I know. You’re busy. I’m busy. We’re ALL busy. But you can’t use that as an excuse to not market yourself.
For me, it all began with learning how to manage my processes. Manage my in-coming messages. Manage the noise.
Manage your process
If you have not heard of David Allen, or his book,
Taking time each day to market one’s self is a passion of mine. Its roots come from the worst piece of advice I ever got.
When I was in my 20s I worked as a lobbyist and grassroots organizer for a non-profit organization. I was doing a great job and was passionate about my
Kevin O’Keefe asked his followers this morning what Twitter means to us as legal professionals.
I could write 140 characters, 10 times over, on what Twitter means to me as a legal professional.
But for brevity sake I’ll limit it to the concept that Twitter is a true melting pot of ideas. For those of
As Twitter continues to take hold and grow as a business tool, Twitter-etiquette is starting to evolve as well.
Should you automatically DM people who follow you? Write a personal “thanks for following me”? Or, in my case, do nothing?
I’m not so concerned about that conversation, as the one taking place over
My name is Heather Milligan and I am a legal marketing geek. My friend @glambert from Three Geeks and a Law Blog has informed me that “geek is the new black,” so I suppose there are worst things in life I could be.
What excites me most about legal marketing is watching the lights come
Yesterday Brian Carter, keynote speaker and Director of Search Engine Marketing (PPC), SEO, and Social Media at Fuel Interactive and I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Bob Ambrogi and J. Craig Williams on their radio program, Lawyer2Lawyer.
Although the program’s focus is on Twitter, we also delve into the broader
Continuing off last week’s discussion — do you market the lawyer or the firm? — I am in the “you have to do both” camp.
I’ve been enjoying, yet disturbed, by the conversations this week on my professional listserv about Twitter (and I’ll take the liberty to extrapolate that to social media for purposes of this post). Our debate, quoting this post, was even picked up by Cal Law today. I don’t get all of the resistance. Where
Turns out that you can say a lot in 140 characters or less. You can build a reputation in 140 characters or less. You can build a presence in 140 characters or less. You can build a network in 140 characters or less. And you can build a business in 140 characters or less. Yesterday