Start Smart: The Tech, Tactics and Targets You Need to Launch Your Practice with David H. Salmon, Co-Founder of ADR Support on Make Money Mediating #504

Building a Successful Mediation Practice with special guest, David H. Salmon

In this episode of the 'Make Money Mediating' podcast, host Susan Guthrie has a conversation with David H. Salmon, an attorney mediator and entrepreneur in the ADR field as a Co-Founder of ADR Support. They discuss key elements needed in launching, growing, and maintaining a successful mediation practice.

Susan and David discuss the importance of establishing a tech infrastructure, implementing a go-to market strategy, and maintaining growth within a practice. They highlight the role of the mediator in creating a personalized practice, the benefits of being associated with an established mediator, and the role of personal goals in business strategy.

Key Moments in the Episode:

00:02 Introduction and Guest Introduction
00:11 The Importance of Inside Knowledge in Mediation
01:11 Guest's Background and Experience
02:02 The Challenges of Transitioning into Mediation Practice
03:16 The Three Buckets of Practitioners
04:11 The Importance of Back-end Processes in Mediation Practice
04:56 The Role of ADR Support in Mediation
07:17 The Importance of Setting Goals in Mediation Practice
10:49 The Technical Infrastructure Needed for Mediation Practice
22:16 The Importance of a Go-to-Market Strategy
28:49 Maintaining and Growing Your Mediation Practice
38:48 Conclusion and Contact Information

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More About This Week's Special Guest:  David H. Salmon

David H. Salmon is the CEO of ADR Support, a complete back-office and administrative support service that works exclusively with professional neutrals nationwide. David and his team manage 90+ full time neutrals made up of 45 independent practices in 18 states. He is also the managing partner of Salmon & Dulberg Dispute Resolution, a large well-established panel firm in Florida. 

 

David is an expert at facilitating the transition into full time neutral work, and maintaining elite, highly profitable mediation practices. He is also a successful third generation mediator and proud father of two.

 

www.ADRsupport.com

david@ADRsupport.com

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Office: 866.425.7174

 

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Meet Our Creator and Host: Susan Guthrie

Nationally recognized as one of the Top Family Law Attorneys and Mediators in the United States, Susan Guthrie has been at the forefront of divorce practice for more than 30 years. After more than 20 years as a name partner in a leading law firm in Connecticut followed by establishing her own boutique Family Law and Mediation practice in 2012, Susan has in the past two years transitioned into one of the leading family, collaborative and mediation trainers in the world and regularly works with and consults with divorce professionals and attorneys in growing and marketing their practice for a happier and healthier life.

In 2020 Susan partnered with mediation legend, Forrest “Woody” Mosten, to create the Mosten Guthrie Academy to provide cutting edge gold-standard trainings for attorneys, mediators and other professionals. The Academy has grown in two years from one 40-Hour training program to a comprehensive curriculum of basic, advanced and specialized trainings and consulting groups for a vast family of dedicated professionals.

As a leading dispute resolution professional, Susan is honored to have been recently elected as Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Section of Dispute Resolution and looks forward to serving as the Chair of the Section in the 2024-2025 Bar Year. She was also recently elected as the ABA Section Officer's Committee Vice-Chair Representative.

Susan is also an internationally renowned expert in online mediation and has been training colleagues and other professionals in the practical and ethical considerations of conducting their mediations online with her innovative programs and webinars for more than two years. To date, more than 25,000 dispute resolution professionals have benefited from her program and she has trained mediators in countries all around the world including programs for the American Bar Association (ABA), the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada (ADRIC), and the National Association of Distinguished Neutrals (NADN) among others.

Susan is the award-winning creator and host of one of the top 3 divorce podcasts in the world and one of the top 1.5% of all podcasts worldwide, The Divorce & Beyond Podcast with Susan Guthrie which has more than 5,000,000 listens to date.