This week I was invited to be on a panel for a discussion hosted by Martindale-Nolo and the young lawyers division of the American Bar Association about using social media to grow your law practice.
More than 1,400 young lawyers were on the call and there were six panelists including attorneys and social media people from Martindale-Hubbell.
I was blown away by a poll taken at the start of the call that revealed more than half of these young lawyers are not using social media for their...
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Facebook as Medium for Serving Divorce Papers
Social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter have made the change from being time wasting distractions influential media in recent years. But social media has not been considered in the past as a means of serving divorce papers – until now. The comments of a judge in a case in New York has raised the possibility of “divorce by Facebook,” CNN reports.
Ellanora Arthur Baidoo from Brooklyn has been trying to divorce her husband for several years, according to her attorney. However, lawyer...
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How the Google algorithm change “Penguin” could affect your law firm
By David Macaulay
Vertaslegalmedia@hotmail.com
It’s affectionately known as “Penguin” but Google’s new algorithm change has left some businesses wondering if they are going to be left in unfamiliar waters.
As a legal writer, blogger and marketer, the recent tweak has led me to ask some fundamental questions about whether the SEO techniques I have picked up over 18 intensive months no longer hold good or at least need to be amended.
There are no easy answers from the outset. Google doesn’t ...
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How the Google algorithm change “Penguin” could affect your law firm
By David Macaulay
Vertaslegalmedia@hotmail.com
It’s affectionately known as “Penguin” but Google’s new algorithm change has left some businesses wondering if they are going to be left in unfamiliar waters.
As a legal writer, blogger and marketer, the recent tweak has led me to ask some fundamental questions about whether the SEO techniques I have picked up over 18 intensive months no longer hold good or at least need to be amended.
There are no easy answers from the outset. Google doesn’t ...
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Facebook is Cited as a Factor in a Third of Divorces, says Report
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Social media may allow us to track down old friends again. But it has also become an increasingly significant factor in divorces.
This may not come as news to many divorce attorneys. Every year more of them are using information from sites such as Facebook in divorce proceedings.
A recent study from the United Kingdom website Divorce-Online found Facebook to be a driving force behind about a third of divorces in which unrea...
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