I really enjoyed 50 Web Resources for the Suddenly Solo Lawyer by Jim Calloway and Allison C. Shields. But one thing lacking in the article were marketing, business development and sales resources for the legal professional.
I’ve asked some of my esteemed readers (Jayne Navarre, Nancy Myrland and Greg Lambert) for their must have blogs, resources and Websites. If we’ve missed your favorites, please share in the comments section.
BOOKMARKS WE CANT LIVE WITHOUT
- ABA Model Rules of Professional Conduct – begin here, the go and bookmark your state
- Association of Corporate Counsel Value Challenge
- AmLaw 100/200 – American Lawyer
- bit.ly – URL shortener
- Delicious – social bookmarking
- Evernote – allows you to easily capture information in any environment using whatever device or platform you find most convenient, and makes this information accessible and searchable at any time, from anywhere.
- Google Reader – news reader
- Webmonkey – HTML Cheat Sheet
- Wikipedia – online encyclopedia
SOCIAL NETWORKING
You should know by now how to find Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook, but here are some third party applications and other social networking applications that we can’t live without.
- FriendFeed – share online content with your network
- Legal OnRamp – a collaboration system for in-house counsel and invited outside lawyers and third party service providers.
- LexTweet – lawyers and legal professionals who Tweet
- Martindale Connected – a professional networking and online community for lawyers and legal professionals.
- Ning – create your own social network
- Seesmic – manage both Twitter and Facebook
- Tweetdeck – manage your Twitter streams on your desktop, iPhone
- YouTube – create and upload your own videos and stream onto your website
BLOGGING PLATFORMS
- Blogger – free blogging software
- LexBlog – legal blog developers and consultants
- Typepad – free blogging software
- WordPress – free blogging software
LEGAL MARKETING BLOGS (Twitter follow)
- 3 Geeks and a Law Blog – Greg Lambert and friends @glambert
- Amazing Firms, Amazing Practices – Gerry Riskin @riskin
- The Boundaries of Legal Marketing – Will Hornsby @WillHornsby
- The Client Revolution – Jay Shepherd @jayshep
- Corcorans Business of Law Blog – Tim Corcoran @torcoran
- Law 21 – Jordan Furlong @Jordan_law21
- Law Biz Blog – Ed Poll @lawbiz
- Lawyerist – Sam Glover and Aaron Street @SamGlover and @AaronStreet
- Legal Marketing Blog – Tom Kane @lawMktgBlogger
- Legal Marketing Reader – Amy Campbell @amyblog
- The Legal Watercooler – Heather Morse-Milligan @HeatherMilligan
- Myrland Marketing Minutes – Nancy Myrland @NancyMyrland
- The Non-Billable Hour – Matt Homann @MattHomann
- The Rainmaker Blog – Stephen Fairley @StephenFairley
- Real Lawyers Have Blogs – Kevin O’Keefe @KevinOKeefe
- Stem Legal – Steve Matthews @SteveMatthews
- Virtual Marketing Officer – Jayne Navarre @JayneNavarre
- Zen and the Art of Legal Network Maintenance – Lindsay Griffith @LindsayGriffith
LEGAL NEWS BLOGS/WEBSITES
GENERAL MARKETING, PR, BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT, SOCIAL NETWORTING
- Being Peter Kim – social media leader – @peterkim
- Brand Autopsy – John Moore – author, brand marketer
- Chris Brogan – new media marketing leader – @chrisbrogan
- Davidebowman – marketing and social media – @davidebowman
- HARO Help a Reporter Out –3x daily press/media requests – Peter Shankman @skydiver
- Jeffrey Gitomer – sales guru – @gitomer
- Marketing Nirvana – marketing, technology and culture. Community Evangelist & Chief Blogger at LinkedIn – Mario Sundar @mariosundar
- Mashable –the social media guide – Peter Cashmore @mashable
- /message – operating manual for the social revolution – Stowe Boyd @StoweBoyd
- Problogger – must have blog news, tips, ideas, trends – @problogger
- ReadWriteWeb – everything news, trends, practical stuff – @rww
- Seth Godin – author – @ThisIsSethsBlog
- The Steve Rubel Lifestream – Daily links, insights, photos, videos and more on emerging technology – @SteveRubel
- Web Strategy – Jeremiah Owyang @jowyang
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
- American Marketing Association
- Legal Marketing Association
- Legal Sales and Service Organization
- Public Relations Society of America
BLOG/CONTENT SYNDICATORS
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Love them or hate them, here’s how to find them