I was interviewed for an article in the Illinois Bar Journal, a magazine distributed by the Illinois State Bar Association. The topic? How attorneys can use social media to build their businesses. The writer did a great job at pulling together many sources to explain LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter. While this was written for an audience of lawyers, the advice applies to anyone wanting to learn more about using social media for networking. This type of article–helping non-techies understand how to use technology to achieve their goals–is indicative of how mainstream social media has become.

A bonus: Simon Young is quoted from one of his blog postings here, for the article.

One part of the article specifically quotes a Twitter user as saying that the search feature on Twitter is more useful than Google–because the information is not only findable but updated in real time with real users. Users that you may then want to connect with and folllow. Think about it. People looking for specific information– whether it’s the details of a court case or where to meet for to show support for the Iranian people or tips on managing a chronic disease–can now find not only the information they want, but the source of the information, someone who is likely to be a kindred spirit. That’s what we have today, at the flick of a few fingers on a keyboard. Amazing isn’t it?

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