After reading an article in the Washington Post this morning about people Tweeting while serving jury duty, I immediately said to myself: is it bad that I could picture myself doing that? After I realized that the answer is yes, I finally had a breakthrough: my life would not be complete without Twitter (or Facebook). [...]
This is a perfect case of viral marketing meets social media marketing meets, well, probably a stupid decision. George Murphy, Foster Web Marketing’s SEO and social media marketing manager, was interviewed last week in an article by the Baltimore Sun on the power of social media marketing. The article also featured a young Baltimore native [...]
So here is a quick example of how an attorney that is active on Twitter was able to find a potential client pretty easily. Jennifer Cohen, who does some social media marketing for some of our clients from time to time, was recently loading groceries into her car near where she lives on a busy [...]
Everyday, more professionals are accepting and adopting social media as an effective marketing tool. In the past, assumptions from the unknowing served as barriers to acceptance and deterred adoption. To help sort through some of these popular concerns, that still exist even among adopters, I want to address the top five social media myths and [...]
Facebook, founded in 2004 as a student site, opened up to non-students in 2006 and now has a network of over 100 million users, making it an important and useful social media tool. It has transformed into a platform for students and professionals alike and helps bridge connections between top professionals who seem out of [...]
Twitter is one of the most effective tools for instant information sharing with your “Twitter associates” (the term used as opposed to followers and coined with credit to @jimconolly) and the entire Twitterverse. It is a tool that, when used effectively, should be updated frequently and provides a sense of “there is someone behind that [...]
I recently came across two lists which I think every attorney should look at when using Twitter. The first: Twittering Journalists I’m sure the folks on this list get follows and direct messages from attorneys and other professionals looking for exposure all of the time, so tip: take some time to build a rapport with them [...]
Here is a three-part video on how to use Twitter as an attorney: Twitter For Attorneys Part 1: Â Â Twitter For Attorneys Part 2 Â Twitter for Attorneys Part 3:
George Murphy of Foster Web Marketing recently asked Josh King, Vice President of the fast-growing legal directory Avvo, a few questions about the site after it is heading into its third year online. Here is what he had to say: So just give us some feedback on Avvo and a few of it’s selling points. Avvo [...]
