How to Generate New Business
With Client Reviews
Applying Learnings From the Legal Trends Report at Your Firm

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Agenda
● Meet the panelists
● Power of 5 star reviews
● Marketing spend
● Asking for reviews
● Navigating reviews
● Helpful tools
● Additional resources
● Q&A

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Jocelyn O’Neill
Senior Virtual Events Manager, Clio
jocelyn.oneill@clio.com
Geeta Daswani
Founder at The Daswani Law Co.
geeta@thedlc.co.uk
Today’s Speakers
Allen Rodriguez
Founder, ONE400
allen@one400.com

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How many of you
actively ask for reviews?
a. I do
b. I don’t
c. I don’t know how
d. I don’t because I am
worried about negative
reviews

Legal Trends
Findings

Power of a
5 Star Review

Client Journey
1. Someone experiences a compelling event
2. They confide in a friend or family member
3. They conclude they need legal help
4. Absent a referral from a personal trusted source, they turn to
the internet for help
5. This is where marketing and reviews begin to have a really
fast and big impact on hiring decisions

Evaluating a lawyer, what is easier?
1. How many cases like mine have you litigated in the
past year?
2. Do you maintain malpractice insurance?
3. What will be the experience like for me once I hire your
firm?
4. What percentage of your practice is dedicated to
solving problems like mine.
5. What administrative support do you have?
6. How much caseload do you have now? Do you have
capacity for a matter like mine?
7. How does your office manage appearance conflicts?
Will you be using of counsel or appearance attorneys
on my matter?
This Or this?

Edging out your competition
1. People would rather interview past clients than continue interview an attorney
2. Reviews are your past clients real (mostly) stories about their experience with you
3. How they left “feeling” about the consultation
4. Price might also likely be a factor
If all things were equal (i.e., price, qualification) what would a lay person rely on to make a final
decision?

Edging out your competition
Which rating has the greatest influence on purchasing decisions?

Edging out your competition
2018 study published in the Journal of Consumer Research found
that four-star reviews can be more persuasive to potential customers
than five-star reviews — increasing the likelihood of a purchase by
19%.
Boston University’s Associate Professor Daniella Kupor, also explains,
“We found that when people saw the four-star review, they thought
that the review was more through and that the reviewer’s evaluation
was more accurate… A very thoughtful, moderately positive
review can more greatly persuade people to purchase a product
than an extremely positive review that clearly didn’t result from a lot
of thought.”
4 Star reviews with plenty of context are best.

Accountability partner
● Reviews are real feedback about how your office is performing
● You can use that feedback in the same way an athlete uses workout data to improve their
performance
● Improving your client satisfaction/delight will result in more referrals and less marketing
spend
● Before soliciting reviews, I recommend using Net Promoter Score (NPS) for measuring
client satisfaction
For more on NPS read:
https://hbr.org/2003/12/the-one-number-you-need-to-grow

Lower Your
Marketing Spend

Law firm marketing is expensive
According to Wordsteam, the keyword “Attorney” and
“Lawyer” hold the 4th and 6th position for most expensive
keywords.
“Attorney” average cost per click is $47.07
“Lawyer” average cost per click is $42.51
When you take conversion rates into account:
The cost per lead can range from $90 to $600.

Law firm marketing is expensive
● It is much more cost effective to provide your clients with a delightful experience than it is to outspend
your competitors.
● Friends and family referrals are highest quality leads (presold)
● Organic search also provides high quality leads, but can also be expensive

Positive reviews are your new referral sources
1. Someone asks a friend or family member for a referral
2. They provide a name and then tell the person in need to
use Google for contact information
3. The person in need starts forming an opinion about your
firm based on those search results

Positive reviews are your new referral sources

Asking for
Reviews

Geeta’s process
1. Once a matter is concluded we get in touch with the client to check in. We ask them
- if they have any further questions or if we can provide any further support
- If they are comfortable with the deliverables and donʼt need further support can we close the file and
send over the invoice
- to leave us a review. We make sure we include the link to our Google Reviews page so that the client can
submit their review as seamlessly as possible
2. Once a client has left us a review we make sure to reply to it within 24-48 hours

Have a process and follow it
1. Choose a survey cycle - conclusion of every deliverable
2. Ask if the client/prospect is finding the interaction valuable
3. Let the client/prospect know that youʼll be asking for a review
4. Attempt to delight the client/prospect
5. Send a follow up communication along with the review request

Case study
1. Incoming call goal, be helpful
2. They aim to be a resource
3. They focus on service to the caller
4. They have dedicated staff to focus on clients
5. They aim to provide value
6. They ask for reviews
526 reviews at an average of 5 stars

Navigating
Negative Reviews

Negative reviews are not the end of the world
1. Respond to negative reviews
2. Take ownership of actual shortcomings
3. Take ownership of normal processes and procedures
4. DO NOT REVEAL ANY CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION

Negative reviews

Negative reviews

Negative reviews

Helpful Tools

3rd party applications
Or build your own using Google Forms:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_0483jfcRU&t=52s

Have a process and follow it
https://bit.ly/3AEdSa3

Have a process and follow it

Have a process and follow it

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Additional Resources

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Additional Resources
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● Google my Business in Clio
● Clioʼs App Directory for Review Tools
● Report: 2022 Legal Trends Report
● Webinar Series: Applying Learnings From the Legal
Trends Report at Your Firm
● CLE-Eligible Webinar: 2022 in Review:
What's Working for Your Firm and What Isn't
● CLE-Eligible Webinar: Legal Tech Roundup: Tools and
Services Your Firm Needs in 2023

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Additional
Questions

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Thank You