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Avvo, Inc. Confidential - ©2012 How to Be a Great Legal Blogger

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How to Be a Great Legal Blogger

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What Blogging is . . .

. . . and is not

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Good Blog

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Bad Blog

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Infrastructure

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• Wordpress

• Blogger (Google)

• Typepad

• Custom

• Hosting

• Own domain

Blogging Platforms

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Hosted vs. Free Hosting

$9/month

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Plug-Ins

• Mandatory

• All-in-one SEO pack

• Google Analytics

• Akismet

• Others

• Twitter

• RSS

• News

• Social Sharing

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Blog or Website?

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SEO Implications of Separate Blog

Blog

Website

Website with blog

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Subdomain v. Subdirectory

• Subdomain: “http://blog.website.com”

• Subdirectory: “http://website.com/blog”

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A Lawyer Doing it Right

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Content

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Content - Design

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Content Inspiration I: Keyword Research

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Content Inspiration II: News

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Content Inspiration III: Your site’s keywords

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Managing Comments I

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Managing Comments II

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A Few Good Legal Blogs to Get Started• Defending People

• My Shingle

• New York Personal Injury Law Blog

• Overlawyered

• Technology and Marketing Law Blog

• Simple Justice

• Real Lawyers Have Blogs

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Josh King

General Counsel &

Vice President, Business Development

Avvo, Inc.

Twitter: @joshuamking

Email: [email protected]

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