Re: Startup costs of my own practice are not the problem, bu

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RRR,

You hit the nail on the head several times. I have read this
board for years, but posted little. I thought you were doing
well. Did someting suddenly happen?

I agree that YP and the other marketing mediums and tactics are
either a complete waste, or they bring in horrible clients.

I'm so glad and relieved that I left the legal profession. I feel
good right now.

On 11/30/06, rrr wrote:
> I think you might have gotten the leper treatment because you've
> asked the same question thats been asked 1000's of times and has
> been answered and discussed that many times. You could have
> searched the past threads of this page and found enough
> information to write a book (in fact at least one person has).
> When I first read your post, I didn't even make a connection
> between the website you mentioned and spamming. I just thought
> you were lazy.
>
> What would I change... I wouldn't have gone solo. I had a job
> offer from a Construction Defect Insurance Defense Firm. Years
> and years of mindless billable hours. I rejected it for what I
> thought were good reasons at the time. And I went Solo.
>
> Everything else I could tell you has already been written many
> many times before.
>
> I guess I would ask you the threshold question...
>
> How big is your rolodex? How are you going to generate business
> when the time comes? Are you really connected? Are you
> specialized in a Niche field? Are you in (or planning to be in)
a
> location where there is a shortage of Attorneys or at least a
> shortage in your Niche?
>
> You will be bombarded by thousands of vendors all trying to sell
> you a solution to your marketing problem. They are all liars.
All
> of them. Yellow Page reps, directory reps, direct mail,
> newspaper, T.V./Radio/Internet sales people. Liars, all of them.
> Worse then liars. You are almost better off buying lottery
> tickets, because the mass market prospects they can deliver are
> the worst of the worst possible clients.
>
> So if your answer to business generation is any of the above,
> then you're going to burn through your savings, credit, and
> earnings brutally quick and have nothing to show for it but a
> bunch of Vendor salespeople laughing at you, as they spend the
> money that used to be yours.
>
>
> On 11/29/06, Carl Jackson wrote:
>>
>> I'm just looking for some insight, and you, rrr, are so far
>> the only one who has said anything useful. Other people so
>> far are hostile which surprises me a little given other
>> threads on this board. All I did was mention another website
>> and I'm being treated like a leper.
>
>> Well, I'm not looking for anything in particular or anybody to
>> tell me anything, but since you did say your practice was a
>> disaster and you put a gun to your head, could you be a little
>> more specific about what went on? Furthermore, what might you
>> have done differently if you could do it over again?
>>
>> Just trying to scope this out as best I can!
>>
>> Thanks!
>>