Ben Cowgill has a two part expose (here and here) on a new era of stock content (and stock links) in blogging. David Giacalone reminds us that he addressed the issue of ghostblogging (wondering whether it will ruin the authenticity and personality of blogging); David also notes Joel Schoenmeyer’s post here (arguing that
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A Decade of Website Advice
Dennis Kennedy has been writing about law firm websites for ten years now, a veritable eternity in Internet time – and he has these tips for law firms who still can’t seem to get it right. Dennis’ peeves include hard to find email addresses and concealed or non-existent attorney bios. (As for me, a law…
Niche Blogs
Kevin O’Keefe of Lex Blog has a post on niche blogging, summarizing tips by Darren Rowse on choosing a niche topic. The tips include selecting a topic that interests you, where there’s not yet much competition and which will offer enough content. These tips are particularly important these days in starting a law related…
Let Your Fingers Do the Walking…At the Keyboard, Not the Yellow Pages
Not sure how many folks remember a tagline for one of the Yellow Pages books – “Let your fingers do the walking….” Seems that our fingers are doing just that, walking right out of the Yellow Pages and over to the computer keyboard. Or at least, that seems to be the trend as first this…
Free Sample Pleadings Online
At his Illinois Trial Practice blog, Evan Schaeffer links to the Miller and Zois Attorney Help Center. The Help Center makes available, online, sample pleadings, motions and discovery materials for personal injury cases in Maryland, though many might potentially serve as a model for other states as well (though don’t forget to check applicable…
Give Yourself The Gift of A Website
It’s still not too late to buy yourself and your law firm a holiday gift (not to mention a 2005 tax deduction) – so why not a website? Jim Calloway explains why every firm needs a little website now in this post.
Is Grant Griffiths Linkbaiting?
Fellow solo and blogger Grant Griffiths has yet another blog, Blogging Tips – and in this post, he blogs about linkbaiting, the practice of writing good content for the sole purpose of attracting links. Grant explains that he links to other posts that offer good content – and he gives some ideas on ways…
What David Swanner’s Giving Away, and Not Just for Holiday Gifts
A few weeks ago at Blawgthink, I met David Swanner, who blogs at South Carolina Trial Law Blog. David was giving out copies of his Winning With Powerpoint CD that you can get from him through his blog as described here. From David’s perspective, the payment is possible referrals, but more importantly,…
Solos Can Profit From Blogs
When it comes to blogs, the question on almost every solo or small firm lawyer’s lips is “Will a blog get me business?” Once my answer to that question was a qualified “possibly,” – I felt that that blogs wouldn’t necessarily generate clients directly, but nonetheless, could help diversity a solo’s overall marketing portfolio. Now,…
Craig’s List Saves the Day!
From time to time in my practice, I have a need for paralegal type support or quasi-legal research. The tasks might include summarizing depositions, finding background on a particular industry, following up on marketing leads, gathering web materials on a recent trend in the law, updating one of my websites or weblogs or even doing…