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The Digg Widget

Posted on October 16, 2009
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Lawyers Discuss the Lawyer Referral Exchange

Posted on October 04, 2009

LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook for Lawyers

Posted on October 04, 2009

Social Media Planning for Lawyers

Posted on July 08, 2009
I was pleased to see my Facebook friend Francis Flynn Thorsen's Slideshare presentation (proud to be on page 11) on "Social Media Business Planning and Time Blocking."Although this presentation was developed with real estate professionals in mind, the message for busy lawyers is the same - if you are to achieve ambitious goals with social media you will need an organized and time saving approach...

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A Twitter Interview with LinkedIn Lawyer David Barrett

Posted on June 17, 2009
Many thanks to Lance Godard of The Godard Group for including me as the 22nd interviewee in his creative Twitter interview series, "22 Tweets - Real Time Twitter Interviews with Lawyers Who Tweet."Godard uses a series of questions posed via Twitter and a threaded conversation hashtag (#22twts) to allow his subjects to tell the story of their law practice...

Lawyer Rainmaking with Social Media - LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook

Posted on June 17, 2009
REGISTER HERE FOR THE LINKEDIN LAWYER SUMMER WEBINAR SERIESThe Secrets of LinkedIn, Twitter and Social Networking Systems for Lawyers and Busy ProfessionalsView more OpenOffice presentations from David Barrett.REGISTER HERE FOR THE LINKEDIN LAWYER SUMMER WEBINAR SERIES

Twitter for Law Firm Business Development

Posted on June 02, 2009
A Conversation Among Legal Marketing BrandsAs lawyers continue to navigate the unchartered waters of social media, online networking, and social media legal marketing, it is inevitable that as these new and evolving tools will engender considerable debate as to their most effective use...

This Week's LinkedIn Lawyer "Top Tweets" - Top of June Edition

Posted on June 01, 2009
Twitter is a free and easy-to-use "micro-blogging" site that allows you to send and receive short updates from multiple users. David Barrett, The LinkedIn Lawyer is "Twittering" -- follow me here -- and keep up to date with news about Web 2.0 social media and the legal profession, with a particular focus on LinkedIn...

The Anatomy of a Twitter Tweet - Twitter Basics for Lawyers

Posted on May 20, 2009
A few weeks ago while checking email I noticed via a email update that one of my favorite colleagues, Attorney Tom McLain, was following me on Twitter. Although Tom is an attorney in the Greater Atlanta area, and I practice in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, I have had the opportunity to get to know Tom just a bit via social media...

Do Lawyers Have Good Facebook Manners?

Posted on May 06, 2009
Although these etiquette tips are in the context of the relationship between Timmy and Alice on Facebook ?The Electric Friendship Generator,? there are many lessons here that apply to a professional networking presence on Facebook. Connect with David Barrett on Facebook here.

This Week's LinkedIn Lawyer "Top Tweets" - May Day Edition

Posted on May 03, 2009
Twitter is a free and easy-to-use "micro-blogging" site that allows you to send and receive short updates from multiple users. David Barrett, The LinkedIn Lawyer is "Twittering" -- follow me here -- and keep up to date with news about Web 2.0 social media and the legal profession, with a particular focus on LinkedIn...

Lawyers Exploring Twitter Communities

Posted on May 02, 2009
A large online legal network is a useful tool when taking the social media pulse of lawyers nationwide, and there seems to be a current buzz around lawyers making sense of the various Twitter communities online, and how to use them effectively. This buzz first bubbled up to me when Robin Kobayashi of the Lexis Nexis Workers Compensation blog asked if I had written anything or had an opinion about Tweetlaw...

This Week's LinkedIn Lawyer "Top Tweets"

Posted on April 13, 2009
Twitter is a free and easy-to-use "micro-blogging" site that allows you to send and receive short updates from multiple users. David Barrett, The LinkedIn Lawyer is "Twittering" -- follow me here -- and keep up to date with news about Web 2.0 social media and the legal profession, with a particular focus on LinkedIn...

