Mike O’Horo
Mike O'Horo

Known as “The Coach” throughout his long career, Mike O’Horo was a giant among his peers in legal marketing and business development. He trained more than 7,000 lawyers, simplifying powerful sales processes by which they generated $1.5 billion in new business. A serial innovator, earlier he developed RainmakerVT, a virtual BD training tool, and the sales training program ResultsPath. He wrote his column, “Well Said!,” on sales and business development truths for lawyers. Mike passed away in February 2022.

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  • How to Introduce Yourself as a Lawyer
  • Five Ways to Network at a Barbecue and Not Get Burned
  • What Prospects Really Need Is Help Making a Good Decision — These 10 Steps Will Do It
  • The Lateral Partner Revenue Mirage
  • Closing a Sale: How to Eliminate the Pain and Fear
  • Creative Price Negotiation
  • Business Development: Step One Is Always ‘Google It’
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  • Advice to New Associates on Becoming a Rainmaker
  • Not If, But When, Your Fortune 500 Client Goes Out of Business
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  • Magic Business Development Pill for Lawyers
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  • Stone Soup: A Client Development Metaphor
  • Do You Deserve Business Development Training?
  • Converting Post-Speech Inquiries: The Follow-Up Email and Phone Call
  • Convert Post-Speech Inquiries into Real Demand
  • Strategic December Business Development vs. Mere “Holiday Marketing”
  • A Baker’s Dozen ‘Seller’s Market’ Myths
  • Are You (Gulp) the Boring One?
  • Purge Toxic Clients from Your Practice, Part 2
  • Purge Toxic Clients From Your Practice, Part 1
  • My Clients Say They Only Want Me!
  • Have We Met? Mastering the Meet-and-Greet
  • Cross-Selling: Lawyers’ Three-Headed Sales Monster
  • First Time Meeting with a Prospective Client
  • It’s All About Relationships (Not)
  • Self-Destructive Language
  • Disengaging from a Dead-End Networking Conversation
  • How to Speak to Your Dream Client
  • Referrals: The Sales Investigation Meeting
  • When You’re Offered a Referral
  • Keep Your Referral Sources Vibrant
  • How to Stimulate Referrals from Every Matter
  • Want a Great New Job? Skip the Resume Black Hole
  • Rainmaking Steps: Skirting the Social Dilemma
  • Run a Great Meeting
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