Business development and marketing leaders 2023
reports|July 2023Where does law firm BD and marketing want to see progress as a priority?
INSIDE
Where are law firm business development and marketing leaders of today gaining ground, seeing significant transformation and facing the greatest challenges?
WHAT'S ALL THIS?
Briefing business development and marketing (MBD) leaders is back to assess progress against key firm and role challenges, plus aspects of process change in 2023, as well as posing this group of senior strategic stakeholders a number of questions about focal points in their functions for the very first time.
Do they have the influence they need, and in which parts of the remit would they prioritise additional resource/roles for greatest business impact?
How confident are they that the firm’s approach to data is gearing them up for success?
How do they measure client relationship success, and is there a framework for delivering consistent experience across the firm?
Read on for the full picture, with extra insight from leaders facing these forces and balancing priorities in the real world.
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In 2023, we’ve once again asked where leaders believe additional investment in business development and marketing expertise now would be likely to yield the strongest return. As in 2022, client relationship management (CRM) clearly leads (65%). But the idea of seeing improvement in lead generation/sales is hot on its heels (58%) – overtaking the idea of growing ‘data expertise’ (35%).
Leadership confidence in the firm’s current data processes, culture or underlying technology falls into a classic bell curve, leaning somewhat towards the less confident. Almost one-third (31%) are less than 50/50 on the point – with 8% not confident at all.
The application of a range of law firm ‘client relationship health’ indicators is an area where the picture is broadly consistent with findings in 2022. Lagging indicators like average matter profitability (74%) and client satisfaction scores (67%) lead – but there is an increase in the number saying they measure strength in client referrals (49%) and looking externally at competitor analysis/share of wallet (33%).
