Today’s lesson is up in your feed, and it’s about taking intake calls yourself if you’re a solo without staff. This is a position a lot of lawyers find themselves in and it’s tough – you’re busy with work and in court, but you don’t want to let the get missed, because you need the clients. Money is tight, your budget is limited, you’re trying to build a practice and you need those new clients, but you also need to do the work of the clients who have already paid you. You don’t have the budget to hire someone to take the calls, but you don’t have the time to do them yourself.
Let’s talk about your options in this situation and strategies for growing your way out of the problem.