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Networking through the Internet: Using blogs to enhance your reputation and get business
LinkedIn Legal Blogging Group Webinar
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What we’ll cover
• The need to network through the Internet
• Blogs as a networking tool• Success stories• Advantages of blogs• Who reads blogs• Growth of lawyer blogs• Elements of a professional blog
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Trust us: You’re in good hands
McKeown
O’Keefe
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Why networking through the Internet• Global economy driven by the Net• Internet allows for relationships• Blogs allow demonstration of what your target
audience cares about• Not just SEO• Strategic ROI• Getting high quality referrals
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Building Blogs for Lawyers
A blog is not a product• Not content on websites,
newsletters, alerts• Conversation at networking event
of your target audience• Results are extraordinary
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Success stories
• Rush Nigut• Francis Pileggi• Chris Cheatham• Dan Schwartz
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CT Employment Law Blog
• 5000 visits in first 6 weeks• Few calls a week, new client• Nearly 100 incoming links from third
party websites and blogs• Regularly cited by leading law &
employment bloggers (3 of the most read)
• CT law periodical coverage
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Blog advantages
• Cost savings• Extend your content’s reach –
RSS• Time savings• Radar = effectiveness
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• 75% of reporters to locate experts & get insight on stories
• Senior executives• 20% plus read business blogs• 96% generally familiar with
blogs• 30% good familiarity with blogs
• Busiest people read blogs
Who is reading blogs?
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Elements of successful blog
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• 3,000 plus law blogs• 4 new law blogs per day• > 44% of large law firms• 40% growth in large law firm blogs from
March to November ‘08
Law firm adoption of blogs
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• 75% of reporters to locate experts & get insight on stories
• Senior executives• 20% plus read business blogs• 96% familiar with blogs• 30% have familiarity with blogs
• Busiest people read blogs
Who is reading blogs?
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But…..
• Ethics & liability• Firm’s culture• Experimental culture
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LexBlog’s turnkey professional solution
• Initial stage– One on one blog strategy– Custom, personalized design– One-on-one training
• Ongoing– License of LB publishing platform– SEO– Exposure/syndication/reach– Access to LexBlog experts– Analytics– Monthly blog education series
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Thanks & for more info or questions:Kevin McKeown, EVP Client DevelopmentDirect: 206 388 [email protected]
Kevin O’KeefeDirect: 206 [email protected]
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• Blogs covered by advertising rules?• Cannot give specific advise• Cannot breach client confidences• Do not create attorney client relationship• No false or misleading
communication • Use disclaimer
Ethics
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