Over the years I’ve spent a lot of money for the services of PR professionals. They were good folks with a tough job. First, while not working inside in my law firms and companies, they had to learn as much as possible about me and what made my firms tick. Second, while being pounded on… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: March 2007
Blog lawsuits very limited in March
WebProNews’ Jason Miller reports on blog lawsuits in March. From reading his article, I don’t see much to be scared of. Looks like you’ve got to do some outrageous stuff to get sued for blogging. Anyhow, here’s Miller’s summary on 3 cases (one did not involve publishing a blog). Banks v. Milum – Georgia. $50,000… Continue Reading
Bob Ambrogi : Chat with the wizard of Rockport
In between working on things this week, I picked up the phone and talked with legal tech guru & writer Bob Ambrogi. Though we’ve exchanged emails and ideas via blog posts, I’d never talked to Bob. Wow, what I didn’t know. Bob’s a journalist in addition to being a lawyer. He’s the only person ever… Continue Reading
Niche legal bloggers could threaten legal publishers
A large legal publisher asked legal technology expert Ron Friedmann how the changing face of technology will affect large legal publishers. Ron’s answer covered the business context, content delivery, content creation, and the opportunities. Of particular interest to bloggers is content creation: Blogs, podcasts, wikis, XML, and other new (web 2.0) technologies will affect content… Continue Reading
Florida Bar adopts website ad regulation
After only four years, the Florida Bar Association has adopted regulations covering websites. Elizabeth Tarbert, who serves as the ethics counsel for the Florida Bar, told the Orlando Business Journal that: Website Rule 4-7.6 would allow lawyers to advertise their past results and statement characteristics concerning the quality of legal services through testimonials on Web… Continue Reading
Gossip blog for law firm at top of AmLaw 100?
You think Earle Yaffa, managing director of Skadden Arps, the highest revenue generating law firm in the country with its 2,000 attorneys, knows word is spreading across the Internet about a gossip and news blog called the Skadden Insider being run on a free Blogger blog? Here’s the description from Skadden Insider itself: Welcome to… Continue Reading
Law firm ads for molestation victims draw criticism
Pearson Law Offices in Lincoln, Nebraska (nothing listed in Google) is “raising some eyebrows as attorneys seek clients who claim that they have been molested,” per a report from Omaho’s WOWT. The law firm is running an ad that reads ‘If your innocence was taken, it’s time you got something for it.’ And continues if… Continue Reading
More evidence that Digg is not for law firm blogs
With so many blogs including social bookmark links at the bottom of posts, the most popular one being for Digg, lawyers always ask me if they should be adding the ‘Digg link’ to the bottom of their posts. Further evidence that a Digg social bookmark link does not belong on the majority of law blogs… Continue Reading
European employee fired for blog wins claim versus employer
The UK’s Workplace Law Network reports that an English employee fired for blogging won a claim against her employer. Catherine Sanderson’s ‘La Petite Anglaise‘ blog included her musings on her home and work life. Her employer, accountancy firm Dixon Wilson, was never named. Sanderson also remained anonymous, but her blog did feature her photo. Sanderson… Continue Reading
5 keys in evaluating blogs for your law firm
John Cass, a Boston marketing, social media strategies, and public relations strategist, shares 5 keys in evaluating blogs for your company. I’ll borrow them and, with a little commentary, apply them to law firms. Build an understanding of the keywords used by your community. Keywords are just the terms and phrases people may use in… Continue Reading
Online readers read longer into story than offline
Steve Rubel caught an interesting study from Poynter that people read farther into into online stories (77%) more than they do when perusing print (roughly 60%). We’re sure moving away from my (and I suspect others) early presumptions that people tend to read more offline than in print. Gone should be the days where we… Continue Reading
Blogs make it easier than ever to leave large law firms
Lawyers practicing for 4 to 5 years often feel trapped in their large law firm. A new condo or house, new car, and a lifestyle conducive with being a successful young lawyer requires a regular check and steady work a large law firm feeds you. The fear in leaving is that you’ll have no clients…. Continue Reading
Be an A-List blogger in your niche to succeed
There’s an ongoing discussion on the blogosphere about the A-List bloggers and how to become one. An A-list in Hollywood is the roster of the most bankable movie stars. The term has now been applied to the most popular and well trafficked bloggers. And humans being vain, we think we need to be on this… Continue Reading
Doctors blogs share patient details
Hundreds of doctors are blogging about patients, including harsh judgments of patients, per Detroit Free Press’ Margartia Bauza. The posts draw dozens of comments from patients and non patients. More absurd is the discussion in the article about doctors getting a patient’s consent before blogging about them and that patients concerned about such disclosures should… Continue Reading
New Wall Street Journal blog offers marketing opportunities to M & A lawyers
How would you like to regularly network with the Wall Street Journal’s top merger & acquisition reporter Dennis Berman? It’s now possible through the WSJ’s new ‘Deal Journal’ blog which provides an up-to-the-minute take on deals and deal-makers.From the WSJ Press Release: The Journal’s top M&A reporter Dennis Berman will lead the blog with former… Continue Reading