Tag Archives: Facebook

If you or your law firm supports multiple social media accounts such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn, you may be wondering how to effectively manage all of these pages in one place. There are many options to choose from (see the bottom of this blog post), but my personal holy grail for social media management is Hootsuite. I am sure ...

If you have a Facebook page for your law firm, you may have noticed the option to try out Facebook’s new page insights. Although the insights feature was always available, the improved version provides much more information and data. So, what’s new? External Referrers Under the “Page Visits” tab, you will see a section titled “External Referrers.” This part is ...

Your firm has decided to engage in social networking. You’ve set up accounts on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and maybe even Google Plus or Pinterest. But nothing much seems to be happening: you’re not getting followers, and no one seems to be interacting with you or your posts and updates. Are you doing social networking wrong, or is it just not ...

You may have heard that Facebook has recently added support for hashtags in Facebook posts. As usual, they’re rolling them out slowly, so all users won’t see them right away, but if you don’t have hashtag functionality yet, don’t worry – you’ll be seeing it soon. Facebook expert Mari Smith posted some tips when using hashtags on Facebook: Even if ...

The Legal Technology Resource Center (LTRC) is proud to announce the launch of its official Facebook page: www.facebook.com/lawtechnology. Converse with us beyond the 140 character limit! “Like” us to receive updates on the LTRC’s resources such as webinars, publications, the latest blog posts from Law Technology Today and to join conversations on legal technology. We greatly appreciate your interest in the ...

Years after Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn debuted, social media remains a hot topic of discussion for lawyers and legal professionals.  How should it be used? Which sites are best? How do you get started–or should you get started at all? We’re happy to welcome this guest post from Victoria Santoro exploring the value of social media. Victoria is a litigator ...

I’ve been doing some research in connection with an upcoming technology column I’ve written for the ABA Journal. The topic is backing up your social media accounts and it should appear in a month or two. This topic is an important one for lawyers, and not just so you can learn how you can back up your own accounts. Understanding ...

Sometimes, I really wonder about attorneys and judges. Not wonder in the sense of awe, but wonder why they often make their lives more confusing and more difficult than necessary. In no area is my wonderment greater than in the arena of e-discovery and, more importantly, the issues relating to the discovery of social media. Various mentors of mine, in ...

If you’re a Facebook user, you may have noticed some new icons that have begun appearing in the Facebook navigation bar. To the right of the “Home” link at the upper right corner of the navigation bar, there is a new Privacy Shortcuts icon (see below). This new icon is intended to give Facebook users easy access to the privacy ...