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Maintaining Your Law Blog

February 6, 2010

If you have created your own law blog, you have taken a huge step towards creating an online marketing presence. Blogs, however, require constant attention and upkeep, and can start to feel stale after the initial excitement wears off. If you find yourself ignoring your blog, or you are just bored with it, shake things [...]

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Marketing on the Web

February 1, 2010

Whether you are just starting a solo practice or you have an established firm, you should never stop marketing. Content-based marketing on the web is a great way to get your name out there.
The best tool is developing a blog. Your blog should focus on a particular area of law. Use it to showcase your [...]

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Create a Successful Law Blog

January 26, 2010

You can find multiple posts on Lawyerist about why a blog can help with marketing and jumpstart a new practice Creating a blog, however, is just the first step. A recent article indicates that content, interaction, audience, and support are the most important factors in creating a successful blog.

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Take Advantage of Google Reader

December 20, 2009

If you are reading lots of blogs on a regular basis, consider using Google Reader to optimize your time. The advantage of using a feed reader like Google Reader is processing lots of information quickly. Spend time to learning the ins and outs of Google Reader, and you will be able to exponentially increase the [...]

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WordPress Integrates Location Information

November 13, 2009

Following the growing trend of integrating location information with social networking, WordPress now allows bloggers who host their sites through WordPress.com to attach their location information to postings.
WordPress also indicates this is just the beginning of geotagging features—they plan on integrating location of commenters, poll votes, and even an annual report to users showing where [...]

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Brevity is the Soul of Blogging

November 2, 2009

Lawyers tend to be long-winded, but long-winded bloggers tend to be unpopular. The longer a post goes, the more likely a reader will click away, so it pays to keep blog posts short, sweet, and pithy.
The most important thing is to consider your audience. If you are writing for other lawyers, you may be able [...]

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Build Your Reputation By Guest Posting on Blogs

September 15, 2009

Blogging is a great way to reach potential clients, build your reputation, and establish yourself as an authority in your area of practice. But even if you do not have time to maintain your own blog, you can get the benefit of writing for one—even if it is not your own.

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Legal marketing ethics in a Web 2.0 world

July 17, 2009

As I signed off of the American Bar Association’s CLE webcast and phone conference yesterday, Ethical Implications of Marketing in a Web 2.0 World, I was left, not surprisingly, with more questions than answers. The CLE provided no magic bullet or easy catch-all answer, but the speakers—Micah Buchdahl, Michael P. Downey, and Scott G. Wolfe, [...]

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Drive traffic to your site by commenting on blogs

January 2, 2009

You don’t have to write a blog to take advantage of them. By leaving comments on blogs, you can establish yourself as an authority to that blog’s regular readers, who may find their way to your website.
If you want to drive traffic by leaving comments, make sure you create a profile, if possible, with your [...]

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Subscribe to Lawyerist (and other sites) via RSS or email

December 8, 2008

If you like reading Lawyerist, why not subscribe? You can have Lawyerist content delivered to you in one of two ways:
RSS
RSS, or Really Simple Syndication, is an easy way to have content from blogs and websites delivered to you. All you need is an RSS reader, and then look out for the big, orange button. [...]

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