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Social Media for Law Firms 2013A Deep Dive Work Session for Firms Taking Digital Seriously
Content Is King: Creating Better Content, Getting Greater Distribution
Linda Pepe, Director of Marketing, Mintz Levin
Adrian Lurssen, Founder, JD Supra
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The Power of Content Marketing:
How to Leverage Thought Leadership
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Content Marketing: What is it?
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Distribution of Thought Leadership
Then & Now
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Social Media & External Partners
•LinkedIn•Twitter•Facebook•Google+•Blogs•Videos
•Mondaq•National
Law Review•Lexology•JD Supra•Martindale
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Distribution of a Typical Advisory
Practice Group Mailing Lists
Posted to Mintz website
Mintz LinkedIn
Mintz Facebook
Mintz Google+
Mintz Blog Postings
LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell
Lexology
JD Supra
Mintz Twitter
Moreover.com
Bloomberg
Thompson Gale
Bureau Van Dijk
Google News Service
Mondaq Newsletter + Site
Yahoo News Service
Mondaq Twitter Feed
MSN News
BingReuters
Datastar
Westlaw
Lexis-Nexis
BBC
MediaFed
Quicklaw America
Barrons Factivia
Financial Times
Justia
ComplinetOneSource
Australian Corporate Lawyers Association Wall Street Journal
Smartbrief
Newstex
Yellowbrix
E-space.co.uk
25+ Twitter Accounts 200 LinkedIn groups
National Law Review site
RSS Feeds to various State Bar Associations
14 National Law Review newsletters
JD Supra Linkedin Legal
Channel
JD Supra Site
JD Supra Newsletter Subscribers
JD Supra Facebook Page
JD Supra Twitter FeedJD Supra
RSS feed
Justia
Newstex
Alltop
Complinet
NuWire
Lexology Newsletter + Site
The French Corporate Counsel Association (AFJE)
The Association of Corporate Counsel
(ACC)
The Corporate Lawyers Association of South
Africa (CLASA)
The Corporate Lawyers Association of New Zealand
(CLANZ)
The State Bar of Texas
The State Bar of California
The American Intellectual Property
Law Association
The International Technology Law
Association ITechLaw
The Singapore Corporate Counsel Association
(SCCA)
The Society for Computers
and Law
The Association of Media and
Entertainment Counsel AMEC
Attorneys & Senior Professionals
National Law Review
Mondaq
Shared through followers and connections
Shared + liked
Tweeted/Retweeted
Martindale-Hubble site
Law.com
Lawyers.com + Attorneys.com
American Bar Assoc
Inside Counsel
Minority Corporate Counsel Assoc
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Distributing Thought Leadership via Social Media
LinkedIn | Twitter | Facebook | Google+ | Blogs
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Distributing Mintz Thought Leadership via External Partners
Mondaq | Lexology | JD Supra National Law Review | Martindale-Hubbell
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2012 Distribution Partner Article Views
Mondaq 52,209Lexology 100,030JD Supra 843,813National Law Review 61,650Martindale 9,336
Total Tracked Views 1,067,038
(88,920 average reads per month)
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Mintz Case Study:
Distribution of a Blog Post
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ML LinkedIn1157
ML Facebook53
ML Google+29
ML Twitter326
Blog Posting 1116
Lexology 373
Mondaq 302
National Law Review
812
JD Supra 2088
Pushed out via social media: 1565 Total Trackable Reads: 4691
Canada SingaporePoland China
Switzerland England New ZealandHong Kong Japan
Countries Reading: Companies Reading:
GreeceLiechtenstein AustraliaNetherlands Brazil
ItalySouth Africa Germany India
Google Yahoo! Xerox Canon Nestle
American Express Verizon Boeing Marriott
Barnes & Noble Merck Red Bull Nationwide Mutual
GlaxoSmithKline The Hartford TD Ameritrade T-Mobile
Law360Thompson Reuters CBS
+ ? Non-Trackable Reads
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Successful Strategy? Yes!
•Social Media & Distribution Partnerships:–Led to many re-tweets & shares, such as one by an
Associate GC of a major corporation, others by columnists, (one with 267,234 followers)
–Picked up by major publications like the New York Times–Led to print & broadcast interview requests from the
Wall Street Journal, Business Week, Adweek, National Law Journal, Law 360, Corporate Counsel, Reuters, and others
–Led to meetings with potential clients & new client engagements
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What's next?
Hot Topic Videos!
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10 days = 25,309 video views!
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Questions?
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What makes some content pieces more popular than others?
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The Linked CXO / President, CEO, COO…
Rockies Venture Club
Global Innovations (GI)
Angel Capital Association Patents - Intellectual Property
Patent and Intellectual Property Practitioners
GROUPS
EVERYONE IS IN THE ‘SOCIAL CONTENT’ BUSINESS.NOT EVERYONE HAS SOMETHING TO SAY.
Goal: become the subject of other people’s conversations:
Social sharing by• Executives• Referrals• Media members• Brands• Other lawyers
New Media• Associations• Corporations• Government• Aggregators• Blogs
Mainstream Media
Connect with clients & others
Your own networking
Sharing & discussion
betweenothers
Readable (Why)
Timely (When)
Relevant (What)
The America Invents Act
Important Patent Law Changes
Top Ten Reasons To File Your Patent Applications Before March 16, 2013
TITLES TELL BUSY PEOPLE WHY TO READ NOW
READABLE
Readers don’t need to work to find your big takeaways
Each element clarifies the reason to be reading this
16MAR
Before it happens After it happensB
RE
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NE
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TIMELY
DON'T TALK ABOUT THE LAW
Talk about how changes in the law affect the people you serve
THE PROMISE OF WEB PUBLISHING: 1995 TO TODAY
CONTENTSomething to sayThe means to publish
TECHNOLOGY
An audience/readersVISIBILITY