Leave it to fellow Seattleites, Sachi and Lee Lefever, to make another complex idea easy to understand. For explaining social media to to your law firm, try Social Media in Plain English from their Common Craft Show. You may wish to check out the Common Craft Store, a resource for influencers and educators to purchase… Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: May 2008
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 5/31/08
Last day of the month, and we’ve got a great gift for all our readers. Couldn’t guess what? It’s another round of news from the LexBlogosphere, of course, packed full of interesting discussion – Doug Powell’s post is a particularly fascinating read – that could make even the dullest Saturday exciting. Raw milk debate: ground… Continue Reading
Challenge to lawyers : Rally to the cause of blogging
I was going to post this am lauding lawyers for well done blogging and encouraging them to continue the cause. Then Scott Greenfield to the rescue with his post challenging practicing lawyers to keep blogging. I suspect that there’s a wave of burnout happening amongst the trench people. Without any big news, something to grab… Continue Reading
Live LexBlog blogs for the week of 5/27-5/30
Since returning to the office on Tuesday, we’ve seen three new client bloggers – one from the western United States, one from the east and one from the south – launch into the blogosphere. The new projects debuted between May 27 and 30 were: The Tyler Appeals Blog, from Texas attorney Jeff Rambin. This appeals… Continue Reading
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 5/30/08
The week is drawing to a close, but before we post our weekly list of LexBlog blog launches and head out for the evening, we’ve got one last news roundup to tide you over until we return. Some of the discussion taking place today: Mukasey’s defense of professional irresponsibility – Kent Greenfield, professor of law… Continue Reading
Financial planner blogs an effective marketing tool : New survey
A recent survey by Kahuna Content, a New Jersey-based social media research company, found that financial planners’ blogs are effective in establishing themselves as experts in their field. So much so that most blogging financial planners are considering increasing their efforts in blog marketing. Particular findings include: Almost half of blogging financial planners say the… Continue Reading
7 tips for pitching your law blog to the firm
No question you need to address many of the items in my checklist, including ethics and frequency of posts, but here’s 7 additional tips for pitching your blog idea to your law firm. Comes from Deb Ng whose tips were for getting your blog picked up by a blog network, but I thought them equally… Continue Reading
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 5/29/08
Not much to say about today’s post besides the obvious: ten news briefs from around the legal community, from prominent blogging attorneys on both sides of the country. What more could you ask for on a Thursday afternoon? U.S. Supreme Court decides two new retaliation cases – The blogging lawyers & attorneys at Sheppard Mullin… Continue Reading
Which Fortune 500 businesses are blogging?
58 (11.6%) of the Fortune 500 are blogging as of this month. This per the ‘Fortune 500 Business Blogging Wiki‘ put together by Easton Ellsworth and John Cass working with Ross Mayfield of Socialtext. The wiki provides a directory of Fortune 500 companies that have business blogs, defined as: active public blogs by company employees… Continue Reading
How can a lawyer make money from social media?
I was following a recent discussion among lawyers where someone asked if other lawyers thought that ‘social media’ experts may have just made up the concept of social media. The theory being that so called ‘experts’ go to social media websites, create a persona, and then tell everyone they need to be on them so… Continue Reading
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 5/28/08
More content published today than you can shake a stick at, which left us with a wealth of content to pick from. This influx provided an opportunity to highlight those clients who aren’t showcased as frequently as some of their colleagues. Below, you’ll notice the names of some folks who are great bloggers but for… Continue Reading
Free Intro to Law Blogs webinar tomorrow (Thursday)
Just a reminder that I’m doing a free one hour webinar (at your computer) tomorrow, May 29 at 12 ET / 9 PT for members of the Legal Blogging Group at LinkedIn. Over 50 folks are already registered with a lot of positive feedback. Guess it goes without saying that law firms’ interest in blogging… Continue Reading
Social media, particularly blogs, challenging traditional media : New study
News of social media challenging traditional media comes from JD Lasica citing a 82 page whitepaper released by Universal McCann. (Click on ‘Wave 3′ on home page for copy) The report finds Social media, and blogs in particular, are becoming a more important part of global media consumption for Internet users than some traditional media… Continue Reading
Blogging lawyers are happier and healthier lawyers
I’ve always thought that lawyers who blogged found being a lawyer more fulfilling and in turn were happier than other lawyers. Now the therapeutic value of blogging is the subject of a study referenced in an article in this month’s Scientific American by Jessica Wapner. Self-medication may be the reason the blogosphere has taken off…. Continue Reading
Legal News – LexBlogosphere: 5/27/08
After the Memorial Day holiday, we return to our first full update since Friday. It looks like a lot of our bloggers were eager to get back to the working week: this morning we noticed a definite increase in updates when compared to some other recent Tuesdays. The development blues: property lies undeveloped for 30… Continue Reading