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The LinkedIn Lawyer
A weblog examining where social media and the legal profession meet by the World\'s Most Lawyer-Linked Attorney, Boston attorney David A. Barrett
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Worcester County Bar Association Presents The LinkedIn Lawyer
2010-04-09 10:54:00
The SlideShare Presentation from the event below. Get more social media seminars for lawyers on DVD at http://www.legalsocialmedia.blogspot.comWorcester County Bar Association Presents The LinkedIn LawyerView more presentations from David Barrett....
 
As Lawyers and Law Firms on Facebook Explode, Facebook Legal Networking Groups Mushroom
2009-11-29 08:24:00
If you don't believe "the hype" about the huge number of lawyers and law firms setting up profiles on the mega-popular social networking website Facebook, try a search on Facebook yourself (see above) using the terms "law firm" or "law office" or "attorney" and you can see this phenomenon for yourself. The challenge moving forward for these law firms, is going beyond "establishing a presence" (i.e. merely setting up a profile and/or firm fan page) to "effectively" utilizing this new media technology (which has as many definitions as there are observers and consultants). As Facebook continues to implement changes to various Facebook news feeds, the effective use of groups and fan pages as "media channels" to reach online networks is becoming increasingly important. Many lawyer Facebook use...
 
This Week's "Top Tweets" the Black Friday Edition
2009-11-27 18:35:00
Twitter is a free and easy-to-use "micro-blogging" site that allows you to send and receive short updates from multiple users. David Barrett, The LinkedIn Lawyer is "Twittering" -- follow me here -- and keep up to date with news about Web 2.0 social media and the legal profession, with a particular focus on LinkedIn.Here are the "Top Tweets" from the last week (partially as tracked with Tweetburner).David A. Barrett's Recent Most Popular Twitter Messages"Top Tweets"Facebook Business Pages for Lawyers and Law Firms - http://bit.ly/6dCnHjLegal Social Media This Week - http://bit.ly/5VNN3ELawyer Small Talk on Facebook is Published News - http://bit.ly/4CODDsSocial Media Seminars for Lawyers on DVD - http://bit.ly/3EhkX6Social Groups and the Attorney / Client Relationship - http://bit.ly/71og5...
 
Social Groups and the Attorney / Client Relationship
2009-11-24 00:45:00
Stephen Fairley and I were speaking about the great increase recently in lawyers and law firms who have established some kind of presence on Facebook. As the number of Facebook users has exploded (now Canada's favorite website) the number of lawyers and law firms with some kind of presence on Facebook has increased as well. Many solos and small firms handle their own social media marketing campaigns, and lawyers and law firms have developed a variety of approaches on Facebook to include fan pages (aka "business pages"), personal profiles, or sponsorship of groups or causes as a marketing and business development activity. Some lawyers use a mix of these options, some firms utilize one or another. Facebook is ever-evolving and I was recently asked about my opinion as to whether groups or...
 
Lawyer Small Talk on Facebook is Published News
2009-11-23 13:31:00
Yesterday's LA Family Court Examiner published a story called "What Lawyers Really Think of Judges, Pro Per Litigants, and Their Jobs" which basically republished Facebook communications made by a number of lawyers as they had idle time in the work day. Whether one line of text about how the author got the printout of the Facebook communications is actually an article or whether this is an adequate practice of journalism may be interesting issues, but LAWYERS focus on the forest, not the trees (i.e. what you say on Facebook is potentially newsworthy media content for all kinds of publications).In my seminars for lawyers and on speaking occasions about effective social media for lawyers, I frequently use the mantra ... think publishing ... think publishing ... think publishing ... but the ...
 
Facebook Business Pages for Lawyers
2009-11-23 11:16:00
Facebook Fan pages (aka "Business Pages") are one of the most successful ways lawyers and law firms can establish a presence on Facebook. Although Facebook has modified its Terms of Service to allow for "(non-)personal use" a law firm profile set up as a Facebook personal profile is awkward for a few reasons. First, such use may be construed as a violation of the terms of service and without warning Facebook could shut down all of these accounts, and all the friends and work put into building such Facebook pages would be lost. Second, the personal connection inherent in social media is lost. Is there a person behind that curtain? Does this law firm answer messages or Facebook chat? Who exactly are we speaking with? Third, a Facebook strategy that utilizes personal profiles for attorne...
 
Social Media for Business Development Products
2009-07-30 12:43:00
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A Twitter Interview with LinkedIn Lawyer David Barrett
2009-06-17 09:53:00
Many thanks to Lance Godard of The Godard Group for including me as the 22nd interviewee in his creative Twitter interview series, "22 Tweets - Real Time Twitter Interviews with Lawyers Who Tweet."Godard uses a series of questions posed via Twitter and a threaded conversation hashtag (#22twts) to allow his subjects to tell the story of their law practice. You can click here for the full interview with LinkedIn Lawyer David Barrett.Godard includes particular questions about law practice, and more broad questions about the legal profession as a whole. As patterns emerge, he is able to bring together the common views of his interviewees. Godard proves that Twitter is only as innovative and powerful as we are, and that this rather simple internet interface has significant creative potential. ...
 
Lawyer Rainmaking with Social Media - LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook
2009-06-17 08:12:00
REGISTER HERE FOR THE LINKEDIN LAWYER SUMMER WEBINAR SERIESThe Secrets of LinkedIn, Twitter and Social Networking Systems for Lawyers and Busy ProfessionalsView more OpenOffice presentations from David Barrett.REGISTER HERE FOR THE LINKEDIN LAWYER SUMMER WEBINAR SERIES...
 
This Week's LinkedIn Lawyer "Top Tweets" - Top of June Edition
2009-06-01 14:17:00
Twitter is a free and easy-to-use "micro-blogging" site that allows you to send and receive short updates from multiple users. David Barrett, The LinkedIn Lawyer is "Twittering" -- follow me here -- and keep up to date with news about Web 2.0 social media and the legal profession, with a particular focus on LinkedIn.Here are the "Top Tweets" from the last week (partially as tracked with Tweetburner).David A. Barrett's Recent Most Popular Twitter Messages"Top Tweets"@barrettdavid proud to be on "20 Twitterers Lawyers Should Follow on Twitter" - http://twurl.nl/uol4em (via @GinaRubel)Most Influential "lawyer" Tweeting @ABAJournal @lawtweets @barrettdavid @rex7 @gma_news - http://twurl.nl/14gngxHow To Be A Rainmaker In 2009: LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook & Blogs - http://twurl.nl/i4nyl5The Anat...
 
 
 
 
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