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Happy New Year! — Out with the Old, In with the New!

Goodbye 2018 : Hello 2019!

The last month of the year usually brings a number of “Best of” articles from across the Web, and this year is no different. Several of my choices for December’s compilation include these kinds of posts, along with a look at how law firms can best leverage social media (no, really!), social listening, and some Back to Basics thoughts!

22 Benefits of Social Media for Business [Infographic]

This list is nowhere near comprehensive, but as you look for ways to enhance and evolve your digital marketing, consider these benefits….including:

Stay Top of Mind
Generate Leads
Reputation Management
Learn More About Your Customers

5 Common Mistakes People Make With Their Websites

Your web developer (I hope you have a really good one!) is the pro at getting your site the way it needs to be for your business. Go over these common mistakes yourself before you jump into it with your web folks, and make sure you are studiously AVOIDING these! Continue reading →

I use a lot of different tools in my work every day, as I’m sure you do. Like many computer-bound professionals, I use Microsoft Office apps like Outlook, Word, Powerpoint, and Excel (although I have had a hard time
getting used to viewing Excel more as a tool and less as an adversary, but that’s another story…). I use more than one Internet browser, since each provides different kinds of efficiencies. I use a to-do list app, a social media monitoring tool and a couple of analytics tools, and I use Evernote for all my note-taking and snippet needs…oh, and Windows Media Player for tunes (as a former pro musician, music helps me focus).

As a user of each of these, am I part of a community of experience for each of them? Well, kind of.

Do I think of myself as a REAL card-carrying Member of these communities of experience (whatever that is….)? Not so much…until I need help or want to try something different with any of the tools. Then I search diligently for where the associated community hangs out online and look for some guidance.

No one I know has the time to play around with tools and services to force something. We all have timelines and milestones, and most of us want to go home at 5 PM. If someone else has done it first and better, I want to find out how they did it and model that behavior….not ‘hunt-and-peck’ around it until, hopefully, eventually, maybe I stumble across the right way to do it.

Um…..no.

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Authentic Voice

Credibility in a Digital World

What am I part of?

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