Comments on 7 reasons why lawyers using Twitter need a blog | Real Lawyers Have Blogs http://kevin.lexblog.com/2009/01/articles/blog-basics/7-reasons-why-lawyers-using-twitter-need-a-blog-/ Twitter's been a game changer in lawyer networking, branding, and client development. But that doesn't mean lawyers using Twitter can forgo a blog. You still need a blog. Here's seven reasons: Twitter, despite a meteoric rise in popularity (mirroring blog... en-us Copyright 2010 Mon, 12 Jan 2009 14:50:55 -0800 Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:26:03 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ejohnson@ebjlaw.com (Eric Johnson) What about LegalOnRamp.com?

]]> http://kevin.lexblog.com/2009/01/articles/blog-basics/7-reasons-why-lawyers-using-twitter-need-a-blog-/#2410364 http://kevin.lexblog.com/2009/01/articles/blog-basics/7-reasons-why-lawyers-using-twitter-need-a-blog-/#2410364 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 09:52:27 -0800 bcarton@securitiesdocket.com (Bruce Carton) Couple others:

1. You own your blog and all the content. You control it. If Twitter goes out of business tomorrow or some evil Twitter person deletes your account,then what? You have nothing.

2. As Francis Pileggi said here (http://twitter.com/fpileggi/status/1105843855), it is easy to search your body of work on a blog of your own. After you've written hundreds of posts it turns into a valuable archive that you can quickly draw upon.

]]> http://kevin.lexblog.com/2009/01/articles/blog-basics/7-reasons-why-lawyers-using-twitter-need-a-blog-/#2413952 http://kevin.lexblog.com/2009/01/articles/blog-basics/7-reasons-why-lawyers-using-twitter-need-a-blog-/#2413952 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:11:27 -0800 grant@g2webmedia.com (Grant Griffiths) A blog is something you "own" and can grow. It is where you can put so much information and content in one place too. Twitter will never replace blogging. It will however, enhance it and help you grow your blog.

]]> http://kevin.lexblog.com/2009/01/articles/blog-basics/7-reasons-why-lawyers-using-twitter-need-a-blog-/#2414657 http://kevin.lexblog.com/2009/01/articles/blog-basics/7-reasons-why-lawyers-using-twitter-need-a-blog-/#2414657 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:55:08 -0800 jamespfarrell54@gmail.com (JP Farrell) All professional services firms should have blogs, the perfect medium for providing an arms-length, yet personal introduction to its thought leaders. Clients hire a firm because they have come to trust the its principal(s). Who has time for lunch anymore, much less golf?

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