Posts by Webby Maestro
Are You Making #Social Networking Part of Your Livelihood?
The first time Merriam-Webster editors could find social networking being used was over fifteen (15) years ago. Today, social networking is so commonplace that the phrase has gained entry into the Merriam-Webster 2014 collegiate dictionary. Congratulations, social networking! I’m not sure why this took so long. In the words of Merriam-Webster’s Editor-at-Large Peter Sokolowski: So many of these new words show the impact of…
Read MoreLaw Is A Social Business
I never met Amy Hrehovick but the beat of her Twitter stream thunders: I’m sure that cartoon trigger chuckles in many marketers and business developers trying to help lawyers grow revenue. Why? The legal profession traditionally is slow to adapt. Well, slow-moving lawyers, change is afoot in law and social is a big part of that. Social changes how you and your…
Read MoreThinking Like A Lawyer Is A Technique — Not A Lifestyle
From Star Trek — The Motion Picture: Doctor McCoy: Spock, you haven’t changed a bit. You’re just as warm and sociable as ever. Spock: Nor have you, Doctor, as your continued predilection for irrelevancy demonstrates. Spock is a Vulcan. He gets away with living by “reason and logic with no interference from emotion” but that’s because his extraterrestrial…
Read MoreHappy Fourth of July From Seattle!
On July 4, 1976, I win the Bicentennial watermelon eating contest in Park Ridge, IL but I receive zero media exposure. This blog post (and the tweet I sent yesterday) rectifies that wrong. Have a great Fourth and be safe. The LexBlog HQ is closed for some R&R and a “serious” celebration today. Here’s our red, white and blue for you: Take…
Read MoreBloggers: Internet Trolls Are Broken People — Ignore Them…
Do you willingly feed trolls who are trying to obscure their identities? I’m not talking about the cave-dwelling, ugly beings depicted in folklore as either giants or dwarfs. Those trolls aren’t yet online. I want you to focus on the more insidious demons known as the “Internet trolls” (aka troll-holes as in a-holes). Troll-holes are…
Read More“Listening To Learn” Is Learning To Listen
Shut up and listen. Not you. Me. I can’t believe how often I blow the opportunity to help someone because I’m “listening” for an opening to articulate my thought or idea. That’s not listening. That’s one-way broadcasting masquerading as listening. I’m not alone. The average person listens at only about 25% efficiency. Two observations: One In…
Read MoreIreland, Moving and “Blog Interruptus”
I aim to publish a blog post every Tuesday but I missed the last couple weeks because I was in Ireland. When I returned, LexBlog was in the midst of a 5-block move that felt more like a 1,000 miles. That 1-2 punch knocked me off my game. This post is my way of clawing back into a blogging…
Read MoreInvisible Online? Join the Dinosaurs…
If you’re a lawyer whose online reputation doesn’t equal or exceed your offline reputation then you’re pretty much S.O.L. in today’s “social” world. Consider:http://www.youtube.com/embed/t7rNDDXBuyE?feature=oembed Click on this infographic below and also see my related post, Top 5 Reasons Why Lawyers Need to Blog for more information. While I recommend reading the post in its entirety, here’s a brief…
Read MoreThe LexBlog Reach Community for Clients is Live
I’m proud to announce a next generation of community for LexBlog clients. We believe that building strong online presence makes you a better professional and drives business development. To further help you do that, yesterday, we launched the LexBlog Reach Community. The private Reach community is just for LexBlog clients and contains: A forum for discussing blogging, social…
Read MoreStart a Blog – “No, I Don’t Want to Hear Any Excuses. Just Do It.”
Here’s Nicole Black on how to reach potential clients:http://www.youtube.com/embed/eVeLu-IVG7g?feature=oembed&start=153 If you want to establish a strong online persona, Nicole would say: Decide on niche and make that your focus. Subscribe to blogs where people write on your niche. Identify your “niche” influencers and follow them. Read their blog posts, tweets and updates. Take your “online relationship offline” —…
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