Is Twitter a waste of time? I think not!

AAC1F19C-5386-4EF5-A5E6-68C6DBC53D92.jpgSo many lawyers have told me that Twitter is a waste of their time. I explain it – they reject it. And all the while, I get one referral request after another for North Carolina lawyers. Tweet after tweet requesting a family law attorney, a real estate attorney, a criminal attorney…and you can be sure I try to refer to other folks on Twitter.

The New York Times reports that Bank of America just joined the Twitter bandwagon. Starbucks is on along with Southwest Airlines, Zappos and Comcast. Isn’t it time to get your head in the game and see what you’re missing? Seriously, it takes a few minutes to figure it out and few minutes a day to maintain. And it’s fun.

If you need help figuring this all out try LexTweet. They have a great page explaining the ins and outs.

If it’s a waste of time it’s more fun than a bunch of the other things I waste my time on. Come waste time with me. I’m at twitter.com/leerosen.

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  • http://mypollyblog.livejournal.com Pam

    How are the people finding you on twitter to get referrals, etc? I’m trying to figure this stuff out and it’s still eluding me a bit. I’m almost there, though, especially with a little help from my friends!

  • Lee Rosen

    Pam,

    Thanks for adding to the conversation.

    I think most of the folks following me are finding me on lists of lawyers that are being compiled by different people – a good example is LexTweet.com. I also think people scan the lists of people being followed by others to decide who to follow. Over time more and more people end up following you. Good luck. See you on twitter.

    Lee

  • http://www.PracticeMarketingAdvisors.com Vikram Rajan

    Well, I’m happy that you’re bringing your peers into the 21st century with you… as I advise attorneys on such matters! However, I honestly believe that Twitter is the frosting to the blog/on-line networking cake. That is, once you’re database is linkedin (and possibly f’booked) and receives a newsletter based on your bLAWg, then twitter your heart’s content to add micro-updates to your on-line community.

    IMHO … and I believe Twitter will be bought by Facebook… thus, our status updates on F’book will be more important — this is a wish, conjecture, and prediction — though the above suggestions hold true.

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    • Lee Rosen

      Valid point. I’d be good with Facebook acquiring Twitter. I use the facebook app that grabs my Twitter updates anyway. Thanks for you perspective.

      Lee

  • http://www.tailormadeluxurytravel.com Helen

    I thinks its fascinating how people find you on twitter – out of the blue people follow you and it suddenly opens up a whole new world of interesting people to talk with!

    The best bit is you never know where it might lead you …

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