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Archive for the Category "Web Law Connected" Web Law Predictions for 2010 by Steven Matthews on December 20th, 2009 At the end of each year, I try to find some time to consider growing trends and how each might play out the following year. I’m just beginning that process now, and honestly, I’m not even close to a complete list. For those items I do have, however, I thought it might be interesting to [...] Posted in Web Law Connected \| 2 Comments »> Social Media & Business Productivity by Steven Matthews on October 23rd, 2009 The lines in the sand seem firmly drawn when it comes to social media blocking. Some firms have taken the view that accessing websites such as Facebook during work hours is an attack on business productivity, and have locked down access. Detractors identify the fact that any personal smart phone can access these sites, [...] Posted in Web Law Connected \| 1 Comment »> Law Firm Landing Pages by Steven Matthews on August 8th, 2009 Once you remove content publishing from the equation, there are typically four major entry points into law firm websites: the homepage, practice pages, lawyer profiles and regional office pages. For this month’s web law connected column, I thought it might be interesting to offer comments on each of these pages, and issues I’ve seen from [...] Posted in Web Law Connected \| No Comments »> Own Your Content, But Distribute Widely by Steven Matthews on June 19th, 2009 One of my routine considerations, is the amount of time I invest in websites that I own, versus the amount of time I invest in the websites of others. In many cases, that boils down to the value of domain ownership – websites, blogs, and so forth. Sites where there is little question to who benefits, [...] Posted in Web Law Connected \| 1 Comment »> Lawyer Twitter Practices: 29 Do’s and Don’ts by Steven Matthews on April 25th, 2009 Twitter is undeniably the social media darling of 2009. From celebrity stalking to Oprah coverage, the monopoly of micro-blogging is now pushing 10 million active users. The legal profession is equally aboard this bandwagon, with adoption numbers rising fast. Where tools such as LinkedIn and Facebook have traditionally helped to create value from existing relationships, [...] Posted in Web Law Connected \| 22 Comments »> The Formal-to-Informal Rule of Lawyer Web Publishing by Steven Matthews on March 7th, 2009 One of the more interesting transitions the web has brought to legal marketing communication is the greater acceptance of informal lawyer commentary. Where formal business writing and legal analysis were once considered the only output for marketing materials, the advent of blogging, and now micro-blogging (i.e. Twitter), has allowed lawyers to create more approachable online [...] Posted in Web Law Connected \| 3 Comments »> It’s Not the Tool! It’s YOU! by Steven Matthews on November 1st, 2008 I sometimes get asked silly questions like “which social network is the best?” or “which is better for law firms, content marketing or email newsletters?” I find these questions silly, not because lawyers shouldn’t make value judgments on where to invest their time and money, but rather, that questions like these can inspire thinking in exclusionary [...] Posted in Web Law Connected \| No Comments »>  SEO for Law Firms: Why Adwords is Not the Solution by Steven Matthews on September 3rd, 2008 Paid search advertising programs, like Google Adwords, allow for the placement of text-based ads next to the ‘natural’ search results, and can provide access to the desired audiences that many law firms seek. But what do they actually deliver? Are these ads effective for attracting clients? How much web traffic will they bring? Is it [...] Posted in Web Law Connected \| 3 Comments »> Yahoo Pipes Tutorial for Feed Mixing by Steven Matthews on June 22nd, 2008 Yahoo Pipes is a tool that we’ve covered a few times here on Slaw. And having fielded a few questions myself on its use for RSS feed mixing, I thought it might be nice to demonstrate how simple the process is with a tutorial. What you’ll find below is pretty granular in detail, with way [...] Posted in Web Law Connected \| 5 Comments »> Ethics & Legal Web Marketing – Never Lower Your Standards! by Steven Matthews on April 20th, 2008 The Internet is getting big and ugly. While our personal experience is still what we make of it, web-culture is seldom more than a reflection of our greater society. We take the good along with the bad; unfortunately, when it comes to web marketing, things don’t appear to be shaping up much different. How bad [...] Posted in Web Law Connected \| 2 Comments »> Closed Networks & The Problem with Facebook by Steven Matthews on February 10th, 2008 This month’s edition of Web Law Connected could be seen as a bit of a rant, but the honest intent here is to explore the underlying marketing value offered to lawyers by what has become the 800-pound gorilla of social networks – Facebook. It’s difficult to refute the fact that Facebook is the fastest growing [...] Posted in Web Law Connected \| 8 Comments »> Top Five Digital Landmines for Lawyers by Steven Matthews on December 2nd, 2007 There are a number of situations where a lawyer’s personal brand can take a hit on the modern web. From an unfavourable newspaper story being permanently codified within the paper’s archives, to casual web participation showing up in the search engines for a lawyer’s name. Reputation management has quickly become a very important consideration [...] Posted in Web Law Connected \| 2 Comments »> Thought Leadership – A Long Term Investment by Steven Matthews on October 14th, 2007 The selling of ‘expertise’ has always been a crucial element to legal marketing. Why else would lawyers with heavy billable targets take months of their valuable time to write a book? Expertise, even more than having years of experience, is an important measure of qualification, and a tool used to grade the modern professional. So [...] Posted in Web Law Connected \| No Comments »>		Special Projects [ TOROG memos – mapping lawyers] Recent Comments Slaw Linkblog Follow Slaw [ on a mobile – via rss – via email – on twitter ] SlawNET Member Login This week's column is on: Law21 The iFuture by Jordan FurlongJordan is a partner with Edge International, providing consulting services to law firms on strategic planning and tactical