While Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter draw the lion’s share of social media attention, there are many social media platforms available to lawyers. Names like Tumblr, Pinterest and Foursquare represent just a few of the social media alternatives you might already be using or thinking about using. How can you evaluate which of these social media tools might be worthy of your time and effort? In this episode, we survey the lesser-traveled landscapes of the social media world, identify some tools that might make sense to some lawyers in different scenarios, and speculate about the future of specialized social media tools.
Link to the episode: I’ll Tumbr For Ya
Segment 1: I’ll Tumblr For Ya
- The “Big” social media platforms:
- Microblogging/short-form blogging platforms
- Pinterest
- Why Lawyers Should Take an Interest in Pinterest – Small Firm Innovation
- Taylor & Taylor Law Firm – on Pinterest
- Location-Based Services
- Social Bookmarking
- Quora
- Legal-Specific
Segment 2: Puzzled. This week, Tom and Dennis are puzzled why lawyers insist on using email for involved online conversations, rather than collaboration tools that are more efficient.
Segment 3: Parting Shots
- Flipboard – for iOS and Android
- Learning to Code – South by Southwest
- Leonard Lopate interview of Twyla Tharp
Recorded: July 29, 2012
Length: 38:10
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