Marketing is hard. I don’t have the time. It takes too long to get results. I don’t like [marketing activity]. I’m not good at [marketing activity]. I tried [marketing activity] and it didn’t work. I already do [marketing activity]; I don’t need to do anything else. I’m not a sales person. Â I don’t need marketing, I get clients by being a good lawyer.
Wow. You really don’t like marketing.
And yet. . . you want to get more clients and increase your income.
You want to buy nice things and send your kids to good schools. And maybe not work so hard so you can stay healthy and live longer.
Remember free time? You had it once for about two weeks before you started law school. Yeah, some more of that would be nice, wouldn’t it?
And let’s not forget retirement. Crazy, I know. But still. . .
Let’s cut to the chase. You want money and the time to enjoy it. You can have them. Through marketing. That’s how I did it. That’s how you can do it.
What’s that? You say marketing is hard? You don’t like it? You don’t have the time?
Enough with the whining.
Okay, let’s make a deal. If I can show you how to make marketing a little easier, would you agree to do some?
Sweet.
Let’s start with something simple. Like sending birthday cards to your clients. You know, the people who help pay your mortgage?
Yeah, those people.
You already do that? Well look at you, you sly devil. You’re marketing. I won’t tell anyone. It’ll be our secret.
Just to make sure, you sign the cards yourself, right? In blue ink so the client knows it’s a real signature? Maybe add a personal note, like, “How did Joey do on that test?” so they know you’re thinking about them and actually wrote the card yourself?
I know, it’s hard. You might have to sign three or four cards a day. Risk getting paper cuts and glue poisoning from licking all those stamps. Yeah, use a real postage stamp, not the meter. And hand-write the name and address on the envelope. No labels.
The personal touch. Showing your clients you know who they are and you appreciate them.
Yes, that’s marketing. A few minutes a day. But oh so powerful.
Marketing is easier when you know the formula
