Rosalie Hamilton is the leading authority on
Expert Witness Marketing and Consulting and founder of Expert Communications. She has over 20 years of experience with marketing, management, sales, training and publishing. As a Strategist and Coach, she provides customized marketing plans and consulting to individual experts and firms.
Ms. Hamilton is a prolific writer, contributing to expert witness directories, newsletters and newspapers, and professional journals. Her book
"The Expert Witness Marketing Book: How to Promote Your Forensic Practice In a Professional and Cost-Effective Manner" is a MUST-HAVE resource for the expert consultant, whether seasoned veteran or newcomer with limited litigation consulting experience.
Ms. Hamilton is a popular speaker at conferences for such organizations as the American Society of Appraisers, NACVA, the Forensic Accounting Conference at Florida Atlantic University, SEAK, American Board of Vocational Experts, Appraisal Institute, Acoustical Society of America, Equipment Appraisers Association, and Forensic Expert Witness Association.
Services Include:
- One-on-one coaching on communication skills, how to present yourself in a professional manner in order to build confidence and poise for presentations and networking opportunities
- Review and analyze your current marketing, advertising, CV, engagement documents, rates and website, and evaluate your positioning with competition
- Recommendations and a personalized strategy, which includes ideas for branding or identity. Advise and suggest advertising opportunities, networking and publicity actions
- Design and produce printed materials such as business cards, stationery, brochures (for a group), and professional announcements
- Create websites in turnkey fashion -- organize, write/edit (wordsmithing), design and coding; and update, fine-tune, and optimize existing sites
- Marketing Management handling administrative details such as annual advertising and directory listing renewals
Areas of Expertise:
- Branding
- Business - Organization, Strategy
- Communications - Coaching
- Internet - Advertising, Marketing, Websites
- Legal - Marketing, Publications
- Management
- Marketing - Internet, Research, Workshop
- Media
- Public Relations
- Training
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Writing Articles to Create Publicity
Presenting yourself as a writer is a universally accepted form of professional promotion. Aside from producing peer-reviewed material for scholarly and other objectives, it just makes sense to show your prospective clients that you can express
Should You Be Using a Referral Service?
In addition, a referral service is a marketing and administrative option for a physician wishing to do Independent Medical Evaluations. Referral services are also called brokers, referral agencies or consulting agencies
Be a Better Expert Witness
We want to be better people, kinder, healthier, wealthier, thinner, and more competent at what we do.
For example, some of my personal goals for the coming year are:
In my dealings with people I will remind myself that almost everyone is coping with one or more personal issues that affect their potential for happiness in a major way and that they welcome a gentle word or touch
Who Said Experts Shouldn't Advertise?
I don't know where such an idea could have come from. I've only heard it from a couple of defense attorneys who of course don't want experts making themselves available for plaintiff lawyers as well as for defense (defense - including insurance - attorneys have no trouble finding experts
Expert Pay Discussion
A common refrain among expert consultants is, "How do I make sure I get paid?"
The most important step in getting paid is planning to get paid. Being compensated for your work is too important to leave to chance, hope or optimistic confidence in the decency of your clients. It's business, for goodness' sake
Rosalie Hamilton
How does a seasoned expert witness or a professional who is adding litigation consulting to his practice market his services to the legal community? This book describes how to build or increase a client base of attorneys and insurance personnel.
