My good friend Jay Harrington posted some very smart thoughts on how lawyers and the marketers who aid them can be more successful at business development right now that I
I’m often asked how to make a real impact on your branding and revenue generation efforts with social media, and it’s quite simple, requiring little to no investment. Social media
While we all have to do our part by staying apart physically, online networking and content marketing are tools that every professional and company should use to market themselves (in an appropriate way) and their company. The worst thing you can do is to do nothing right now. We will all be relying on social media more than ever before in the foreseeable future, so it would be wise to embrace it now.
The most important question you should ask yourself right now is “how can we support our clients and our profession during this time”? Let that be your guiding light.
Here are some ways you can build relationships during the era of social distancing and quarantining. They just require a more human and online touch.
I’m thrilled to announce another social media virtual training program for lawyers, legal marketers and anyone else interested in learning more about how to use social media for business development
Here is my social media tip of the day. Use hashtags on LinkedIn to help your content become more discoverable. But use the right hashtags, which aren’t always the
Many firms and lawyers spend the time to create strong content but then they post it just once on social media. I call this “random acts of content.” This is
My content tip for today is to showcase your expertise and help others by offering clients and the general public access to offer educational resources about the coronavirus.
For example,
Writing is my outlet – can you tell? It keeps me busy and less stressed. Helping others helps me.
That being said, here’s my latest JD Supra article on why
Right now, online networking is the most important tool we have to stay top of mind with clients, prospects, employees, alumni, the media, recruits and others who are interested in updates about your company and its people.
Please always remember that now more than ever, it’s what you say and how you say it that is so important in how your company will be viewed in the market.
This is the time to invest in enhancing and maximizing your LinkedIn company page as well as trying to grow and delight your followers. Doing so can lead to greater brand recognition, enhanced market position and new business opportunities.
In many ways, your LinkedIn company page is a second company web site, and as LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network where many people go directly for information and research, it may be even more important than your actual web site.
Your company page gives you a platform to post information about what you do and promote important news, insights, events and services. It’s one of the most powerful online marketing tools for companies of any size if you consistently post and engage with your followers.
In order to maximize your LinkedIn company page, you’ll need to do three things 1) grow your company page followers, 2) drive awareness of your page and 3) post content that helps and educates others.
Regardless of how many followers you have, you have to keep them engaged with helpful posts or they will lose interest in your company and your company won’t appear in their news feed. You can do this by consistently posting helpful, non self-boasting content to provide value to your followers.
Here’s how:
Law360 recently published an article of mine, “Don’t Be Social Media Distancing: LinkedIn Tips For Lawyers” that I wanted to highlight on the blog. These tips can be used by lawyers and other professionals for appropriate brand building and marketing during the coronavirus outbreak. I live in NYC, which has seen the most cases of COVID-19 in our country, and it is a very strange and sad place to be right now.
Here’s an excerpt of the article: