Posts tagged as:

LinkedIn

Does your firm have a social media policy?

June 2, 2009

Social networking has grown exponentially in popularity over the past year. More people are using social networking sites for all manner of things. So, are your employees using these services to discuss the work they do?
If so, how could that help or hurt your law firm or company? With a social networking policy, you can [...]

Read the full article →

Being smart about social media and recruiting

April 20, 2009

Social media can be helpful in the recruiting process. Like any other tool for job searching (resumes, cover letters, etc.), social media is another weapon in your arsenal to effectively market yourself. However, you need to remember that it is a tool, not the be-all and end-all.
In other words, LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook are useful [...]

Read the full article →

How law students should use LinkedIn

April 14, 2009

There is no doubt about it – if you are a law student and do not have a vibrant, comprehensive, and frequently-updated profile on LinkedIn, you are missing an essential tool in your job hunting, professional networking, and personal branding tool box. Kevin O’Keefe was spot-on in his post last Sunday about law students and [...]

Read the full article →

New contributor: Leora Maccabee, social networking consultant

April 13, 2009

We are excited to announce that Leora Maccabee will be joining Lawyerist to write about online social networking, especially LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. Here is what Leora has to say:
I am excited to join Lawyerist as a blogger with a young, fresh take on how law students, legal institutions, and young associates can use new [...]

Read the full article →

Lunchtime webcast: social networking for lawyers

March 10, 2009

If you are eating at your desk today, join me for a CLE webcast on social networking for lawyers. The webcast is hosted by MCLE, and I will be talking with Peter Berge and Roy Ginsburg about online social networking as a marketing tool.
Here is MCLE’s blurb:

Solo/Small Firm Series: Social Networking for Lawyers
Part of the [...]

Read the full article →

Be careful who your friends are

September 17, 2008

At Sam Glover’s behest, I have been experimenting with social networking sites such as Linked In and Facebook. Both sites urge you to find your “friends” and “connections” so that you can expand your network and uncover untold riches (they really are untold).
So you dutifully go about searching for people you know, inviting them to [...]

Read the full article →

Social networking: how much time should it take?

August 27, 2008

Time seems to be one of the most-common reasons why attorneys who do not use social networks do not start. In the world of hourly billing, all time has a value, and many attorneys seem to believe that (1) networking online will take a lot of time and (2) may not be worthwhile in the [...]

Read the full article →

Managing contacts

April 15, 2008

For quite a while now, I have been using Plaxo to manage my contacts. The great advantage of Plaxo is that it syncs with a variety of software—I use it with Outlook (two different copies), Thunderbird (ditto), and Gmail. The mobile version of Plaxo is also fast enough that you can access it even from [...]

Read the full article →

Online marketing 101: blogs and social networks (part 3 of 3)

April 12, 2008

Hosting provider? Check. Website? Check. Advertising plan? Check. Now it is time to talk more advanced online marketing: blogs and social networking.
Starting a blog or participating in an online social network is more advanced in the sense that both require more time and a bit more comfort with online interaction. But blogging and social networking [...]

Read the full article →

Nigerian lawyers on LinkedIn: new spin on the old scam?

January 8, 2008

Update: ILS Attorneys responds below; Mr. Akinwole is apparently real, and his friends are unhappy that I posted this without first visiting Nigeria and looking him up to make sure he existed before posting.
I have started to notice a few LinkedIn users recently who say they are attorneys from Nigeria or other African countries. Mr. [...]

Read the full article →