Social Media

Interview with LegalPD (Sweet & Maxwell/Thomson Reuters): Social Media for Legal Professionals

June 17, 2013 Lawyers Who Tweet

I was recently interviewed alongside my colleague Stephen Moore from Moore Legal Technology and a range of other lawyers and legal social media champions for a video by LegalPD (Sweet & Maxwell / Thomson Reuters). Among those interviewed included legal blogging (‘blawging’) champions Adam Wagner (barrister) and Brian Inkster (solicitor), IP lawyer Shireen Smith, employment [...]

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Google+ Hangout with Jonathan Lea: Legal Blogging & Social Media for Lawyers

June 6, 2013 Legal Careers

Jonathan Lea, London-based corporate lawyer and business adviser, recently kindly invited me to join him on a Google+ hangout (a live webinar) to chat about legal blogging (‘blawging’) and social media for lawyers and law firms. I’ve met Jonathan on various occasions now, having first connected back in 2009 on Twitter and latterly at legal [...]

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Social Media for Lawyers and Trainee Solicitors – #TANQsocial Seminar 2012

November 29, 2012 Social Media

Social Media for Lawyers: How to achieve your online goals without throwing away chargeable hours. from Ward Blawg Earlier this week, I presented on the topic of ‘Social media for lawyers: How to achieve your online goals without throwing away chargeable hours’ in the Royal Faculty of Procurators in Glasgow, an event hosted by the [...]

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Using law blogs to win business: law firms continue to embrace social media

March 13, 2012 Social Media

Yesterday I was speaking, in my capacity as SEO & Social Media Manager at Moore Legal Technology, to a partner at a Scottish law firm about using social media and blogging for generating new business for his law firm. After various conversations with him asking me how I was able to speak with authority on [...]

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How lawyers and law firms can set up multiple Twitter accounts using one email address

March 11, 2012 Social Media

Looking back on my blog post from last year sharing my 10 Twitter Tips for Law Firms, I realise that number 1 on the list was ‘Create at least two Twitter accounts’. Moving further into 2012, there are many more sector-specific Twitter accounts and indeed lawyers having their own Twitter accounts separate from the main [...]

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Who owns a Twitter follower?: Noah Kravitz sued by PhoneDog for $340,000

December 28, 2011 Social Media

A US mobile phone news company is suing its former employee in respect of the ownership of his Twitter account. Noah Kravitz worked for the company, PhoneDog, between 2006 and 2010 as a product reviewer and video blogger. During this time, his Twitter account with former username @PhoneDog_Noah gained over 17,000 followers. According to the [...]

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WardblawG’s ScotsLawBlog: Top 25 International & Foreign Law Blogs of 2011

November 17, 2011 Blawg

I am delighted to announce that ScotsLawBlog has been named as one of LexisNexis’ Top 25 International & Foreign Law Blogs of 2011. For those other keen bloggers or for those considering blogging for the first time, it may be surprising to learn that ScotsLawBlog has only recently marked its 1 year anniversary. Such is the power [...]

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10 Useful Tips for Better Blogging

November 14, 2011 Social Media

Last Friday (11 November 2011), I was invited by Vidster of Defrosting Cold Cases to join a live chat discussion on Twitter about blogging. The tweets from the discussion were collated under the hashtag #cclivechat and reproduced in full in this recap by Vidster shortly afterwards. As noted on Friday, not all topics were covered [...]

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Social Media ROI: Glasgow West Business Club Presentation

October 31, 2011 Social Media

I spoke recently in my capacity as Search and Social Media Marketing Manager at Moore Legal Technology on Tuesday 30 October 2011 at the Glasgow West Business Club. My presentation considered how professional services organisations can achieve greater results from social media marketing, including enhanced brand loyalty, increased website traffic, greater online presence and, ultimately, the generation of more, [...]

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Ranking Law Firms on Twitter by Klout: When will it end?

October 3, 2011 Social Media

Another list of law firms on Twitter ranked by influence according to Klout has been published. The list was produced using Klout by I-Com. This list of influential Scottish law firms on Twitter follows I-Com’s publication of a list of English law firms on Twitter. These lists aim to expand on the poor efforts of [...]

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Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association Annual Conference 2011

June 30, 2011 Lawyers Who Tweet

The Scottish Young Lawyers’ Association (SYLA) held their annual conference on 24 June 2011 at The Corinthian Hotel in Glasgow. The conference featured speakers expert in many areas of the legal profession.

I was invited, alongside Philip Knight of Biggart Baillie and Brian Inkster of Inksters, to speak on social media and how it can help young lawyers advance their careers. Unfortunately I missed the morning’s speakers, the reason being that I had a conflicting meeting to attend that morning with a lawyer, which meeting was coincidentally brought about because of Twitter.

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Social Media, SEO and Business Development: Growing Connections

May 26, 2011 Blawg

Further to my experiences over the past 8 months with LawCloud as SEO and social media consultant and given my new role as Search and Social Media Manager with Moore Legal Technology Limited, I thought it would be useful to share some insights on the correlation between social media, SEO and business development. The bulk of the ideas below have already been posted on my guest blog post for Connectegrity, although, I have expanded upon some of the reasons why search marketing remains an important weapon in the arsenal of every marketing department in every law firm across the world.

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WardblawG Mentioned in UK Blawg Roundup #6

April 10, 2011 Blawg

I am delighted to have been mentioned in the sixth installation of the UK Blawg Roundup, as written by Brian Inkster of The Time Blawg. In a thoroughly comprehensive review, Brian travels back in time to discuss the early days of UK law blogging (the past), considers the current status (the present) and looks at what is to come (the future). This is a must read for anyone with an interest in blogging, not just blawging.

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Next Legal Tweetup in the UK: Vote Now!

March 24, 2011 Law Practice

Pursuant to the success of the #Lex2011Tweetup in London last week, it has been proposed among the UK’s legal twitterati elite that a second tweetup of a similar scale should take place later this year.

In that respect, it would be helpful if those who are wishing to attend could indicate their preference in the short survey below.

Best wishes and hope to see you later in the year.

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