4. Networks
LinkedIn
Is your profile fully filled out?
Share blog posts
Interact on groups: Try sharing content
Reach out to your network
Status updates: Keep professional
Recommendations: Get and give
Answers
Apps: Legal Updates with JD Supra, WordPress (or other blogs), Slideshare,
events,
5. Twitter
Leverage your own content
Follow news & retweet
Social referrals
Engage in discussions & build network
Be unpredictable (your lunch)
Facebook
Brand awareness
Business page
Lawyer profiles
Share events, keep it updated, imagery is important
7. Why?
It’s not a fad
Share expertise, show transparency
Strategically engage clients, potentials in dialogue
Raise visibility in legal community
Reputation management
Grow SEO ranking
8. Roadblocks
Legal & ethical issues: Privacy, intellectual property,
disclosure
Client solicitation, advertising rules
Time
Does it even work?
Can’t teach an old dog new tricks
9. What to share?
Recent rulings
Cases you’re not involved with
News media relevant to your expertise
Topical topics
Your lunch?
10. Where to start? Strategy
Are your clients out there already? Who are your
potentials? Where do they network?
Tag your content for the unknown audience
Integrate into your website, business cards, marketing
materials
Engage, don’t talk “at” your audience!
Who speaks for the firm?
Develop a social media policy
11. Time, managed
Set up time to research & write up posts
For blogs, editorial calendars work wonders
Automate posts to networks with tools like HootSuite
or Tweetdeck
Push updates to your phone for quicker response to
inquiries
Let team members create content
Check out analytics — what works, what doesn’t?
12. Overall
Don’t underestimate the power of social media
Develop an action plan that you can fit into your
schedule and most importantly, that fits your persona
Measure your actions
Have fun!
13. Thanks!
Lisa Ghisolf, Gizmo Design, Inc.
www.gizmo-design.com
Lisa@gizmo-design.com
312.545.9235
@gizmodesign