Law firms must monitor discussions about them : Seth Godin

Seth Godin asks Are you checking on yourself?

Look at his first hand example relating to his new book:

My new book (Seth Godin – Liar’s Blog) ships this week, and I can’t help it, I’m nervous about whether people will get the ideas I’ve stuffed inside of it. I’m also nervous about whether those ideas will spread, but that’s a whole different type of nervous.

If I go to Technorati and search  (Technorati: Search for all marketers are liars) I find more than 200 different published opinions about the book. instantly. For free. This is before the book even ships!

Seth then asks the key question which all law firms should be asking. “Are you doing this for your products? Your issues?”

No, the blogosphere isn’t always right (it’s only right when it agrees with you, of course). But there’s so much feedback, and much of it is in great detail. Technorati announced today that they just added blog #10,000,000 to the pile. You can filter out the junk and you’ll still be left with relevant insights that you can take action on.

A friend who is a senior Bizdev person at one of the big TV networks was delighted when I told her about the ability to to turn the megaphone backwards. Worth a look.

Whem I ask lawyers and law firm marketing professionals if they would like to know what people are saying about them and the issues they face, they answer of course so. When I ask how many use services such as Technorati, PubSub, and NewsGator to listen to the discussion, not a hand goes up. What are you waiting for?