A Twitter Account is only one aspect of Social Media that Legal Professionals need to master. My Project Social Media presents my thoughts regarding the impact of social media marketing on the practice of law. See my page to for more information.
The best way for a legal professional to set up a Twitter Account:
Setting up Your Twitter Account
• Go to www.twitter.com
• Select: New To Twitter? Join Today!
• Fill in your actual name (or firm Name).
• Fill in the email address you are going to associate with twitter.
• Create a twitter username. The @ symbol will be added latter. Though you can change your user name latter, it will be confusing to any followers. Make it descriptive of yourself (or firm). Mine is kpstrongman. Make it as short as possible so that it is easily remembered and easily use to retweet. My full name is Kenneth Paul Strongman so kpstrongman is pretty short for me as opposed to Kenneth_Paul_Strongman. That would consume 22 characters. Twitter will also search to make sure that the username you selected is not in use by some one else.
• Hit: Create My Account.
Don’t Follow
Don’t follow any one yet. Twitter will start walking you through a few steps to find your friends on twitter and suggest other people you might want to follow. Since anyone that you follow will receive an email from you, they will often check you out to see if you are interesting enough to be followed by them. Without a compelling/interesting profile they will then ignore you. First impressions count on twitter as in real non-virtual life.
I will continue with the next steps in subsequent posts.
**Why the picture of flowing water? Twitter is a constant flow of information and communications.
About the Author: Ken Strongman (www.kpstrongman.com) has years of experience and a growing national reputation as a mediator and arbitrator. He has successfully resolved more than a thousand disputes in the fields of construction defects, real estate, intellectual property, and employment. He is also a Mediator and Arbitrator for FINRA.
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