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Relationships Are Everything! Growing Your Business One Relationship at a Time

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I'm a senior manager of an accounting firm based in Hong Kong. A partner of our firm shared Mark Maraia's latest book, "Relationships Are Everything! and I've enjoyed reading it immensely. I find the book very useful for day in and day out marketing activities. It also helps a great deal in formulating my marketing plan. I'll definitely be telling my friends who want to build their practice about this book.

Aron from Hong Kong

As great as they are at practicing law, many lawyers do not have basic relationship-building skills. And, despite the ease of digital communications, selling legal services and practicing law still are anchored in relationships. In his newbook "Relationships Are Everything!," Mark Maraia provides practical guidance about how to initiate, advance and enjoy the benefits (business and otherwise) of strong relationships. In teaching lawyers at a large law firm how to sell and how to be better at sales, I regularly share concepts from Mark's earlier book, "Rainmaking Made Simple," and our lawyers already are utilizing the easy-to-understand, easy-to-implement ideas from his new book, "Relationships are Everything!" Though Mark is himself a trained lawyer and though this book clearly addresses sales issues of law firms, the instruction on how to build foundationsal relationships will benefit anyone trying to build and grow a business. Mark Maraia has helped me to relearn a verity in the legal marketing business: "Relationships ARE Everything!"

- Steve Bell
Chief Client Development Officer
Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice PLLC

Mark Maraia has done a fantastic job giving simple and sound advice about something complex - relationships. Relationships are what makes people tick and Mark has been able to skillfully write about ways to positively influence people. This influence will help not only your business, but the way you live your life. Several people in our organization have read Mark's books and have been blessed by advice to help us grow and become better. We work in the very poor country of Nicaragua and the tips in this book cover every economic class. We are grateful for Mark Maraia.

John Bland
Director - Amigos for Christ
Chinandega, Nicaragua

Highly recommended for lawyers, accountants, and any other professionals who want to grow their practice. There are so many great insights in this book that I have decided to go back through it and review my notes and highlights to pick just one thing to start implementing immediately. The book is a great reference tool that you would do well to keep on your desk, scan the table of contents often and re-read a chapter (they are short, thankfully!) that is relevant to a current issue you face. Maraia is the absolute top of the class as a business development consultant to professionals, and I have benefitted greatly by considering his advice.

As a young partner in a large law firm, I'm trying to grow my practice and develop my own clientele. Mark Maraia's methods, as explained in Relationships Are Everything! and his prior book, Rainmaking Made Simple, have been tremendously helpful for me as I've put them into practice over the past couple of years. I've been able to develop meaningful relationships with clients and referral sources using Maraia's practical advice. I highly recommend this book.