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Tip of the Week: Networking Strategically
Yesterday I talked with an attorney looking to expand their practice and we discussed an approach to networking that works. First off, no one has the time to network 40 hours a week and practice law. Given that, how to … Continue reading
How Often Should I Blog? The Answer Is…
Its up to you! This post is the nearest to my own view on this most common question I get from lawyers and others about blogging. The author suggests that bloggers ask themselves two questions: 1. How passionate am I … Continue reading
Lawyers & Technology: the Case For Competence
A couple items crossed my desk to make me reflect anew on the issue of attorney competence regarding technology. The first is Kevin O’Keefe’s experience presenting a course of social media to law school graduates who feel like they need … Continue reading
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CA Following MD with Employer Password Ban
California hates to be second in anything but it will be lucky to be the next state to enact legislation prohibiting employers from forcing employees or prospective employees to give up user name and passwords for personal social media accounts. … Continue reading
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Tip of the Week: More & Better Photos
John Jantsch of Duct Tape marketing, one of my favorite blogger, posted about 5 new marketing trends. Number three is what he calls “visual scanning” which he uses Pinterest to suggest why this is important. But he doesn’t say that … Continue reading
MD Social Media Law: Employees Have Duties Too
Here is a good summary of the recently enacted employer social media restriction law. One thing I hadn’t seen in other discussion of the legislation is this section pertaining to employees: An employee “may not download unauthorized employer proprietary information … Continue reading
Should Lawyers Use Q&A Websites for BusDev?
Here is a post about legal question and answer websites that does a good job outlining the issues involved. While he mentions the usual suspects in terms of specifically legal question and answer websites, he failed to mention LinkedIn which … Continue reading
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Tip of the Week: LinkedIn, LinkedIn, LinkedIn
When I talk to lawyers about social media, I tell them that if they have time for only social media profile, make it LinkedIn. And today, three are three bits of news to confirm that: LinkedIn produces four times the … Continue reading
State Bars Give Daily-Deal Websites the Greenlight
Earlier this year, I pointed out that the Indiana State Bar Association had frowned on the Groupon-Like websites for lawyers. But now North Carolina, South Carolina and New York Bar Associations have all issued opinions that show how these … Continue reading
Password Please? New Bill Says “No!”
A few weeks ago, Facebook publicized its findings that employers were increasingly requiring potential and current job holders to hand over their passwords to their Facebook and other social networking profiles. This created a firestorm of outraged which has now … Continue reading