matters. He's also a Senior Consultant with Stem Legal and principal of its Media Strategy consulting service. Finally, he's an award-winning blogger who chronicles the extraordinary changes underway in the practice of law at Law21: Dispatches from a Legal Profession on the Brink. Formerly editor-in-chief of the CBA's National magazine and a graduate of Queen's Law School, he lives in Ottawa with his wife and two children. [click on the author's name to go to email and web page links] February 3, 2010 For the record, I don’t intend to buy one. At least, not for a few more years and not until the inevitable upgrades, improvements, fixes, and content distribution changes have run their course. But well before the iPad 3.o arrives, the original version will have had a serious impact on the computer industry, on the [...] READ: this column other columns on Law21 past columns on all topics TOROG memos and precedents Documents from the Toronto Opinions Group on third-party opinions. 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David Cheifetz on Nursing Home Laws Project Edward Prutschi on Courts are not Circuses Steven Matthews on Nursing Home Laws Project David Cheifetz on Nursing Home Laws Project Rita Kaiser on Transitioning to a Legal Researcher Simon Fodden on Nursing Home Laws Project Lawrence Gridin on Courts are not Circuses Josh on The iFuture Connie Crosby on Transitioning to a Legal Researcher Connie Crosby on Courts are not Circuses David Cheifetz on Transitioning to a Legal Researcher Angela Swan on Paragraph Justification Frédéric Pelletier on Paragraph Justification Angela Swan on Courts are not Circuses Connie Crosby on Courts are not Circuses Good and Boring \| Op-Ed Columnist \| NYTimes.com Iceland's meltdown made headlines; the remarkable stability of Canada's banks, not so much.Yet as the world’s attention shifts from financial rescue to financial reform, the quiet success stories deserve at least as much attention as the spectacular failures. We need to learn from those countries that evidently did it right. And leading that list is our neighbor to the north. Right now, Canada is a very important role model. Fraser Speirs - Blog - Future Shock What you're seeing in the industry's reaction to the iPad is nothing less than future shock. For years we've all held to the belief that computing had to be made simpler for the 'average person'. I find it difficult to come to any conclusion other than that we have totally failed in this effort. The iPad and publishers: A survey of early reaction - O'Reilly Radar the device is clearly built for media consumption. Movies, music, books, news -- the bread and butter content that keeps iTunes humming. That's good for Apple, obviously, but it also creates an interesting opportunity for publishers. They've got a new distribution mechanism and a new canvas. We don't need no stinking authority \| The Economist "[I]n the history of the discussion over whether or not the drone strikes in Pakistan are a good idea, I don't think I have ever heard anyone ask where the CIA or the president get the authority for them. Now, reports Spencer Ackerman, the ACLU is asking . . ." Time to stand up for Parliament (Editorial \| The Globe and Mail) It is time the rules governing prorogation changed. Canada's Parliament has shown itself vulnerable to an excessive concentration of power, and hence is hampered in fulfilling its role as the “ultimate sovereign body.” The prorogation of 2008 has now been followed by another, this time simply for partisan tactical convenience. The Prime Minister is misusing the power to shut down Parliament, and in the process destabilizing Canada's democracy. For that reason, prorogation should be made subject to legislative controls. ongoing · On the Blankness of Google "Today, without planning to, I visited the Google home page, then also Yahoo and Bing. They don’t look like each other at all. I think, first of all, that Yahoo is the past, Google the present, Bing the future. And second, that it doesn’t matter much." Duthie Books of Vancouver closing after 53 years (Duthie Press Release) (Jan. 19/10) For 53 years Duthies has provided a good book service to the city, championed BC and Canadian books, encouraged the public to read local writers, and helped to create a knowledgeable reading public...Everybody knows that Independent bookstores have been under pressure from the 'big box' operations for many years now and it is clear that it is not going to get any better; the likes of Chapters, and Amazon are ruthless in their drive for market share and we cannot compete on price anymore. DigitalKoans » Canadian Research Knowledge Network Completes License Agreements Worth $140 Million The Canadian Research Knowledge Network, which has 73 academic institutions as members, has completed three-year license agreements worth $140 million with 14 scholarly publishers. It is estimated that over $40 million was saved compared to institutional licenses for comparable content. A new approach to China (Official Google Blog) (Jan. 12/10) Like many other well-known organizations, we face cyber attacks of varying degrees on a regular basis. In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google. However, it soon became clear that what at first appeared to be solely a security incident--albeit a significant one--was something quite different. Google’s Threat Ricocheted Around World, but Skipped Over China - NYTimes.com (Jan. 13/10) Google’s declaration that it would stop cooperating with Chinese Internet censorship and consider shutting down its operations in China ricocheted around the world on Wednesday. But in China itself, the news was heavily censored. Add Slaw Linkblog to your del.icio.us network Subscribe to Slawlinkblog Follow our posts on your mobile Subscribe via RSS: You can subscribe to any or all of the following: the feed for all posts the feed for all comments a feed for a particular category and a feed for posts by a particular author. You can also subscribe to the feed for the comments to any particular post: you will find instructions above the comment entry form after all entries. Subscribe via email: To receive posts: To receive comments: Delivered by FeedBurner Follow Slaw posts on Twitter Here's the title of the most recent post from each of the blogs of Slaw's regular contributors. 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