blog basics

Focus on the possibilities of blogging and social media, not the challenges

March 04, 2010 16:37

I was on a conference call this week with fellow panelists for a presentation we're doing on social media and blogging. The panel is billed as covering the ethical challenges and pitfalls of Web 2.0. Being lawyers and presenting to a group of lawyers, law professors, and law students the...

Does a lawyer need to blog to make effective use of social media?

March 03, 2010 16:21

I often hear lawyers say they are going to rely on Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and the like for client development. Blogging is not part of their social media plans. I was presenting on a social media panel last month at ACLEA in Orlando with Attorney Ali Gerkman, Manager of Online Content and...

Good law blogs required sources for mainstream media reporters

February 17, 2010 18:04

Did you ever hear that your law firm newsletters, alerts, and articles were required reading by reporters covering the subjects discussed in these law firm 'periodicals?' Have you ever had your law firm newsletters or articles cited by a reporter? Didn't think so. Well, blogs are required reading...

Google shuts down music blogs on Blogger and Blogspot without warning. Could it happen to your law blog?

February 13, 2010 21:46

Google's free blog service, Blogger, made the headlines this week when it shut down and deleted the blog content on six popular music blogs without warning. The Guardian's Sean Michaels had a nice summary of what transpired in his story this past Thursday. In what critics are calling...

Why your law firm should forget about building an iPhone App

February 09, 2010 17:53

Since the advent of iPhone applications in July, 2008 over 134,000 iPhone applications have become available at the Apple App Store. Over 3 billion of such applications for news, information, entertainment, and more have been downloaded by iPhone users. With ESPN, The New York Times, Facebook,...