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Has LinkedIn helped your practice?

  • Tom Mclain
    Feb 24 2009, 08:18 PM
    V.k,

    I have no good answer to your question.

    Peter,

    At the risk of you concluding that the group is of "little use," I would like to suggest that you try the Corporate Lawyer Group on LinkedIn. Its a group that I manage and there are some relevant discussions on it. Each week, participation seems to get a little better.

    Tom

  • Pamela Woldow
    Apr 21 2009, 02:40 AM
    Tom:

    Like many other forms of marketing and networking, I don't think there is necessarily a one-to-one correlation between participating in LinkedIn (or other social networks) and getting a particular client. Based on what I am seeing, having a digital presence is akin to speaking, writing articles, attending conferences -- in other words, it is a necessary dimension of professional marketing.

    Participating has the salutary benefit of allowing the lawyer to demonstrate thought leadership, shape the "message" and have that information remain available for view by others. I am aware of several lawyers who were first identified by corporate counsel on social network sites. It was the start of relationship building that led to work and those lawyers would not have come to the attention of the inhouse folks but for the sites.

    Thanks for the information on the Corporate Lawyer Group; I will look it up.

    Pam Woldow


  • Christopher Spizzirri
    Apr 23 2009, 05:08 PM
    Well said Pamela. I agree.

  • Sadanand Naik
    Jun 04 2009, 07:50 AM
    As far as India is concerned, the Advocates Act prohibits any kinds of advertisement relating to the lawyers services to the clients. I believe Facebook, Linked in, Xing , Biznik, Ikarma and other social or Business networking sites would help Lawyers to find new clients and establish their practice. But all it depends on one's ability to handle the matter before the court and past success in the handling of client cases. LinkedIn and other networking sites would really helpful for the Lawyers who outsource their work to UK and US.

  • Alvaro Aguilar
    Sep 20 2009, 08:18 PM
    LinkedIn is only useful if you actively participate in expert groups, helping out those who need to know about your areas - Corporate Lawyer Group is a good one. The "Golden Rule" applies. And we actually got good clients (they pay their bills and request everything in writing). Xing is the European linkedin but falls short when it comes to the ability to use widgets for Powerpoint or PDF documents to promote your practice. Groups in Xing need Administrator approval, so they are not as specialized as those in LinkedIn (like Offshore Investment Worldwide, Company Formation or national law groups). Lawyrs is like Xing 4 years ago.
    Facebook is a waste of time for networking. I only use it for non-professional keeping in touch" with relatives.
    In the end, face to face meetings and client referrals are what get you into larger clients, with tools like LinkedIn being a media to maintain contact with those met elsewhere.


  • Hannes Diedrich
    Sep 21 2009, 02:22 PM
    Hi Alvaro, thanks for your interesting comments. Lawyrs is still in its early stages, but we are keen to improve the website and will add some new features in the next months.

    What do you think are the most important things that are still missing on lawyrs?

    By the way, there is a group where users can post any feedback about the lawyrs community:
    www.lawyrs.net/groups/7/beta

    Thanks!
    Hannes.

  • Joan Farley Nyobe
    Sep 22 2009, 10:08 PM
    Linked in has not helped me at all as an investigator/Process Service. And here on Lawyrs.net, there are not many lawyers from the Washington Metropolitan Area here and I'm not getting anywhere here either. But I like the professional environment, that's why I keep coming back. For the intellectual exchange of valuable information.

  • Joan Farley Nyobe
    Sep 22 2009, 10:11 PM
    And I see no real growth in the legal professions online. Yes, I see process servers and investigators all over the web but lawyers are a closed sector. They seemed unwilling to branch out and socially network with people from other sectors in life.

  • Radu Cotarcea
    Nov 21 2011, 11:09 AM
    To answer Tom's initial question, I feel Linkedin supported us greatly. Not necessarily in bringing a client through the door (That'd be quite hard in the professional services sector where relationship building is crucial and internet interactions tend to be distant) but it did play a major role in our business development efforts. We used it to generate leads, build our brand awareness and, probably one of the most important, it provided our market research teams with a great tool to blueprint the markets we operate in. In light of these, I'd say that, although not directly, we did get quite a few clients via social networking sites.


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