Real Lawyers Have Blogs : Law Blogs, Social Media, Twitter

It's been a while since we checked in with the legal blogging group over at LinkedIn, but the discussions are flying fast and furious. The wealth of knowledge on blogging and social networking is invaluable, whether you're a veteran blogger or just starting out.

• How NOT to keyword optimize: Los Angeles civil litigation & trial attorney Aaron Morris gives an example of keyword linking gone terribly awry.
• Google Blogger or Wordpress?: Idaho trial attorney John Kormanik asks what platform he should use to start blogging.
• Share some mistakes and what you've learned: This is a great topic, and has generated dozens of comments. New York personal injury attorney Lawrence Berezin asks what mistakes bloggers have made and what they have taken from them.
• Networking: are you a giver or a taker?: Attorney marketing specialist Brian French discusses the reciprocity of social networking.

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.

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Checking in with the Legal Blogging Group on LinkedIn shows a few lively discussions on maintaining multiple blogs and how to take your blog to the next level.

• What can I do to take blog to the next level?: Los Angeles HOA attorney Robert DiNichilo polls the group for advice, a month after launching his blog.
• Do any of my fellow legal bloggers publish more than one blog?: New York attorney and business advisor Lawrence Berezin asks for insight on maintaining a high quality while publishing to more than one blog.
• Yellow Page Advertising: Attorney and website marketing company owner Dan Goldstein asks if group members are dropping their yellow page advertising in favor of online ads.

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.

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With 30 new discussions in the last week, the Legal Blogging Group at LinkedIn continues to be a great resource for feedback and conversation about blogging and social networking.

• Lost in the blog world: what to do?: Los Angeles estate planning & elder law attorney and director of Client Relations Elizabeth Meehan asks several questions about the purpose of blog, frequency of posting, and what makes a blog good. There are 22 comments on this post already, clearly a hot issue for group members.
• My blogging has dropped off since...: Seattle law firm accounting manager Robert Wood confesses how his Twitter addiction is affecting his blogging. This is another fascinating thread with plenty of members admitting their own Twitter "problems."
• Twitter privacy issues: Switzerland trademark attorney Alfred Strahlberg raises the question of privacy and Twitter.

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.

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The LinkedIn legal blogging discussion group has been blowing up recently, with some great new blogs getting feedback and provocative questions stirring up debate:

• Can social networking help attorneys get better results for their clients?: Marketing specialist at LexisNexis David Knott addresses the Martindale Hubbell Connected debate.
• Do third-party ads belong on law blogs?: Chicago law blog consultant Amy Derby weighs the pros and cons on ads on a blog.
• Quantity vs. quality: Boston jury behavior expert Edward Schwartz addresses a perpetual concern of bloggers.
• How can bloggers/communicators help rescue the economy?: Washington D.C. Knowledge Management Lead Neil Olonoff asks how the sharing of information by bloggers and media members can help the financial crisis.

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.

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The Legal Blogging Discussion Group on LinkedIn is a great place to go to get feedback on your blog from other lawyers and legal professionals interested in blogging and social networking. Check out those threads and other from this week:

• Feedback and more feedback: Montana personal injury attorney Solomon Neuhardt and Los Angeles real estate lawyer Robert DeNichilo both ask for feedback on their new sites.
• How long have you been blogging?: Chicago technology paralegal Geroge Weinert V asks around at how long folks have been blogging. Some of the responses are pretty surprising.
• What does "social networking" mean to you?: London consultant Penny Edwards polls the group on how they use social networking in their law practices.

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.

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This week over at the LinkedIn Legal Blogging Group, lawyers and legal professionals are abuzz about a cleverly titled new legal blog and more:

• A different type of legal blog, Practicing Law Sucks: Los Angeles business coach Jerome Bame shares his new blog devoted to "relieving the pain and suffering of lawyers."
• What luxuries or name-brand items are you refusing to give up?: North Carolina attorney Donna Ray (Berkelhammer) Chmura asks for feedback on what lawyers just can't part with, despite any economy-related cutbacks.
• Syndicating your blog: any legal issues?: Houston web developer Greg Davis asks if there are other legal issues to be aware of when syndicating blog content besides the standard copyright issues and privacy concerns.

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.

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With over 2,000 members, the Legal Blogging Discussion group at LinkedIn always provides diverse opinions from lawyers, legal professionals and members of the blogosphere. Our roundup this week includes posts on website development, IM clients and importing legal blog posts:

• Creating a law firm website: Washington D.C. international arbitration attorney Charbel Moarbes asks for suggestions and advice about webhosting, design and pricing for a new law firm website.
• Importing legal blogs: NYC-area securities and broker-dealer attorney Mark Astarita seeks others' thoughts on general legal web sites importing the full text of legal blog posts without consent from the author.
• The Best Third-Party IM contest: Bulgaria software company CEO Stefan Chekanov shares the results of a poll on software that can access and manage different/multiple messaging clients.

Go to LinkedIn to read more discussions, or to add your voice to the conversation.

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The discussions have been animated over at the Legal Blogging Discussion Group on LinkedIn. We're seeing a lot of networking connections as well as debate and discussion over blogging platforms. Check out some of the recent topics.

• Just starting out on Wordpress: Business development director Eric Pursch wants to switch over from Blogger, and asks the group for some advice.
• Need some new feeds: Seattle-based accounting manager Richard Wood reaches out for tips on good blogs on commercial real estate, employment law and environmental legislation.
• How much can you make from ads on a niche blog?: New York-based general counsel consultant Rees Morrison inquires about the ins and outs of advertising on a blog.

Go to LinkedIn to read more discussions, or to add your voice to the conversation.

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In the last week, there have been 57 new discussions started at the LinkedIn Legal Blogging Discussion Group. The group is a great place to ask a question, get feedback on a blog post or a new blog design, or get more informed about social media tools like Twitter.

• Need help deciding on a website look: Denver attorney Elizabeth Lewis asks group members for their opinions on two possible designs for her website and gets ample feedback.
• Who's using Twitter with your blog?: Buffalo insurance coverage attorney Roy Mura asks if and how group members are using Twitter in their blogging. Many have chimed in with examples here, using Twitter to direct traffic to their blog, increase their Internet profile and "as a placeholder for post ideas and cases I want to post about later."
• How would a law firm use Twitter?: An older post by Cincinnati real estate attorney Brad Kaplan gets some new attention as group members debate forms of internal and external communication for law firms.

Go to LinkedIn to read more discussions, or to 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.

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