Central District Consumer Bankruptcy Attorney's Association

Hale,
We must be careful about making reference to a "Referral Service" as such are regulated by the State Bar.
Lou
>
> Great idea!
>
> I'll state the obvious: a referral service. Here's how it'd work -
>
> We talked about this at a board meeting once upon a time in relation to the
> website (say it with me now: www.bklawyers.org) This is just a twist on
> that. Base it on the caller's location. We each get to pick one area
> (larger multi-office firms pick just one? Delaware has two senators!).
>
> The way the website was (is?) going to fairly distribute potential business
> was to be we all pick one geographic a referral service based on geographic
> location of attorney/firm. Each of us would pick one area to service. The
> searcher puts in their zip code or city, and the attorney(s) in that area
> pop up. It would then rotate who appears first, based on that area. (I
> don't think the site ever developed this capability).
>
> I submit that our wonderful administrator does this manually. Of course,
> none of us have really picked an area yet. So that would be the first step.
> Organization and maintenance of the list is step two. Search and retrieval
> would be the final step, and the one which would/could/should lead to
> business for us all. This would ideally be done in conjunction with our
> website records so it's only done once.
>
> Of course, marketing the number a la 800-DENTIST or 800-FLOWERS is also
> probably the last and necessary step, and the Board and/or Publicity
> Chairman would get our number out via area-wide radio or print... playing up
> more our function and less our name. The general populace won't care about
> our cumbersome moniker. They just want help and a simple phone number to
> call to get it.
>
> My $.02,
> Hale
>
>
>
> _____
>
> David A. Tilem
> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 11:18 AM
> To: cdcbaa@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [cdcbaa] Toll Free Number for cdcbaa
>
>
> Dear cdcbaa Members:
>
> I am pleased to announce that cdcbaa now has a new toll-free telephone
> number. The number should be active by tomorrow. On a temporary basis, all
> calls will forward to my office. At its next session, the Board of
> Directors will decide how this number can best be used, but for now,
> suggestions would be appreciated.
>
> The number is: 1-888-4bk-atty or 1-888-425-2889
>
> David A. Tilem
> Certified Bankruptcy Specialist*
> Law Offices of David A. Tilem (a debt relief agency)
> 206 N. Jackson Street, #201, Glendale, CA 91206
> Tel: 818-507-6000 Fax: 818-507-6800
>
> * Bankruptcy specialist cert. by State Bar of CA Bd of Legal
> Specialization.
> Business bankruptcy specialist cert. by Amer. Bd. of Certification
>

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Great idea!
I'll state the obvious: a referral service. Here's how it'd work -
We talked about this at a board meeting once upon a time in relation to the
website (say it with me now: www.bklawyers.org) This is just a twist on
that. Base it on the caller's location. We each get to pick one area
(larger multi-office firms pick just one? Delaware has two senators!).
The way the website was (is?) going to fairly distribute potential business
was to be we all pick one geographic a referral service based on geographic
location of attorney/firm. Each of us would pick one area to service. The
searcher puts in their zip code or city, and the attorney(s) in that area
pop up. It would then rotate who appears first, based on that area. (I
don't think the site ever developed this capability).
I submit that our wonderful administrator does this manually. Of course,
none of us have really picked an area yet. So that would be the first step.
Organization and maintenance of the list is step two. Search and retrieval
would be the final step, and the one which would/could/should lead to
business for us all. This would ideally be done in conjunction with our
website records so it's only done once.
Of course, marketing the number a la 800-DENTIST or 800-FLOWERS is also
probably the last and necessary step, and the Board and/or Publicity
Chairman would get our number out via area-wide radio or print... playing up
more our function and less our name. The general populace won't care about
our cumbersome moniker. They just want help and a simple phone number to
call to get it.
My $.02,
Hale
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Dear cdcbaa Members:
I am pleased to announce that cdcbaa now has a new toll-free telephone
number. The number should be active by tomorrow. On a temporary basis, all
calls will forward to my office. At its next session, the Board of
Directors will decide how this number can best be used, but for now,
suggestions would be appreciated.
The number is: 1-888-4bk-atty or 1-888-425-2889
David A. Tilem
Certified Bankruptcy Specialist*
Law Offices of David A. Tilem (a debt relief agency)
206 N. Jackson Street, #201, Glendale, CA 91206
Tel: 818-507-6000 Fax: 818-507-6800
* Bankruptcy specialist cert. by State Bar of CA Bd of Legal
Specialization.
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Dear cdcbaa
Members:

I am pleased to announce
that cdcbaa now has a new toll-free telephone number. The number should
be active by tomorrow. On a temporary basis, all calls willforward to my office. At its next session, the Board of Directors
will decide how this number can best be used, but for now, suggestions would be
appreciated.

The number
is: 1-888-4bk-atty or 1-888-425-2889

David A.
Tilem
Certified Bankruptcy
Specialist*
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