Comments on Who looks more strange? Geeks using social media or lawyers avoiding social media? | Real Lawyers Have Blogs http://kevin.lexblog.com/2009/11/articles/social-networking-1/who-looks-more-strange-geeks-using-social-media-or-lawyers-avoiding-social-media/ The majority of lawyers, including the management of large law firms, find people regularly using the Internet for social media and social networking to be an odd bunch. This group of 'younger people' are quickly dismissed as geeks and techies.... en-us Copyright 2012 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:35:53 -0800 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 10:52:23 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss jfb@lifeatthebar.com (Julie A. Fleming) I find it often helps lawyers to think about the internet as if it were made up of offline encounters. Were you looking for a new dentist, wouldn't you ask around and make sure the person you were considering was a good dentist before going to him? And if nobody knew any information about him, wouldn't you reconsider and try someone else--probably someone one of the friends you asked recommended?

Now all of this asking around is happening online. If you were to google this dentist you're considering and find no information about him, wouldn't you go to someone else--probably someone with some good reviews online?

It's important to have an online presence for many reasons, but at the very least because you want to be someone that people have heard of and that they think have a good reputation. Then you can work on increasing the value of your reputation.

]]> http://kevin.lexblog.com/2009/11/articles/social-networking-1/who-looks-more-strange-geeks-using-social-media-or-lawyers-avoiding-social-media/#6019033 http://kevin.lexblog.com/2009/11/articles/social-networking-1/who-looks-more-strange-geeks-using-social-media-or-lawyers-avoiding-social-media/#6019033 Mon, 16 Nov 2009 07:35:53 -0800