I love the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution:
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.
I had a lot of fun the other day covering Kevin O’Keefe‘s “Blogging for Business Development” on Twitter (hashtag #LBGR).Why do I do it?
I was watching Akeelah and the Bee with my daughter last weekend when Laurence Fishbourne’s Dr. Larabee challenged Akeelah’s grammar when she used the word “dissing” (only words found in the dictionary were acceptable during their lessons). To paraphrase the scene, Akeelah rushes over to the dictionary, looks up the word “diss,” reads the definition,
Ever go to a cocktail party or conference reception and there’s “that guy” or “that girl” who monopolizes the conversation talking about work? You’re standing there, stuck. Drink in hand, you scan the room looking for an excuse to make a graceful escape.
I’m friends with “that guy” on Facebook. In fact, I’m friends
I haven’t really been following the debate of whether or not microblogging (Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook “updates”) is/will/can kill blogging.
Kevin O’Keefe has a piece today, Law blogs far from dead in this world of microblogging : Blogging is on the rise that goes into detail about why blogs aren’t dead.
Personally, I didn’t need
A very interesting conversation is taking place on Kevin O’Keefe’s blog, Real Lawyers have Blogs, and on Twitter (unfortunately, no hashtag to follow) as to whether it is appropriate to use social media as a distribution channel for law firm content.
In the “No” corner is Kevin O’Keefe, blogger extraordinaire to the legal
Every so often I receive a request to post information on The Legal Watercooler about something that would help the person sell something that I wouldn’t even buy.
At other times, I have been asked by close personal friends and colleagues, including people I have only met through social networking tools, particularly Twitter, if
There’s a legal marketing “guru” out there who loves to bash Twitter. First of all, Twitter isn’t for everyone, but it is an incredibly powerful tool for many others. To completely dismiss a marketing/business development tool because of your personal perceptions, or lack of knowledge, is shortsighted and shows, to me, poor “
People follow you on Twitter not to know what you’re doing at any given moment, but because they are interested in what you are thinking.
While there is no formula for the perfect way to Tweet, I have found that it should be a mix of personal and professional. Use your instinct.
In the morning