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First posted on January 25, 2012 by
Step-by-Step: Set Up Your Google+ Business Page
RosArt Google Plus for Business Page Setup
In order to create a Google Plus (G+) Business Page you must first have a regular G+ profile page. If you already have one skip to step 8, if not follow the steps below:
1) Visit
https://plus.google.com
and click on the “Create an account” under the “Sign In” button. If you already have a Gmail account and would like to link your business to that email, you can just click the “Sign In” button.
2) After clicking on the “Create an account” link fi ...
First posted on December 28, 2011 by
Who Owns Twitter Followers?
PhoneDog, a website that reviews and reports on mobile devices and services, has sued former employee Noah Kravitz for $340,000 over the
ownership
of the PhoneDog Twitter account and its followers.
Part of Kravitz’s duties at PhoneDog was to set up and use the company’s
Twitter feed to promote PhoneDog
. Kravitz opened a PhoneDog Twitter account linking it to his personal email account, @PhoneDog_Noah. Kravitz used the account to promote PhoneDog’s services and news.
Through hi ...
First posted on December 21, 2011 by
Small Law Firms Have Bigger Social Media Presence
Vizibility, Inc.
and
LexisNexis
have released the results of
a survey done on social media marketing use by attorneys and law firms. The
research suggests most lawyers use some social media platform as part of their
overall marketing strategy.
A whopping
81%
of survey respondents reported already using
social media marketing while another 10% indicate they plan to add social media
to their marketing mix in 2012.
Most attorneys also consider social media marketing as an
important
element in t ...
First posted on November 22, 2011 by
YouTube Redesign Hopes to Integrate Facebook Users with Google+
Google has redesigned their look for YouTube based on feedback received from users, partners and channel owners after the YouTube Cosmic Panda update. According to Google, the
goal of the redesig
n
is an effort to help users customize their channel, engage their audience and expand their presence.
The new design is still in testing but will have a more
socially integrated layout
that emphasizes sharing among social media. Google has included both Google+ and Facebook sharing options within the ...
First posted on November 17, 2011 by
Social Media and e-Discovery: Closing the Barn Door after the Horse
We all know that once something is out in cyberspace through social media there’s very little hope of ever getting it back (actually zero percent). Politicians and celebrities have been waking up to that hard, cold fact in recent years.
Social media and e-discovery are two newly related issues. An attorney would not tell his client to destroy e-mails, wipe his hard drive or shred any documents relating to a lawsuit. But what about the status updates, photos and videos posted on social me ...
First posted on March 31, 2011 by
ABA Shutting Down LegallyMinded Social Networking Site
LegallyMinded
, the
American Bar Association (ABA)
social networking site since December 2008, is closing down operations effective April 7.
LegallyMinded
was set up to expand an attorney’s professional network, to share knowledge through blogs and discussion groups, to house an internet articles library and for job searchers. The site was also open to paralegals, law librarians, law students and other legal professionals.
According to the
2010 ABA Legal Technology Survey
,
56% of at ...
First posted on July 28, 2010 by
Facebook Questions - Ask 500 Million of your Closest Friends
Starting today, Facebook is rolling out their Facebook Questions (FQ) feature. If you've used Yahoo! Answers then you are familiar with the concept - you post a question, and anyone else on Yahoo! Answers can provide and answer, and vice versa. With FQ, of course, your FQ can be answered by
500 million of your closest friends
. The feature will be visible on the left-hand side of your homepage (identifiable with a light bulb).
Facebook Question includes some interesting featur ...
First posted on July 23, 2010 by
Coming Soon – Alternatives to Facebook
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced this week that Facebook had added its
500 millionth member
. Facebook has only been around for six years and in that short time has become the reigning force in Social Media. To put that number in perspective, 500 million people includes the entire populations of both Brazil and the United States.
For Facebook though, with rapid growth has come bigger issues. A new
national survey
reveals that Facebook lags behind the insurance and ...
First posted on July 19, 2010 by
Dear Anonymous: Good Bye
Being able to state your views without stating your name is a favorite way for a lot of people to post their views on websites. The ability to say what you want to say without fear of personal backlash or condemnation is very appealing.
CNN has reported that several newspapers, including the Buffalo News (New York) and the Attleboro Sun Chronicle (Massachusetts), have decided to
not allow anonymous or guest postings
anymore. Their reasoning is this: to “raise the level of discourse” on-l ...
First posted on June 14, 2010 by
To Tweet Or Not To Tweet
To tweet or not to tweet? That is the question. Poor Shakespeare; if he was around today Romeo and Juliet would’ve just tweeted each other about their plans and avoided tragedy, therefore, robbi
ng the world of this great love story. Tweeting your every move or thought has become very popular in the last two years. There are more than 100 million tweeters worldwide. But, the question still arises: to tweet or not to tweet?
Tweeting was one of the topics of discussion this week during the openin ...
