Law Firm Resources

Actionable intel, practical checklists, and foundational handbooks to help you run a more profitable practice.

The Business Intel

Law Firm Blog

Practical guidance for solo and small law firm owners who want better clients, stronger systems, and a business that works for them.

151 Ways To Get New Clients Checklist
Client Attraction

The 151 Ways To Get New Clients Checklist

151 Simple Ways to Magnetize New Leads

  • Tools and strategies to attract the clients you want and avoid the ones you don't
  • Simple practices to maximize the possibility of repeat clients and referrals
  • Several ways to offer customer-facing value that positions you as the go-to choice
  • The easy client attraction shortcuts that most lawyers miss
Marketing & Conversion

Website Checklist

Use this checklist to evaluate your website to spot areas for improvement that can help attract the right kinds of clients and close them more easily.

  • Put the RIGHT information in the RIGHT places
  • Provide an overview of your specific services so prospective clients KNOW WHAT THEY'RE GETTING
  • Tailor the experience to the clients you ACTUALLY want
  • Make your call to action SO UNDENIABLY ATTRACTIVE that prospective clients do WHAT YOU WANT, pick up the phone!
Website Checklist
The Manifesto
Mindset & Growth

The Manifesto

Most of what you're going to be exposed to in our community is probably going to contradict the conventional wisdom you've heard about the business of building an OUTSTANDING law firm. So it's important that you have a proper context in which to consider the work we do here at How to Manage. Because if you follow conventional wisdom, you're only going to produce conventional results. And neither of us wants that for you!

  • The fundamental mindset shift that takes a lawyer from struggling (or merely getting by) to thriving
  • The #1 trait of successful law firm owners (HINT: It's not intelligence, good looks, or an Ivy League education)
  • The 7 stages of law firm growth and the specific challenges encountered in each.
Operations & Systems

Policies & Procedures Checklist

The 24 Key Policies You Need to Have in Place to Protect Yourself and Grow Your Business

  • The 12 internal policies that spell out your company rules and regulations so that you can manage your team and maximize your potential for higher profits
  • The 12 external policies that position your firm as an authority in your niche and keep you organized and on an upward trajectory
  • The key administrative procedures you can implement right away to systematize your day-to-day activities.
Policies & Procedures Checklist
Find The Money! AR Handbook
Finance & Collections

Find The Money! AR Handbook

A Simple and Effective Plan Your Law Firm Can Use to Collect on Late Accounts

  • How to create a system for collections that your staff can implement so that you can focus on other profit-building tasks
  • The secret to collecting on past-due accounts without generating client backlash
  • Simple best practices you can implement immediately to help minimize late payments.

Listen And Learn

Podcasts

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From The Vault

Previously unreleased lessons, event sessions, and direct coaching from RJon on building an exceptional law firm.

Profit First For Lawyers podcast logo

Profit First For Lawyers

Practical conversations for law firm owners who want stronger cash flow, more profit, and greater confidence in the numbers.

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Exponential Entrepreneur

Straight talk on building a business that creates more profit, freedom, and lasting growth without burning the owner out.