Pipelineplus Blog
Insights for Relationship-Driven Growth
Actionable strategies for professional services leaders who value relationships as much as revenue. Whether you're building business, refining strategy, or optimizing profitability, these articles focus on what moves the needle.
Do You Have What It Takes to Create Collaborative, Cross-selling Teams?
Your firm is leaving millions on the table—35% of single-practice clients walk away, while those using multiple services stay. Stop the bleed: discover how to break cross-selling barriers and turn collaboration into your firm’s biggest profit driver.
Advisor Spotlight: Rich Bracken
Spend a session with Rich and you’ll quickly see why he’s known for his vibrant energy and rich insights (pun fully intended!). With over 20 years of experience helping professionals elevate their leadership, business development, and client relationship skills, Rich has built a strong reputation for equipping clients with the strategies and tools they need to succeed.
Advisor Spotlight: Melissa Hoff
As a trusted coach and strategist to law firm leaders, Melissa helps seller-doers build business development programs that deliver results and support firm-wide goals.
Advancing Business Development Maturity – A Roadmap for Long-Term Success
Is your firm stuck in reactive business development—or building a revenue-driving machine? Discover the 5-stage maturity roadmap that transforms sporadic networking into systematic, firm-wide growth.
Advisor Spotlight: Kip Guthrie, MBA
With over 30 years of experience, Kip has helped law firms and professional services organizations grow their businesses and strengthen leadership
Maximizing Business Development ROI: Why Less Is More
Business development is often viewed as a numbers game—more meetings, more networking events, more outreach. However, the most successful rainmakers take a different approach. Instead of chasing quantity, they focus on quality.
Advisor Spotlight: David E. Wood, JD
David brings nearly four decades of legal experience, having spent 38 years as a practicing attorney, most recently as a senior partner at Barnes & Thornburg LLP, and earlier as the founder of his own law firm
Is Your Law Firm AI-Ready? Preparing for the Inevitable Shift in the Legal Industry
As AI continues to advance at an exponential pace, law firms must confront an uncomfortable reality: AI-driven efficiencies challenge the very foundation of the traditional billable hour model. The legal profession is on the brink of a seismic shift, and while it’s tempting to view AI as a distant disruptor, the truth is, firms need to start planning for the impact of AI today. The next five years will determine which firms thrive and which are left behind.
Advisor Spotlight: Kathleen Flynn
Meet Kathleen, a seasoned business development and marketing strategist with decades of experience helping professional service firms grow their client base, elevate their brand, and drive revenue.
Advisor Spotlight: Carmelo Millimaci, PCC
With more than 10 years of coaching experience and 20 years in corporate business development and marketing, Carmelo brings a unique blend of insight, strategy, and real-world experience to every client conversation
The Essential Role of Business Development Coaching in Law Firms
In today’s competitive legal landscape, law firms need to be constantly evolving. The pressure to grow and sustain a thriving practice is immense, from acquiring new clients to retaining existing ones. One of the most effective ways to navigate these challenges is through structured business development coaching.
The Power of Support: Building a Successful Business Development Coaching Program
In the competitive world of professional services, law firms need a structured and effective business development coaching program to achieve sustained success.