This from "Increased cost-consciousness spurs rise in mediation" (Baltimore Business Journal):
Lawyers, often partial to the herd mentality, are beginning to embrace social networking and are noticing some returns.
Cutting-edge legal practitioners say they are using social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn in three main ways: to market themselves, to better communicate with clients and to gain an understanding of their clients’ business relationships.
Glenn Manishin ... has been involved in social media “on an intensive basis” for more than two years. At least half a dozen clients have retained him based upon getting to know him through social media.
“I have clients and potential clients that never e-mail me any more; they only send me direct messages through Twitter,” he said.
Cutting-edge legal practitioners say they are using social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn in three main ways: to market themselves, to better communicate with clients and to gain an understanding of their clients’ business relationships.
Glenn Manishin ... has been involved in social media “on an intensive basis” for more than two years. At least half a dozen clients have retained him based upon getting to know him through social media.
“I have clients and potential clients that never e-mail me any more; they only send me direct messages through Twitter,” he said.
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