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Attorney Mark O’Mara “Defends” George Zimmerman Using Social Media | Hmmm…

If you haven’t already seen it, seeing-is-believing. Check this out. Mark O’Mara, defense attorney to George Zimmerman—stand your ground case in Florida—has created a Facebook Page. Further, he has taken over the reins of all official social media interaction for his client, shutting down Zimmerman’s personal accounts and ratting out imposters. Does this raise your [...]

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TURN OFF YOUR IPAD? | How digital natives COULD impact the future of the legal profession

Boarding a flight between Montreal and Miami yesterday I overheard a mother tell her son, who looked no more than 3-years-old, “Turn off your iPad.” She suggested, gently, that he take a nap until we were up in the air, at which time he could sign into the American Airlines’ (please don’t become United Airlines, [...]

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I’m Too Busy for Social Media | 10 Tips

If you want something done, ask a busy person to do it. The more things you do, the more you can do. (Attributed to Lucille Ball) Today, everybody is busy, right? Or maybe not and we’re just disorganized so we look busy? Maybe its just a throw away excuse? Well, I’m really busy, but here [...]

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WordPress Plugin for Viewing Your Blog Website on Mobile Devices

Is your blog and/or website mobile friendly? The New iPad release today reminded me that NOW is the time to “get your mobile on.” Most of our law firm websites and blogs were developed to be viewed on a horizontal rectangle. But a mobile device is smaller and most of all vertical. Sure, touch screen [...]

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info@yourlawfirm.com | Is it working?

How can we help you? How can we help you? That was the message preceding a “request for information” form in the Contact Us section of a noteworthy B2B company website I recently visited. Ten days ago I filled out that form and requested specific information or a return phone call regarding a webdesign project [...]

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Online Tools for Law Blogs and Other Website Owners | Alexa

Last week on VirtualMarketingOfficer.com I wrote about How To Promote Your Law Blog and it turned out to be a pretty popular post, so I figured there are enough readers who are looking for ideas in this regard—thanks to all who re-tweeted the post; Twitter was driving a lot of the traffic according to my [...]

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How To Promote Your Law Blog (or any blog)

Now that your blog is “LIVE,” you need to do some basic things to help others find you. Or give your established blog a little shove and see if traffic doesn’t improve. Submit to Giant Search Engines Even though you’ve optimized the general metadata on your blog, as well as each post, you may still [...]

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Social Media LIVE!

There really is no substitute for the energy generated when people come together LIVE! Discuss, debate, share ideas, practices, and swap stories—yup, it can be done virtually, but that’s so two dimensional. It’s no substitute for a real handshake, a paper business card passed to a new “friend,” makin’ eye contact, and feeling the table [...]

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Can a Law Firm Become a Social Business?

How are you preparing to take your law firm into the “Social Business” era? Perhaps this is the first time you’ve heard the term used? Here’s a definition: Social Businesses combine fully integrated sets of tools, channels, and processes with people that embrace and cultivate a spirit of collaboration and community throughout the organization—both internally [...]

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Social Media Secrets Revealed.

Raise your hand: How many of you are stuck in the PUSHING TOO MUCH INFORMATION trap of social media? Right, just as I expected…too many. Pushing information on social media is like using a garden rake to comb your hair. It’s the wrong tool for the job. Just today, while explaining the finer details of [...]

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