It was a huge day on the LexBlog Network as the total number of posts hit a record 173. In one of the best posts today, on a blog doing a great job breaking down major news, Bryant Esquenazi discusses the tragic death of comedian Greg Giraldo and the continuing rise in prescription drug overdoses…. Continue Reading
Monthly Archives: September 2010
Legal blogging group highlights for September 24 – 30, 2010
The Legal Blogging Group is now 4,472 members strong. Here are the highlights from the past week. A London-based legal marketer asked: Laptop or iPad? Perhaps legal bloggers are just early adopters: the iPad received overwhelming– yet fair– support. A Barcelona-based attorney replied, "for a Lawyer, as me, I think the iPad just is useful… Continue Reading
Transformation of blogging has been amazing
Blogs, once considered a fad by many, aren’t going anywhere. They’re being read by almost half of Americans. They’re becoming one in the same with mainstream media. And we can only expect the popularity of blogs to rise. That’s the word from a new report from eMarketer released last week titled, The Blogosphere – Colliding… Continue Reading
Best in Law Blogs : LexBlog Network : September 29, 2010
In guiding attorneys on what to blog about, especially when they’re having trouble finding time to blog or simply don’t know where to start, I always recommend beginning in one place: start with the low-hanging fruit. Think of questions your clients always ask, issues they have to deal with and concerns they always have. Then, blog… Continue Reading
With advertising in decline, will advertisers buy blogs from publishers?
Only 14% of people trust advertising. Newspaper and magazine circulation are in steep decline. That’s bad news for both the companies who advertise and for the publishers who rely on advertising to survive. What’s the answer? Publishers sell blogs to advertisers. For advertisers it’s a medium that enables them to engage their target audience in… Continue Reading
Best in Law Blogs : LexBlog Network : September 28, 2010
If you follow these daily roundup posts on a regular basis, you’ve likely seen that we occasionally include a section titled ‘LexBlog Network Highlights.’ We’d like to make that appear a bit more than simply ‘occasionally’ so if you have a blogging accomplishment or related achievement you think we should know about, let us know…. Continue Reading
Best in Law Blogs : LexBlog Network : September 27, 2010
In the 135 posts on the LexBlog Network today, Joseph Visco’s post on Facebook and divorce stood out to me as one of the most insightful. It’s obvious that social networks and Facebook in particular play a role in the day-to-day lives of younger couples but as it becomes more of an understood technology, we see its… Continue Reading
Want a roundtable on blogging and social media at your New York City or Cleveland law firm next week?
I am going to be in New York City next Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday, October 5, 7, and 8. On Wednesday I fly over to Cleveland for the day. I return to Seattle on Saturday. As part of my travels I’ve started doing roundtable discussions at law firms on blogging and social media. They’re about… Continue Reading
Influence in social media is not a numbers game
Suzanne Vara penned a wonderful post this morning at Social Media Today entitled ‘Influence is not a Mathematics Game.’ Lawyers and legal marketing professionals chasing numbers and statistics as a measure of their social media success ought to heed Vara’s message. Influence is from the relationships that we build within our community. What do the… Continue Reading
Use of RSS reader for timely news and info remains popular
When Bloglines, a popular web based RSS reader that launched in 2003, announced it was shutting down on October 1, discussion ensued that RSS was no longer a consumer experience, just a means to an end. The point being that RSS readers were not as popular with news and info being shared on Twitter, Facebook,… Continue Reading
New blogs joining the LexBlog Network for the week of 9/20-9/24
This week the total for new publications on the LexBlog Network hits seven with an old mainstay getting a bit of a rework. In that total, we have three new firms with their first blogs on the LexBlog Network. Welcome aboard Latham & Watkins, GordonDerr and The Killian Firm. Authored by the Latham & Watkins Capital Markets Group, the… Continue Reading
It’s this simple : It’s all social media
Per Kneale Mann this morning: It has very little to do with a web portal, zero to do with anything electronic, nada to do with any gadget or interface without one important ingredient – us! Anyone with an Internet connect can publish thoughts online and build an audience. I am not a social media expert… Continue Reading
Popularity of blogs continues to grow
The popularity of blogging continues to grow, both in the number of blog readers and in the number of blog publishers. This per a report on the continued rise of blogging from eMarketer today. More than half of web users will read blogs this year. By 2014, readership will rise to more than 150 million… Continue Reading
Best in Law Blogs : LexBlog Network : September 23, 2010
Wrapping up another gray day in Seattle (looking like winter is officially here), it’s time for another roundup. Today, Jim Walker analyzes a situation that arose from a member of a cruise line’s risk management department accepting a bribe from a law firm and Andrew Trask asks if Italian class action suits are, like other… Continue Reading
Twitter is something
CBS’s Late Show with David Letterman regularly features different sketches that follow the monologue and precede interviews with guests. One of the ones I always enjoyed is whether it’s “something” or “nothing.” The stage curtain is raised to reveal an individual or team performing an unusual flakey vaudeville-like stunt, often accompanied by music. Flanking the… Continue Reading