Are you an “experienced” lawyer? If so are you effectively using tools on your computer,iPad and iPhone for client development? Last year I did a cross-Canada tour speaking on blogging and social media in four of McCarthy Tétrault offices. (I think I was asked to do the presentations, at least in part, because of the color… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Social Media
Subscribe to Social Media RSS FeedSocial Media: One Tool to Become More Visible and Credible
Posted in Social MediaLast week I wrote: Young Lawyers: Are You Kicking …? It was a popular post and several people commented on Twitter and on LinkedIn. In this post I want to be more specific. Recently I was going through some of my old construction law materials and I found a document I had used as a… Continue Reading
Young Lawyers: Are you kicking …?
Posted in Social MediaIn 2008, I posted a blog You are Never Too Young, Too Inexperienced, Too… I argued that If you are hungry to become more valuable to your potential clients and if you are willing to do what older lawyers are not doing, you have a real opportunity. Because many senior lawyers are not creating content for their… Continue Reading
What You Can Learn from Entrepreneur Magazine’s Social Media Challenge Part 3
Posted in Social MediaThis is the last in my series of blog posts on ideas you might use from Entrepreneur Magazine’s Social Media Challenge. I enjoyed reading How to Master the Social-Media Best and suggest you take a look at it for ideas of things you can do during the day. If you are using social media to become… Continue Reading
What You Can Learn from Entrepreneur Magazine’s Social Media Challenge Part 2
Posted in Social MediaThis is the second post on social media in my series based on the Social Media Challenge Entrepreneur Magazine created. The magazine’s second post was: The Launch: On the Scene with Big Papa’s BBQ. What can you or your law firm do based on the lesson in this post? I suggest you do a free program… Continue Reading
What You Can Learn from Entrepreneur Magazine’s Social Media Challenge
Posted in Social MediaOver Thanksgiving I came across an Entrepreneur Magazine Social Media Challenge Series. As you will see when you read the introduction, Entrepreneur Magazine says: We asked the creative thinkers Denver digital marketing firm LeeReedy/Xylem Digital to help us take a local business, Big Papa’s Barbeque, from zero social presence to big-time social network strategist. I… Continue Reading
How Social Media Benefits Clients
Posted in Social MediaI have to confess. If I had my way I would like to go back to the Leave it to Beaver days. I liked it when the World Series was played the first week in October and I didn’t have a computer on my desk and a cell phone and PDA on my hip. Life… Continue Reading
12 Ways Social Media Client Development Tools Benefits Lawyers and Law Firms
Posted in Social MediaI have written several blog posts about how social media is changing client development for lawyers and law firms. Here is a list of my 12 social media benefits. Social Media: Is one tool to keep up with what is going on in your clients’ industry and business Is inexpensive Takes some of the luck… Continue Reading
Social Media For Old Toads Like Me
Posted in Social MediaI began practicing law the year after legendary NFL coach Vince Lombardi passed away. When he was coaching if you asked him for the secret of the Green Bay Packers success, he would have said "blocking and tackling." In fact, I listened to his pre-game pep talk to his players before the second Super Bowl… Continue Reading
A Friday Coaching Session with Cordell: Why You Should be Blogging and Using Social Media
Posted in Social MediaA lawyer I coach asked me why he should be blogging and using social media. He thought in-house lawyers were not paying attention to blog posts and social media. I believe many older lawyers and many law firms are not blogging or using social media for that same reason. They perceive in-house lawyers are not… Continue Reading