blog basics

7 reasons why lawyers using Twitter need a blog

Kevin O'Keefe
January 08, 2009 16:42

Twitter's been a game changer in lawyer networking, branding, and client development. But that doesn't mean lawyers using Twitter can forgo a blog. You still need a blog. Here's seven reasons: Twitter, despite a meteoric rise in popularity (mirroring blog growth of 4 or 5 years ago) is not used...

Multiple blogs: can you have too many? Discussion on LinkedIn

Lisa Kennelly
January 06, 2009 21:14

Self-proclaimed "newbie" blogger Andy Arnold over at the LinkedIn Legal Blogging group recently posted a series of questions about blogging basics. Two of his questions sparked some particularly interesting discussion about the value of multiple blogs for multiple practice areas...

Personal injury law blog crap rolls on

Kevin O'Keefe
January 03, 2009 21:34

I see more and more crap coming from plaintiff's personal injury lawyers who are trying their hand at blogs. The latest comes from Dallas Attorney Shezad Malik who posts 'Ambulance And Car Accident in Leonard, North of Dallas.' I wonder how much thought went into typing 'A 59 year old woman, and...

Does a Facebook presence help? Discussion on LinkedIn

Lisa Kennelly
January 02, 2009 22:32

Hi, my name is Lisa and I'll be helping out with the blogging here. I'll be bringing you some interviews and news tidbits, as well as links to hot discussion topics from the Legal Blogging group on LinkedIn. Here's a topic over at the Legal Blogging group that Kevin has blogged about in the past,...

Tom Peters : Blogging changed my life

Kevin O'Keefe
December 28, 2008 20:56

Take a minute to watch a very brief video of Seth Godin sitting down with Tom Peters to discuss blogging. Peters, a best selling author on business management practices who began his blogging in August '04, tells Godin 'no single thing in the last 15 yrs professionally has been more important to...