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Best Practices for Social Media Advertising

Amanda H. Wilcox

Social media is growing up, and this means that brands of all sizes and across all industries are using social media as part of their marketing strategy. However, courts have confirmed that the basic tenets of intellectual property law and advertising law still apply. The following guidelines stem from common questions that clients often have in the area of social media marketing.

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Digital Dive: How to Create (at least) Nine Pieces of Content in One Hour

Spencer X. Smith

In just one hour, would it be valuable to have at least nine pieces of content that your lawyer clients may use on your website and on social media?

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Social Media Scene: The Easy Path to Success on Social Media — The 1% Rule of the Internet Image

Social Media Scene: The Easy Path to Success on Social Media — The 1% Rule of the Internet

Spencer X. Smith

You may have read a dozen “How To” articles about cracking the algorithms — which sound very mathematical — of any social media platform, but at the end of the day, you're communicating with people.

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'Cause We Are Living in a Digital World …

David McCann

As with traditional branding, a digital brand is simply the perception individuals have of a business or organization online. Digital branding is a brand management technique that uses a combination of Internet branding and digital marketing to develop a brand over a range of digital venues, including Internet-based relationships, device-based applications and media. The objective is to establish and build trust with potential clients, especially while they are in the decision phase of the selection process.

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'Digital Dive:' How to Use Reverse SEO to Suppress Negative Content in Search Engines

Marguerita Cheng

Reverse SEO is part of a firm's online reputation management strategy that suppresses negative content such as bad service reviews in search engines so that potential clients and partner companies will have difficulty finding it.

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Social Media Scene: How to Compel Your Staff to Share Your Firm's Social Media Posts Image

Social Media Scene: How to Compel Your Staff to Share Your Firm's Social Media Posts

Spencer X. Smith

Consider advocating for your employees first before you ask them to advocate for you. Give your employees a reason to care.

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'Marketing Tech:' How Law Firms May Ensure Social Media Compliance

Marguerita Cheng

How can law firms ensure social media compliance? What are the rules and restrictions to creating profiles, publishing content and communicating with prospects and clients? This article answers these questions and provides tips to help firms create a sound social media policy.

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The Topography of a Strong Attorney Biography

John Buchanan

<i><b>Part Two of a Two-Part Article</i></b><p>In addition to ensuring that a bio focuses on “the right stuff,” it is essential that the bio be both search engine and social media friendly.

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Lessons Learned from the Business Development Coach's Playbook

Peter A. Johnson

What does it take to be a successful attorney in today's legal environment? For one thing, it takes a little help, which more and more often comes in the form of a business development coach.

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Online Extra: Facebook's Blockchain Bet Could Place It in the Data Decentralization Debate

Ian Lopez

<i><b>Oft-Considered an Avenue for Individuals to Attain Greater Control over Their Digital Information, Blockchain Could Be Leveraged By Facebook to Change Its Status As “Gatekeeper” for User Data</i></b><p>Facebook Inc. recently announced that it will begin exploring different ways to incorporate blockchain into its infrastructure. Yet, questions remain over how the social media company will implement the technology and what sort of legal challenges doing so could portend.

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