Click the
play button to view the testimonials from some
people that attended a previous Rainmaker
Retreat. Be sure to turn your speakers up.
"I learned today that I can do so much
more with so much less. I thought I had to
go to every Chamber of Commerce, every law
department meeting, everything that I needed to
do and I was wrong. I can do so much more by
doing less."
Carol Bradford, JD
Charitable Gift Planning
"This seminar was absolutely phenomenal.
The tools they gave us really, really are going
to leverage the time and make us more efficient.
For instance just the use of the press releases.
I had never dreamed of using press releases the
way that they recommend and how easy and cost
effective it is is going to bring my practice to
a different level. And then the technology, the
use of audio and video on my website and the
automation of communicating with my clients,
referral sources and prospects on a regular
basis and bringing a human touch to technology
and allowing me to allow people to see who I am,
what I am, what I’m about, what I can do for
them in an easy, straight-forward format. It was
just phenomenal. A lot of things that I
learned I never even thought I could do in that
kind of cost effective way."
Mel Abrahamson
"It’s absolutely incredible. My personal
opinion is that in a few years, everybody is
going to be taking this course as one of the
foundations of marketing. And, anybody that
hasn’t taken the course isn’t serious about
marketing. There are plenty of courses I’ve
gone to just in general and I’m sure all the
attorneys feel this way that it’s usually very
boring and you don’t really learn much that is
applicable right away. That was totally
different today I’m taking things I’m going
to immediately commence as soon as this
weekend is over."
Paul Cheng, Esq
Solo Practicioner
"This program has been great. It’s really helped
me think outside the box; to see things
differently. I went to law school to learn
how to practice law and how to learn legal cases
and legal theories and principles and I come
here and I learn how market my practice and make
money and enjoy what I’m doing. I highly
recommend it."
John Wollman, Esq, Partner
Business Litigation & IP
"For me the Rainmaker Retreat has been
fabulous in teaching me how to build and
maintain my network of contacts and build a
profile in the professional. My time couldn’t
have been better spent these last two days."
Johnny Griggs, Esq, Managing Partner
Litigation Firm
"Picking up out of this, I think a lot of
what I got out of it was in terms of the
websites, and how to update the websites, what
to add and include, as well as items with
press releases, that definitely has got to be a
big one as far as getting out there and getting
your name known and getting the company and firm
known."
J.J. Smith, Marketing Director
Litigation Firm
"I am completing the seminar today and probably
the most important thing I’ve learned is you
can teach an old dog new tricks. A lot of
the things I was doing right I stumbled upon.
The things that I liked about this seminar is
that it’s not theory, it’s things you can apply
to your practice immediately. For instance
one of the things I will use is the
‘keep-in-touch’ letter. By that I can keep in
touch with clients that I may have lost contact
with and that’s a major source of referrals so
that’s something I can put into use
immediately."
Jim Hearn, Esq, Partner
Real Estate
"I’m excited to get back to my practice to try
to implement some of the things I’ve used. I’ve
been a trial lawyer for 37 years - I’ve tried
all sorts of cases but what I need is to do is
find a way to market myself so I get the kinds
of cases and kinds of clients I want. Most of
the traditional methods of marketing I’ve always
thought didn’t work, today that was confirmed
for me. What I want to do is go back and do
the things I really like which would be press
releases, internet activity, and personal
contacts and through selected areas that I can
focus on and build the cases I want to get in
the door."
Jerry Coughlan, Esq, Partner
Litigation Firm
"This program has been absolutely terrific
in so many different areas but the one that I
took away from is about the internet, marketing
through the internet, particularly through
blogging. I learned that you can give
information to clients as well as gather
information from clients or potential clients
and it’s great way of building your practice
and keeping in touch."
Janine Avner, Esq, Partner
Estate Planning
"We just finished day one of the Rainmaker
Retreat and it was awesome. I learned so much
in one day I can’t believe it. In fact they
gave us a hypothetical with something that
somebody was doing for marketing and before
coming here I would have thought she was all the
right things. By the end of the day, even before
the end of the day, I knew that everything she
was doing was probably not the best thing and
there were a million better ways to do it. Thank
you Rainmaker Retreat, I’m really looking
forward to putting these things into action."
"I came to the Rainmaker Retreat to learn about
how to develop my practice. They have developed
a very simple system for developing your
practice in a quick and effective manner.
Today I learned that I’m going to develop a
website that will really reach out to clients
and help me learn about their needs at the same
time.
I recommend the Rainmaker Retreat for people
that want to focus their practice on effective
marketing strategies and reaching out to clients
rather than just sitting and waiting for client
referrals to come to them."
Hannah Bentley, JD
Public & Environmental Law
"The course forces you to look at where your
practice is at this particular point and then
using several tools to evaluate what will work
best for your area of practice."
[Who would you recommend attend the Rainmaker
Retreat?]"Anybody that wants to generate for
business for their business. For me it was how
exactly the nuts and bolts of setting up a
website that was not going to bore people, how
to draw them in and make them stay and look at
you and differentiate yourself from other
people."
