I came across a little trick today that can save you (and the person you send to) time with YouTube videos. Say you want to share a YouTube link on your favorite social media platform. So, for example, you send the following link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p5HWGw1f2YQ Unfortunately, you really wanted your friend to start listening at your [...]

Chris Pirillo argued last Sunday that Twitter is essentially a worthless tool for having conversations. After listening to the video below, it was clear Chris was right. Twitter is a pretty worthless tool to have a conversation. I define a conversation as back-and-forth dialogue between two or more parties. If you have ever been on [...]

Legal Marketing Done Different Have you ever looked for an attorney? Did you open the yellow pages? Phone a friend? Google Search it? Looking for an attorney can be an overwhelming experience because there are so many choices. There are a dozens of listings for lawyers in the yellow books and in online search results. [...]

Ever seen this image? Does it make you sad? It makes me sad too. Unfortunately, we’re probably going to be seeing a lot more of it very soon. Three weeks ago Veoh, an online video site similar to YouTube, won a suit against Universal Music claiming they had no actual knowledge that users of their [...]

Promoting your legal blog can be a daunting task. You’re already blogging, Tweeting, friending, and following. Sometimes you feel like no one is really listening. In order to combat these feelings of loneliness (or just wanting to recoup on your investment) people sometimes hire advertising agencies to promote their blog. There are a number of [...]

Legal Rebels What is a Legal Rebel? Did you say “rebel”? Is this the new hippie movement? (Not so much). The ABA Journal has started a new project called “Legal Rebels”. Legal Rebels are 50 legal professionals throughout America who are redefining the legal profession. In light of the current economy, and the need to [...]

Only this time, it’s a clash between the political and the cultural. Pop-cultural, to be exact. Twitter, as everyone who reads this law-and-social-media blog already knows, is a micro-blogging service which allows users to submit ‘tweets,’ or messages no longer than 140 characters in length. Everyone’s on Twitter these days – Shaquille O’Neal, President Barack [...]

New Jersey Social Media: In a recent press release, the New Jersey Judiciary announced that new social media features would be used on their website to keep the community, including lawyers, informed. The New Jersey Judiciary is using social media tools such as Twitter, Facebook, and Youtube while keeping lawyers updated with RSS Feeds, text [...]

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