Another week has passed, and another group of people have started using new internet technology to connect with others and build business.  Hopefully, that group of people includes some lawyers.  Welcome to part 19 of our blog series on social media for attorneys.  What good would a blog series about social media be if we did not use the social web to highlight our ideas?  So this week we turn the focus outwards, and look at what some other people are saying about attorneys involved in social networking.

E-Justice put together a list of 50 social networking sites that lawyers should be aware of and operating on.  The list includes some well known names that we have discussed in past editions of this blog, and some lesser known sites that might be interesting to check out.

The ABA Journal wrote a blog post about lawyer blogs.  They claim that blogs are the cheapest way lawyers can grow their practice, and provide some first hand evidence to support it.

Bentley Tolk has written a great little post about the “Green” advantages of marketing via the internet.  This is a nice tie in to the other blog series we have been running on the legal community becoming more environmentally friendly.  There are some good points to think about here.

David Harlow’s Health Care Law Blog wrote a nice post answering all the questions you might have about Twitter.  Taking it one question at a time, this post will help jumpstart your mission to excel on the newest and hottest social networking tool.

Law Firm Blogger has a post that captures more of the big picture thinking that we like to address here.  The message, social networks may not be the answer to all your prayers, but if you can use them in such a way that gets you some positive attention and publicity, you are winning.

All of these blog posts show you just some of the attention that social media is getting in the legal community right now.  It is not a passing fad, and it is something that any lawyer should consider strongly if they want to grow their practice in the coming years.  Tomorrow’s lawyers need to learn tomorrow’s strategies today.

Past Installments of this Series:
Part One – Intro to Social Media for Attorneys
Part Two – Signing up for the Networks
Part Three – Using Blogs as an Information Source
Part Four – Start Blogging Today
Part Five – Introduction to Twitter
Part Six – Introduction to LinkedIn
Part Seven – Networks as a Communication Tool
Part Eight – Submit Yourself to Blog Catalogs
Part Nine – Put Your PR Department to Work
Part Ten – Lend us your Comments
Part Eleven – Intro to Viral Marketing
Part Twelve – Answer Questions 2.0
Part Thirteen – The Big Picture
Part Fourteen – Interactions on Blogs
Part Fifteen – Interactions on Networks
Part Sixteen – Recruiting on the Networks
Part Seventeen – Promote Yourself to Get a Job
Part Eighteen – Video Resumes