One of the best sayings about the Internet is that it is a place “where no one knows you’re a dog.” However, tonight we are taking the leap and going to actually meet-up, or more appropriately, Tweet-Up with some of our local social media comrades. The first, of what I hope will be many, Houston
Marketers: Twitter Will Not Make Bad Lawyers Better
Larry Bodine recently blogged about Attorneys Flocking to Twitter listing the the following reasons:
- Because lawyers don’t have time to update their own bios.
- They don’t have time to write articles.
- They don’t have time to update a blog.
I posted the following in the comment section, but I thought it was provocative enough to
I Finally Use Twitter to Leverage My Interests Against My Followers
I decided earlier this week to ask my Twitter friends a question. In the process I’ve learned a lot of what works, doesn’t work, and that you can hit a Direct Message Limit on Twitter (who knew??) What Works:
Direct Messages (w/Personal Feel)- I liked adding the person’s actual name (even if I had to
"Hellow Twellow" – Finding that Someone Special On Twitter
No, this isn’t about turning Twitter into an online dating service. This is about finding that special “business” contact on Twitter by using Twellow to help guide you in the right direction. Why Twellow?? Because it indexes the biographical information that Twitter users and allows you to find people by who they say they are.
Is Twitter the Final Evolution of the Blog? Can We Improve the Relaying of Personal Knowledge?
The evolution of the Internet has pushed the ideas of smaller, faster, lighter, and cheaper. For the relaying of personal knowledge via the Internet (which I’m shortening to RPK for this post), the same model seems to apply. The evolution of dissemination of personal knowledge currently has us using Twitter as the medium of choice.
Social Web as a Self Regulating Forum
As I was riding in on the bus this morning, I was reading the paper (over one of my fellow passenger’s shoulder, of course) and saw an article in the Houston Chronicle titled “Skip the cuteness on e-mail.” Being too far way from the paper to read the details, I started making up the story
Go JW Go!! – Jackson Walker Puts Twitter Follows Front & Center
There have been a few law firms out there that have taken a slow approach to Twitter, but I ran across one today that has taken Twitter straight to its homepage and says “Follow Me!!”
Jackson Walker, a 300+ Texas-based law firm has created a number of Twitter accounts based on the type
A Different View of Legal Marketers on Twitter
Here’s a different look at the law firm marketers that I’ve listed on an earlier posting. These are the web sites that they’ve listed on their Twitter profiles. Some are marketing blogs, some are personal blogs, some are firms or businesses they work for, and, some are just personal web pages that they seem
LinkedIn's "Company Buzz" – More Of A "Company Tickle" At This Point
One of the new LinkedIn Apps is a monitor of Twitter postings that lets you know when someone has posted a Tweet on your company. LinkedIn is naming this app “Company Buzz.” This sounds like a great idea, but I have to admit that at this time, the app leaves a lot to
Is Twittering Better Than Listservs?
Listservs vs. Twitter
I’ve subscribed to a number of e-mail listservs over the years, and have found that these are becoming less and less useful. Although I’ve hung on and still subscribe to a few choices, I find that I use them more for generic topical information, than I do for specific topic resources. What