The Powerful Networking Synergy of Martindale-Hubbell Connected and LinkedIn

Posted on April 12, 2009
In Beta, Martindale-Hubbell Connected is Valuable ResourceThere have been a few highly-regarded squeaky wheels blogging in order to get their oil from M-H Connected as LexisNexis slowly rolls out the social networking for lawyers website (currently in Beta), but let?s face it ? all online social media tools have their quirks, and dealing with those is part of being a cutting-edge early adopter...

Building relationships With Linkedin

Posted on April 07, 2009
Bill Price does a great job here getting across LinkedIn lessons with visual communication. Often, LinkedIn "training" is about adjusting our attitudes more than learning new technical skills. Enjoy.Building relationships With LinkedinView more presentations from Bill Price.

Lawyers Seek to Grow Online Networks

Posted on April 03, 2009
Recognizing the Business Development Potential of Social NetworksEveryone has their own philosophy when it comes to ?effectively? using social networking. Social networking is so new, and is used by such diverse groups of professionals, that there is not really a ?user manual? nor a clearly defined set of ?best practices...

The LinkedIn Lawyer "Top Tweets" - April Showers Edition

Posted on April 03, 2009
David A. Barrett's Recent Most Popular Twitter MessagesTwitter is a free and easy-to-use "micro-blogging" site that allows you to send and receive short updates from multiple users. David Barrett, The LinkedIn Lawyer is "Twittering" -- follow me here -- and keep up to date with news about Web 2...

Lawyers and Social Media blogtalkradio show

Posted on March 24, 2009

What Were We Tweeting When the Human Rights Lawyers Were Killed?

Posted on February 23, 2009
Advanced Topics in Twitter and Human Rights LawAmidst this worldwide economic downturn, and in The Year of Twitter it is certainly understandable for us all to get excited about the inherent business potential of this new online social media.However, although the practice of law is a business, lawyers have a particular responsibility to stand up for the rule of law ? and for those lawyers who dedicate their professional lives to protecting the fundamental human rights of themselves and others...

ABA CLE Online Social Networking Gets Professional

Posted on February 23, 2009
Social Media for Lawyers Seminar Online SuccessThe American Bar Association Continuing Legal Education Seminar, "Online Social Networking Gets Professional, the Pitfalls and Rewards" had a number of very pleased seminar/webinar attendees, and a considerable following on the social media website Twitter...

This Week's LinkedIn Lawyer Social Media "Top Tweets" Stimulus Package

Posted on February 09, 2009
Click here for a video introduction to David Barrett's Twitter profile.Twitter is a free and easy-to-use "micro-blogging" site that allows you to send and receive short updates from multiple users. David Barrett, The LinkedIn Lawyer is "Twittering" -- follow me here -- and keep up to date with news about Web 2...

David A. Barrett's Representative Legal Clients

Posted on February 04, 2009
Slideshare is a great application that allows users to get powerpoint presentations out to social media portals such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and blogs. Representative Legal ClientsView more presentations from barrettdavid.Related Twitter Chatter:barrettdavid: Are Lawyers Taking Full Advantage of Slideshare? - http://twurl...

BubbleTweets for Distinguished Social Media Lawyers

Posted on January 30, 2009
Names like ?Tweetbubble? or "BubbleTweet" can make even the toughest trial lawyers? eyes roll back in the head. Much like the International House of Pancakes patrons ordering the ?Rooty Tooty Fresh N? Fruity? with an embarrassed whisper, many of today?s distinguished attorneys use the new nouns and verbs of social media with some trepidation...

This Week's LinkedIn Lawyer Social Media "Top Tweets"

Posted on January 28, 2009
Click here for a video introduction to David Barrett's Twitter profile.Twitter is a free and easy-to-use "micro-blogging" site that allows you to send and receive short updates from multiple users. David Barrett, The LinkedIn Lawyer is "Twittering" -- follow me here -- and keep up to date with news about Web 2...

Lawyers Get Snippy on Twitter

Posted on January 24, 2009
Inside the Debate on ?Effective? Twitter Use for LawyersTwitter is a free and easy-to-use "micro-blogging" site that allows you to send and receive short updates from multiple users. David Barrett, The LinkedIn Lawyer is "Twittering" -- follow me here -- and keep up to date with news about Web 2...

