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Ogden Glazer + Schaefer Blog
Big Lessons, Small Firms: Why the WSSFC Matters from a Young Attorney’s Perspective
For this week’s blog post, I am highlighting a yearly legal conference for Wisconsin Lawyers to engage in a multi-day event offering breakout sessions, dine-arounds, plenaries, and networking opportunities, with…
The Social Media Butterfly
How to Get More From Attending a Conference Before, During and After the Event
You can spend several days at a conference, have good conversations and come home feeling that it was worthwhile. Then regular work takes over. The people you intended to contact…
Fretzin Blog
Recognizing and Seizing Unexpected Business Opportunities
What Unexpected Business Opportunity Have You Encountered, And How Did You Recognize Its Potential? One notable opportunity came when I corrected some misinformation on a popular hockey podcast that my…
The Social Media Butterfly
How to Make Every Conference a Better Business Development Opportunity
Law firms invest significant amounts of money in conferences, sponsorships and events every year, but how much of that investment actually translates into new business? Between registration fees, sponsorship packages,…
The Social Media Butterfly
How to Stay in Touch With Your Network When You’re Busy
You meet someone at a conference and have a great conversation. You connect on LinkedIn, exchange a few messages and fully intend to stay in touch. Then you get busy,…
The Social Media Butterfly
How to Get More Business Development Value From the Conferences You Attend
A conference can put dozens of clients, prospects, referral sources and other people you want to know in the same place for a few days. That concentration of relationships is…
The Social Media Butterfly
How to Build Your Brand, Business and Network This Fall
Fall is here, and the next few months are one of the best times of the year to focus on your marketing and business development. People are back from summer…
Fretzin Blog
Find Your Lane: Why Connection Beats the Corner Office
The Relationships Lawyers Already Have Could Be Their Biggest Growth Opportunity By Steve Fretzin and Neal Goldstein Why lawyers should stop chasing every new opportunity and start investing in the…
Fretzin Blog
Neal Goldstein: Find Your Lane — Why Connection Beats the Corner Office
A high school dropout who became a law firm founder explains why every success story has someone else’s fingerprints on it — and why the relationships lawyers neglect are the…
The Social Media Butterfly
9 Business Development Principles Every Lawyer Can Put Into Practice
Business development has changed considerably over the years. Lawyers have LinkedIn, sophisticated CRM systems, AI-powered research tools and more ways than ever to connect with clients and prospects. But some…