It’s Not Social Media, It’s a Referral Generator
Ask any group of lawyers to get on board with the social media revolution, and you’ll get some resistance. It’s understandable. Lawyers have been slow to embrace the use of social media as a business-development method, and they didn’t get that way because they don’t...
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When to Engage (or not) in the Social Media Conversation
Earlier this year the Red Cross faced a crisis when a young staffer accidentally used the company’s Twitter handle to send the following tweet to the nonprofit’s hundreds of thousands of followers: “Ryan found two more 4 bottle packs of Dogfish Head’s Midas Touch...
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Tuesday Tweet: Apologies & Social Media
Tuesday Tweet is a weekly look at interesting fodder from our Twitter stream. Follow us at @HellermanComm. Today’s tweet comes from Beltway colleague Brian Lustig, who posted some timely thoughts about social media and corporate apologies on his blog. Timely, we say,...
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Social Media as a Litigation PR Tool
We’re strong advocates of lawyers using social media. Mostly, we talk about social media as a business development tool that lawyers can use to generate referrals, build lasting relationships, and enhance their reputations. But the litigators out there may be...
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Seven Tips for Legal Professionals on LinkedIn
To celebrate HC’s recently launched partnership with the country’s leading LinkedIn trainer and social media expert Viveka von Rosen, we sat down with our newest team member to get some insider tips from the “LinkedIn Expert.” 1. Treat Your LinkedIn Profile Like a...
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Run It By PR!
There was a great panel at the 25th Annual Legal Marketing Association Conference yesterday in Orlando about the power of PR to help facilitate and add value to the law firm-client relationship. Some of the examples shared about horrific legal situations that resulted...
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