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Developing a Niche
Practice and
Differentiation
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What We Will Cover
Why have a niche
Discover the right niche for
you
How to differentiate
yourself
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Why Have a Niche?
Roy Sutherland Perspective
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Why Have a Niche?
Market to
Everyone
You Market
to No One
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Marketing to Everyone
Time
Consuming
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Marketing to Everyone
Expensive
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Marketing to Everyone
Challenging
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Marketing to Your Niche
Narrows Your Focus
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Marketing to Your Niche
Easier
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Marketing to Your Niche
Takes Less Time and Effort
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Discover Your Niche
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What Do You Want to Accomplish?
Discover Your Niche
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What Are You Passionate About?
Discover Your Niche
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Discover Your Niche
What Are Your Strengths?
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Select
Growing
Industries
Discover Your Niche
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Discover Your Niche
Sports
Intellectual Property
Banking
Patent Litigation
Energy
Health Care Regulatory
Discover Your Niche
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You Can Be Dominate
Lawyer in Your Area
Discover Your Niche
Client
Need
Passion
Strengths Your
Niche
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Discover Your Niche
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Niche Discovered!
Niche
Recommendations
Trust and Rapport
Visibility
Getting Hired
Credibility
Client Meetings
Relationships
Reputation /
Profile
Weak Ties
Weak Tie Reach
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Strong-Tie Buzz
Weak-Tie Buzz
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It’s not what you know,
Today it’s who knows
what you know
It’s not who you know,
After Niche Discovered
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After Niche Discovered
Raise Your Visibility and Credibility
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After Niche Discovered
Understand Industry Business
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After Niche Discovered
Understand Law that Affects Industry
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My Story
Examples
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Travis Crabtree
Examples
Internet Law / Commercial Litigation
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Examples
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Allison Rowe
Examples
Equine
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Examples
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Staci Riordan
Examples
Fashion
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Examples
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Examples
Shawn Tuma
Computer Fraud / Data Security
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Examples
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Differentiation
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Good Great
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Differentiate Yourself
vs
Lawyer
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Differentiate Yourself
“Good” Lawyers Analyze
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Differentiate Yourself
“Great” Lawyers Analyze and Synthesize
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Differentiate Yourself from Competitors
Differentiate Yourself
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Purple Cow
Differentiate Yourself
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What Can You
Do to Raise
Your Visibility
and Credibility
to Potential
Clients and
Referral
Sources?
Targeted Differentiators
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First to Market
Investment in Client Technologically Proficient
J&G Construction Law Differentiators
44Full Service Quality Service Policy
Strategically Located
J&G Construction Law Differentiators
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Your Targeted Differentiators
Targeted Differentiators
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Objective
Why it is important for each target?
Targeted Differentiators
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Examples
Kevin O’Neill
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Examples
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Examples
Larry gained significant hands-on experience in
heavy construction before attending law school. He
grew up in a family-owned general contracting
company ..., worked as an estimator and project
manager in heavy construction industry for eight
years.
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Cordell M. Parvin
http://www.cordellparvin.com
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Practice and
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