LinkedIn Trainer Chip Lambert's #LinkedInTips from Twitter

Posted on January 23, 2009
Twitter is a free and easy-to-use "micro-blogging" site that allows you to send and receive short updates from multiple users. David Barrett, The LinkedIn Lawyer is "Twittering" -- follow me here -- and keep up to date with news about Web 2.0 social media and the legal profession, with a particular focus on LinkedIn...

LinkedIn QuickLink Invitations

Posted on January 20, 2009
Click here for David Barrett's video comment on this blogpost.The most important consumable commodity on LinkedIn is a user?s ?invitations to connect.? Invitations to connect are extremely valuable to LinkedIn users, and the LinkedIn company restricts the number of invitations a particular user may use...

This Week's LinkedIn Lawyer "Top Tweets" - The MLK Day Edition

Posted on January 19, 2009
Click here for a video introduction to David Barrett's Twitter profile.Twitter is a free and easy-to-use "micro-blogging" site that allows you to send and receive short updates from multiple users. David Barrett, The LinkedIn Lawyer is "Twittering" -- follow me here -- and keep up to date with news about Web 2...

Help! Lawyers from Television?s ?Damages? show are Twitter-Stalking Me

Posted on January 08, 2009
So last night much like the other members of the ?I?ll Watch Law and Order Until My Eyes Fall Out? group on Facebook, I tuned in to FX to see the season premiere of their lawyer show ? ?Damages.? With all of the Law and Order marathons on around the New Year, I figured it was prudent to change things up a bit and conserve myself in case my bloody corneas are in fact an indicator of my Law and Order career coming to an end...

How I Connected with Barack Obama on LinkedIn

Posted on January 05, 2009
I?m frequently asked about how I am lucky enough to be directly connected to President-Elect Barack Obama on LinkedIn, at times even bartering such knowledge/perceived access in exchange for various goods and services, but I have had so many requests I feel that it is time to publish this blog post in order to save myself some time in responding to all the requests...

The First LinkedIn Lawyer "Top Tweets" of 2009

Posted on January 04, 2009
Twitter is a free and easy-to-use "micro-blogging" site that allows you to send and receive short updates from multiple users. David Barrett, The LinkedIn Lawyer is "Twittering" -- follow me here -- and keep up to date with news about Web 2.0 social media and the legal profession, with a particular focus on LinkedIn...

Building Blocks Of Business Online

Posted on January 03, 2009
Building Blocks Of Business OnlineView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: strategy business)

What is social media, and why should I care?

Posted on January 02, 2009
What is social media, and why should I care?View SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: interactive marketing)

The Tao of Twitter: An intro guide

Posted on January 02, 2009
The Tao of Twitter: An intro guideView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: networking business)Find David Barrett on Twitter @barrettdavid

I Don't Have Time For Twitter or Facebook by Perry Belcher

Posted on December 27, 2008
Find David Barrett on Twitter @barrettdavid

This Week's LinkedIn Lawyer "Top Tweets" (the 'Post-Christmas Edition')

Posted on December 26, 2008
Twitter is a free and easy-to-use "micro-blogging" site that allows you to send and receive short updates from multiple users. David Barrett, The LinkedIn Lawyer is "Twittering" -- follow me here -- and keep up to date with news about Web 2.0 social media and the legal profession, with a particular focus on LinkedIn...

Internet Marketing Strategies: How To Develop Successful Online Marketing Program

Posted on December 21, 2008
Internet Marketing Strategies: How To Develop Successful Online Marketing ProgramView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: case-study immigration-attorney)Social Bookmarking

How to Combine SEO, Blogging, and Social Media for Marketing Results by HubSpot

Posted on December 17, 2008
How to Combine SEO, Blogging, and Social Media For Results HubSpotView SlideShare presentation or Upload your own. (tags: seo search)Find the video for this webinar here with additional resources.

6 Simple Steps to Attract More Clients on the Internet by Stephen Fairley

Posted on December 17, 2008

This Week's LinkedIn Lawyer "Top Tweets"

Posted on December 17, 2008
Twitter is a free and easy-to-use "micro-blogging" site that allows you to send and receive short updates from multiple users. David Barrett, The LinkedIn Lawyer is "Twittering" -- follow me here -- and keep up to date with news about Web 2.0 social media and lawyers, with a particular focus on LinkedIn...