>>> and even more importantly you have to be persistent. My
>>>>>>>>> advice to you is to focus on younger lawyers that are more
>>>>>>>>> perceptive to new ideas. Lawyers like "Ozark man" are like
>>>>>>>>> dinosaurs and they will never accept the product that you
>>>>>>>>> are offering them. I have seen my product double the
>>>>>>>>> client inquiries of every Law Firm that I have sold to,
>>>>>>>>> but even with that track record old lawyers are not
>>>>>>>>> willing to change... find the young ones and help them
>>>>>>>>> grow and eventually surpass the "old school" lawyers.