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14 June 2012 / Adam Caplan
Issue: 7518 / Categories: Features , Profession , Marketing
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Thinking big (5)

Adam Caplan continues his series on how to grow a law firm

 

In this article I look at the truth of selling and in the next explode some myths about how to get clients to act now instead of months or years down the line.

What is selling?

So first, let’s consider what selling is and what it isn’t. Here’s the standard concept of selling: selling can be defined as the act of a salesperson persuading or convincing a customer to take their product or service by telling the customer all about the features, advantages and benefits of owning or using what the salesperson is selling.

Selling is perceived to be a difficult task as any salesperson will have to talk to customers who instinctively don’t trust the salesperson and don’t necessarily want what is being sold to them. The salesperson keeps trying, again and again with more and more customers rejecting them until they get the results they want. Salespeople get huge rejection from cynical customers which in turns makes them cynical and the circle of mistrust is
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MOVERS & SHAKERS

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal—Jack Kelly

Gateley Legal expands Midlands residential development team

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn—Richard Surtees

Gibson Dunn adds employee benefits and executive compensation practice in London with partner Richard Surtees

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL—Alec Cameron

Laytons ETL appoints new partner and head of intellectual property disputes

NEWS
A series of recent decisions has clarified important principles across property law, from perpetuities to lease renewals and public rights over land
Employers cannot rely on wellbeing services alone to defend workplace stress claims after a High Court decision awarding almost £1m to an overworked employee
Andy Burnham's brand of 'Manchesterism' could offer fresh thinking on legal aid and access to justice if it reaches Westminster, according to Roger Smith, NLJ columnist and former director of JUSTICE
The constitutional fallout from a change of prime minister, rather than the politics, is under scrutiny as questions arise over the limits of executive authority in a leadership transition
The legal profession is undergoing a fundamental shift from selling services to creating technology-enabled products, according to Professor Luke Mason, Head of School of Law at Regent's University London
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