Bleak Future For Solicitors? Not Necessarily...
The time to act is short and getting shorter - but for switched on small and medium firms there is a huge opportunity if they have the courage and the mindset to take action and leap into the future – says GetSolicitors Managing Partner, Brian McKibbin
The recession has been hard on law firms and with the advent of the Legal Services Act in October it'll be even more important for lawyers in the UK to get a handle on the fact that they are service providers to a demanding audience – because the days of automatic client loyalty are already in the past. The general public simply no longer confer an automatic status to solicitors according to many surveys and the situation isn’t going to improve for lawyers anytime soon as the Act will bring a new level of competition from big brands and banks in traditional legal markets. “The nub of the problem is that many lawyers are great solicitors but hopeless business people, with scant knowledge of marketing.” says Brian.
He continues “GetSolicitors was formed to help these lawyers (so long as they have the foresight to see the writing on the wall) to continue to be the great lawyers they are while we do the other stuff for them to turn them into the automatic "GoTo” firm in their locality. We believe the local business person will still want a law firm that looks and feels like a law firm – but responds like a 21st century business.”
The network offers a unique 100% guarantee to members on network fees versus income from the membership - so unlike other networks such as Quality Solicitors, Contact Law or HighStreetlawyer, GetSolicitors is risk free.
Brian’s outfit uses a proven combination of cutting edge micro websites, tailored specifically for the most profitable niches of each member firm to achieve the results that mean they can offer this guarantee.
Brian says GetSolicitors also offers members complementary ancillary income streams from day one together with practice management help and adds that territories, taken on an exclusive basis, are selling quickly as solicitors wake up to the possibility that they may be staring disaster in the face. “There’s still time to do something” he says. “I'd simply love to talk to any senior partner who reads this and who feels resonance in this discussion. We guarantee that a first meeting with us will be worth an average of £18,000 for an hour of their time – so they really have nothing to lose and everything to gain by talking to us.”
It’s probably true to say that even the most expensive lawyers in the country might see £18,000 an hour as reasonable remuneration for their time.
“Yes!” smiles Brian. “Internally we call it ‘The £18,000 Challenge’ – but when we get down to brass tacks then it’s all about discovering how we can help them turn the current struggle to survive into an environment where they thrive instead.”
If you’d like to get in touch with Brian and find out more about GetSolicitors simply email him at brian.mckibbin@getsolicitors.com or call anytime on 0844 544 8880.
