Evan Williams, co-founder and CEO of Pyra Labs, makers of Blogger, now part of Google and now CEO of Odeo, Inc., a podcast software startup, shares his 'Ten Rules for Web Startups.' May not apply to law firms and professional service businesses looking for information on using blogs to market their business, but maybe it… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: November 2005
Jason Calcanis on AOL : Customer base & blogs
Jason Calcanis, one of the founders of Weblogs, Inc., now acquired by AOL, describes his experiences at AOL. From what I can see, and I've only been here a month, we've got some work to do at AOL in terms of talking with our customer base. …I'm pushing everyone here as hard as I can… Continue Reading
Grocery store blogs signal blogs will be as common as Web sites
It was only 7 or 8 years ago that we saw all sorts of businesses proudly announcing their websites. The same is happening when we see the likes of Fairway Foods in New York City posting a huge sign in their store promoting the store's new blog. Heather Green at BusinessWeek, my source for this… Continue Reading
Blawgs? Fatwa declared against name for lawyer blogs
Leading web developer Airbag Industries, says “If you must declare a fatwa so be it, just stop targeting humans and point your weapons of mass destruction towards,” among other things, “Alternative Names For A Type Of Blog, It's Still Just A Blog.” Gee, I think that's directed at folks like lawyers who like their blogs… Continue Reading
Solo lawyer practitioners profit from blogs if done the right way
Carolyn Elefant wonders if she has been too conservative as to blogs generating work for solo lawyer practictioners. When it comes to blogs, the question on almost every solo or small firm lawyer's lips is 'Will a blog get me business?' Once my answer to that question was a qualified 'possibly,' – I felt that… Continue Reading
Evangelists via blogs sell your products
Blogging evangelists are covered in an excellent article in US News & World Report. One example discussed was Google's hiring of Vint 'Father of the Internet' Cerf last year, and giving him the title of 'Chief Internet Evangelist.' Cerf explained, his job as “Helping people understand–both inside and outside of Google–what Google's potential is.” Though… Continue Reading
Click-to-Call advertising being tested by Google
Click to call advertising is being tested by Google. There's already a Google Click-To-Call FAQ on the Google site. We're testing a new product that gives you a free and fast way to speak directly to the advertiser you found on a Google search results page – over the phone. Here's how it works: When… Continue Reading
Technorati keeps you up to date by the minute
Ever wanted to follow RSS feed results at Technorati that were changing by the minute? Technorati has launched the Technorati Mini. It's a little popup window that refreshes your favorite search every minute so you can stay up to date while going about your web surfing as usual. Pop it open from any search engine…. Continue Reading
Large law firm blogs replacing email newsletters nets international recognition
Large law firm blogs replacing email newsletters resulted in Tom Baldwin, Chief Knowledge Officer of Sheppard Mullin being named IT Innovator of the Year by The Legal IT Forum. It was great to see Tom up there with other award recipients from firms around the world. The Legal IT Forum thought blogs replacing email newsletters… Continue Reading
RSS users visit more than twice as many news sites as non-users
According to a recent Nielsen report: RSS users are significantly more engaged in online news than non-users, visiting an average of 10.6 news sites compared with 3.4 news sites for non-users…Not only do RSS users visit more news Web sites than non-users, they also visit those sites more frequently. RSS users visited the top 20… Continue Reading
Nominations sought for best law blog – deadline 11/26
The Weblog Awards is seeking nominations for the best blogs in 34 different categories. New this year is a category for the best law blog. All you have to do is post a comment to nominate your favorite law blog. If you miss the November 26 deadline, keep trying as there are some excellent law… Continue Reading
Martindale-Hubbell online directory changes slow in coming
Martindale-Hubbell, an online directory of law firms now offering Internet marketing products to law firms, has had posted at its web site for at least 10 days that “Exciting changes are just around the corner at Martindale.com.” I thought the days of building websites with announcements of what's to come went out in the late… Continue Reading
Incomplete Guide to Blogs and the New Web : Seth Godin's free online book
Seth Godin has published a brief ebook entitled Who's There? The Incomplete Guide to Blogs and the New Web. You may download it for free by clicking here. How important are blogs per Seth Godin? I wish I had started a cable TV network in 1980. I also wish I had built a search engine… Continue Reading
Blog Marketing book is out : Great resource from Jeremy Wright
Jeremy Wright's Blog Marketing book is on the shelves at Amazon and other bookstores. Dave Taylor, publisher of The Intuitive Life Business Blog and very well respected in the blog marketing industry, says this in the foreword in Wright's book. “I can offer you no greater advice than to read and study this book as… Continue Reading
How to start a blog : Series of posts from The Blog Herald
Darren from The Blog Herald is running a series of posts on How to Start a Blog. Part one covers What to blog about. Source of post: ProBlogger