James Wolfsen, JD
Family Law
"There’s one thing I really loved about Stephen
Fairley’s program is that he taught me how to
become positioned as an expert within my own
industry. That’s going to position me as an
expert such that people will be calling me to
find out about their intellectual property
problems such that they can dominate the world."
James Yang, JD
Intellectual Property
"Today we had a great seminar with Stephen and
Travis. A main thing about attorneys and how
they market themselves is all they have is
themselves to market. It was great to hear them
talk about how to effectively use ourselves to
market our product which is our service.
The
main thing I was able to get from the seminar is
marketing just doesn’t mean advertising it means
a lot more. I think this is a great seminar for
solo practitioners to expand their market."
Raymond Hovsepian, JD
Real Estate Attorney
"I came here today without much focus on where my
business came from or how to get it. When I left
today I realized I can really take more control
through speaking, publishing, doing some other
things that is really going to increase my
business."
Patrick DeCarolis, JD
Family Law
"One thing I picked up here from this retreat,
apart from it being really fun, is about
referrals. … I learned we need to branch out, we
need to talk to people in other types of
businesses that can also bring us clients and
another thing I didn’t know about is articles –
about submitting articles on the internet.
Now I’m thinking we need to talk to other
types of attorneys…..
I recommend that attorneys send their staff
to the next Retreat because they will learn a
lot and then they can teach everyone else at the
firm what to do."
Araceli Parra
Marketing Director for
Criminal Defense Attorney
Developing and Implementing a Strategic Growth
Plan
“Stephen Fairley
presents a
clear and compelling path to marketing success.
His tips on "making rain" will leave you needing
an umbrella wherever you go!” —Jonathan Pink, JD, Partner (Costa Mesa, CA)
“It has taken me 30 years of trail & error to
learn many of the techniques that Stephen
Fairley taught us in 1 evening! This is an
incredibly focused and practical seminar.”
—Michael Pfiefer, Esq, Managing Partner (Santa
Ana, CA)
“Your presentation was great! I left feeling
excited about my practice because I felt, for
the first time, I could successfully market it.”
—Alicia Gieck, JD, Partner (Moline, IL)
“I'm walking out of here with a specific,
written marketing plan!” —Brian Forde, JD (Chicago)
“Concise, cogent and
detailed enough to give
me a specific plan to implement.” —Peter McGinnis, JD (Poughkeepsie, NY)
“This is a great way to jump start a
firm-wide marketing program.” —Edward Rickert, JD Partner (Downers Grove, IL)
Significant Increases in Focus,
Motivation, and Productivity
“For the first time I can remember, I now
have a clear strategy for getting more business.
Stephen Fairley is great!” —Gail Owen-Smith, Esq (Long Beach, CA)
“This program
encouraged me to focus on
certain markets and specific solutions I can
offer so I stop spinning my wheels aimlessly.”
—Charles Wolf, JD, Managing Partner (Joliet, IL)
“Great Speaker! Very organized presentation.
Material is simple enough to not be overwhelming
but full of great content.
I can take this and readily implement a good
marketing strategy.” —Thomas Miles, JD Partner (El Cajon, CA)
“This presentation was
focused, concise and
very practical.” —Wesley Beverlin, JD Partner (LA)
“Stephen Fairley has
inspired me to go out
and get involved with a trade industry servicing
my specialty.” —Charles Skop, JD (Garden City, NJ)
“The Rainmaker presentation was phenomenal!”
—Glenn Guttman, (Chicago)
Increased Marketing Effectiveness by
Partners & Associates
“It's time to
start treating my practice like
a business and boldly marketing my services
effectively. Thanks for showing me how!”
—Kevin Reina, JD (Staten Island, NY)
“Stephen's program caused a breakthrough for
me. The ideas and enthusiasm his program created
in me just won't quit!”
—Miranda Dempsey, JD, Partner (Tustin, CA)
“This program
lit a fire in me to get out and
personalize my practice and
turn my clients and
into my best referral system.” —Stephen Liberatore, JD, Partner (San Francisco)
“Stephen really challenged us to commit to a
marketing plan that was achievable and geared to
help us make more money.” —Timothy Daley, JD Partner (San Diego, CA)
“The Rainmaker seminar
provided me with
solid, useful tactics I can immediately start
using.” —Ronald Paja, JD (Stockton, IL)
“This program assembles a lot of marketing
information and organizes it into
useful
strategies.” —Ronald Katter, JD (NYC)
“This gave me
a ‘Step-by-Step” approach to
taming the ‘Market Monster.’ Great Job!” —Mercedes Cruz, JD, Partner (Los Angeles)
Discovering How to use A Competitive Edge
for Maximum Impact
“This program showed me
specific strategies
that are easy to implement. I had no idea that
marketing could be so easy.” —Elisabeth Kovac, JD (NYC)
“You walked me through a complicated subject,
ripped it apart, and made it easily digestible.
Thank you” —Paul Kerzner, JD (Ridgewood, NY)
“I learned how to find contacts through
Strategic Referral Partners who are doing
business with people I want as clients.” —Debi Young, JD (Livingston, NJ)
“Definitely motivating and inspiring!
Practical advice with specific action steps.”
—Amanda Mineer, JD, Managing Partner (San Diego,
CA)
