Multiple blogs: can you have too many? Discussion on LinkedIn
Self-proclaimed "newbie" blogger Andy Arnold over at the LinkedIn Legal Blogging group recently posted a series of questions about blogging basics. Two of his questions sparked some particularly interesting discussion about the value of multiple blogs for multiple practice areas and the related issue, can you have too many blogs?
Attorney Alan Sherman responded:
"[I]f you have multiple blogs, you should consider cross-referencing each blog to the other one. A good place to do that would be in the "About" section where you describe the scope of your practice. In any case, the correct number of blogs for you is the number you can keep updated on a reasonably frequent basis and still make a living from your law practice."
Attorney Daniel Jaffe adds:
"I think you have too many blogs when your content is duplicated, but I don't think you would be out of line to have one for each of your two areas of focus. I think it's best to start with one area first, get good at it, and then start on the 2nd one."
Check out the discussion on LinkedIn to read more or add your voice to the conversation.
Kevin O'Keefe is the moderator of the Legal Blogging group on LinkedIn. If you're already a member of the Legal Blogging group, join the discussions or start your own. If you're not yet a member of the group, you can request to join.
I have a relatively easy time keeping up with Tumblr (for more links and quick thoughts) and my more substantive construction law blog listed above. With limited time, I can't keep up a substantive blog with more than weekly (sometimes bi-weekly) posts, but tumblr's mini-blog layout works well to keep interesting links and quick hits out there.