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Lawyer Marketing Via MySpace

There is a very interesting post over at My Shingle that discusses using MySpace to market your services as a lawyer.

Honestly, I am not quite sure what to make of this tactic. While it obviously could be successful (as My Shingle reports in its post), it also seems like it might create some professional responsibility problems. I’m no expert, but it sounds like having an online client intake form might invite people to provide too much information up front. I thought attorneys were supposed to be very cautious about the details potential clients provide during an initial meeting. An online form does not allow an attorney to stop a potential client before he discloses too much information. But, like I said, I’m no expert.

With that said, I’m all for using the technological tools of our time to make life easier (and hopefully better). If it works and does not breach ethical guidelines, I say to go for it. However, I don’t think I will be starting a MySpace page anytime soon. Heck, I’ve only been blogging for a couple months. I don’t even use IM! (ok, I used to, but found it very anti-productive – more on that another day)

What are your thoughts on attorneys using MySpace to network? What about Facebook? Please post a comment or drop me a line.

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2 Responses to “Lawyer Marketing Via MySpace”

Legal Andrew » Results of Lawyers Marketing on MySpace
November 20th, 2006

[...] I wrote about lawyers using MySpace for marketing a while ago. The subject just keeps coming up. Today, I saw a really interesting post from Kevin’s LexBlog Blog which provides some summary information about different experiences lawyers have had on MySpace. [...]
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March 24th, 2007

[...] people and companies are even using MySpace for marketing and PR (info on lawyers here and here). Shouldn’t teens learn about these cutting edge business [...]