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Law Practice Management News
Ideas for Lawyers and Managers That Dare To Be Different October/November 2009

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Asked & Answered
Profitability Improvement Using RULES

Competitive Strategies and Ideas For Personal Injury Plaintiff Firms

Competitive Business Models: What Can We Do to Be Different?

Advertising Is Not Marketing - Understanding The Differences

Business & Personal Coaching Programs - Monthly Flat Fee Options In Addition to Discounted Six Month Program

Flat Fee Profitability Improvement Programs Offered For Small Law Firms

Past Issues of Olmstead & Associates E-News Now Available


 

Asked & Answered
Profitability Improvement Using RULES

You Ask - We Respond. Answers to client questions from the Asked and Answered Section of our web site. We encourage our readers to use this section as a resource.

Question of the Month
In these financially challenging times proactive financial management is crucial. Successful firms realize this and are proactively managing the financial aspects of the firm. Here is a question asked by one of our web site visitors concerning Ideas for Improving Profitability and our suggestion on how to use RULES to focus on profitability improvements.

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  • Competitive Strategies and Ideas For Personal Injury Plaintiff Firms
  • As law firms work through the recession many personal injury firms are asking whether existing business models are appropriate for the future. Some PI firms are experiencing flat profitability, increased competition, and reduced demand. We believe that the recession may accelerate the pace by which PI firms reevaluate existing processes and consider new business models.

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  • Competitive Business Models: What Can We Do to Be Different?
  • Eighty plus percent of legal services fall into the commondity category - price sensitive - and hard for law firms to demonstrate value and differentiate their services. Creating a competitive advantage that is sustainable over time is difficult at best. It is so easy for your competitors to copycat your recent innovations. Here are a few ideas in response to a question from our asked and answered database.

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  • Advertising Is Not Marketing - Understanding The Differences
  • When doing strategic planning with law firms we often find that there is a general lack of understanding between the differences between advertising and marketing. Here is an article the illustrates the differences and argues that marketing - not necessarily advertising - must be done by all law firm.

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  • Business & Personal Coaching Programs - Monthly Flat Fee Options In Addition to Discounted Six Month Program
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  • Flat Fee Profitability Improvement Programs Offered For Small Law Firms
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  • Past Issues of Olmstead & Associates E-News Now Available
  • Past issues of our Law Practice Management E-News Letters are now available. If you are a new subscriber or have simply lost past issues - click below to access our archieved copies.

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