Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Social Media for Lobbying Firms

The blog Social Media for Lawyers asks an interesting, if not basic, question.  Is your law firm on Wikipedia?  This is a great question for lobbyists as well.  Are you listed on Wikipedia?  It's a great resource for the media and client leads. 

Find some great benefits, tips and best practices here

From Wikipedia:

What is Wikipedia?
Editing tutorial for Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia, written synergistically by the people who use it. It is a special type of website designed to make collaboration easy, called a wiki. Many people are constantly improving Wikipedia, making thousands of changes per hour. All of these changes are recorded in article histories and recent changes. For a more detailed account of the project, see About Wikipedia.

How you can contribute?
Don't be afraid to edit – anyone can edit almost every page, and we are encouraged to be bold! Find something that can be improved and make it better—for example, spelling, grammar, rewriting for readability, or removing non-constructive edits. If you wish to add new facts, please try to provide references so they may be verified, or suggest them on the article's discussion page. Changes to controversial topics and Wikipedia's main pages should usually be discussed first.

Remember – you can't break Wikipedia; all edits can be reversed, fixed or improved later. Wikipedia is allowed to be imperfect. So go ahead, edit an article and help make Wikipedia the best information source on the Internet!
Donate – Wikipedia is free to use, but relies on donations and grants to do so. Please consider donating using the Donate to Wikipedia link on the left to help with the projects running costs and expansion.

2 comments:

  1. Sarah: Could you direct us to a step-by-step guide to creating a Wikipedia entry if none exists?

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  2. Hi Dave,

    You can find more info on law firm Wiki's here: http://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&q=cache:dOJZXn-HkNQJ:www.fellsoft.com/downloads%255CWikipediaAreYouThereYet.pdf+How+to+create+a+law+firm+wikipedia&hl=en&gl=ca&pid=bl&srcid=ADGEESh5_ipYwrNVnf3jc_lOtUHbzuVX-hfk_Wm8g6DLrCf9M0OrJmw2YzbMxDNDsyncNgpo7HqMCDOEO3GzOW7eX4qKRd-o8PeTHGKhpA4QDqnmHwK9flRjY8BwuQ3gvxov91ASaeq-&sig=AHIEtbTt34Ce0xhtwO4shv8MDEeSgGNlgQ

    Let me know if you need any further info and I'll be happy to help!

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