"I have heard Mark Merenda of Smart Marketing speak and have spoken with him. I find him to be an extremely knowledgeable marketing person and very nice also."
"We also have used Smart Marketing with success. Mark Merenda is very knowledgeable and helpful."
"As far as sitting down and talking..........nothing ventured, nothing gained. I sat down and talked with Mark at a conference last summer after which I became a client. If it doesn't click after you visit, then you both move on, and you both got to know another professional's point of view ......which isn't all that bad itself."
"I engaged Mark to assist me in my practice and I feel I am much the better for it. He is smart; his staff is very knowledgeable, focused and responsive; he has access to tons of information and alliances which he willingly shares; and, he’s a great guy to just know (well, he is a Boston Red Sox fan, but, hey, none of us is perfect). As with any consultant, you have to follow his advice and be willing to suspend your normal attorney inclination to think we know it all. I did a thing or two against his better advice and learned he was right. I like Dick’s suggestion to just sit with him a few minutes and see if what he can offer will fit with your vision for practice development."
"I agree, nothing ventured, nothing gained. I'm not a client of Mark's. There was a solicitation or something some time ago that I responded to which led to Mark and I having a very nice, long, telephone conversation. The size of my practice and demographics of my area didn't fit with Smart Marketing's model. Mark was very upfront about that, but more than willing to talk about marketing in general for our type of practice. There was no high pressure salesmanship at all. We both realized ours wouldn't be a good fit, accepted it, and had a nice discussion. Give him a shot."