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Your best cases are hiding... in your referral network! In this episode, Sasha Berson sits down with Delisi Friday, Founder of First Call Friday, who scaled a PI firm from 7 to 8 figures and grew staff from 3 to 30, with ZERO ad spend. How? She engineered referrals! Delisi reveals the 4-part referral system your law firm needs, the 5 lawyers you must have in your network, and why "November is the new December" to send holiday cards (this is game-changing). BONUS: Hear how lawyers are making MORE money from rejected cases. Tune in now. 📰 About Delisi Friday: Delisi Friday has been helping law firms grow since she was 15. Her father, a trial lawyer with 200+ trials to verdict, had her spend her summers answering phones at his firm. That hands-on upbringing turned into a 20-year legal career where she scaled a boutique PI firm from 7 to 8 figures and 3 to 30 staff through referrals alone. She has worked in four 8-figure businesses, 3 of them law firms, and helped build a company to $50M in 18 months. Today, as Founder of First Call Friday and host of the From Coffee to Cases podcast, Delisi trains lawyers across the country to turn their network into a robust referral machine. 👉 Sasha and Delisi explore: — Why "November is the new December", and how this timing trick ensures you never get lost in the crowd. — The 5 lawyers every attorney must have in their referral network (+ the practice area that generates the MOST referrals). — The FREE app that hands out lawyer referrals every single week (almost nobody in legal is using this). — The exact script to stay in touch with 100 referral partners without sounding salesy, pushy, or desperate. — How the cases you reject today could actually become a huge revenue stream (yes, really!) 👉 Main Takeaways from the Episode: — Open the Nextdoor app and search "lawyer" or "attorney." Respond to anyone asking for a recommendation in your practice area and city. It's free and takes 10 minutes. — Pull your last 90 days of rejected cases and identify which ones qualify for a shared attorney fee referral. Call those lawyers today, refer the cases, and start building a second revenue stream. If you enjoyed today’s show, please leave a review and subscribe so you never miss an episode. For more information and links to all of the resources mentioned in today’s episode, visit https://growlaw.co/ 📞 Connect with Delisi Friday: • Website: https://www.firstcallfriday.com/ • LinkedIn:   / delisifriday   📞 Connect with Sasha Berson: • LinkedIn:   / grow-law   • Instagram:   / grow_law   • YouTube:    / @growlaw   • Facebook:   / growlaw   • Email: [email protected] • Phone: (954) 620-5521 #legalmarketing #LawFirmGrowth #BusinessGrowth #LegalIndustryInsights Legal Marketing, Law Firm Growth, Business Growth, Legal Industry Insights 00:00 – Introduction 02:13 – The Four Target Audiences for Referrals 05:58 – Why Former Clients Give the Highest ROI 14:36 – Creative Timing for Client Holiday Cards 19:11 – Five Core Practice Areas for B2B Referrals 25:46 – How to Follow Up Without Being Annoying 30:07 – Tiering Your List and Scaling with Assistants 36:06 – The Importance of Acknowledging Referrals 39:24 – Turning Rejected Cases into Shared Attorney Fees 45:00 – Connect with Delissi

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