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Your Directory Listing Ethics
1. Link to Website 2. Once you Claim the listing you are responsible 3. Comparative Speech 4. Make statements that imply results 5. Jurisdiction correct? 6. Practice Areas correct? 7. Reviews
@jabezlebret www.GNGF.com/Avvo
Reviews • Don’t make up proMiles to write reviews • You can’t write your own online reviews • Don’t pay for reviews • Be careful when asking for reviews • You are responsible for the content of that review EXAMPLE: Joe Smith leaves a review: “Jim will win every time. He won $1 million for me in an auto accident lawsuit, Jim is the best Personal Injury attorney ever!!”
Reviews • Recent Washington Opinion on “Avvo”
• http://mcle.mywsba.org/IO/searchresult.aspx?year=&num=201402&rpc=&keywords=
• Recent Indiana Ruling on 3rd Party Lead Website
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Your Website Ethics 1. Have at least one lawyer contact information 2. Do not make statements that lead someone to expect results like “I can save your business” or “I will get you money for your [Blank].”
3. Comparative Speech 4. No advertising disclaimer needed when has a family, close personal, or prior professional relationship with the lawyer.
5. Disclaimers are your friend 6. Not a full-‐time ofMice, say “by appointment only”
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Creating Content “This does not mean that you cannot do your divorce yourself. However, many people who do not consult with attorneys may leave out certain very important provisions that can come back to haunt them later on, and cost them a great deal.”
Nevada Divorce Attorney + 12 Other States www.GNGF.com/Avvo
Your Content Ethics 1. Avoid mentioning clients by name 2. Do not make statements that lead someone to expect results like “I can save your business” or “I will get you money for your [Blank].”
3. Comparative Speech 4. No advertising disclaimer needed when has a family, close personal, or prior professional relationship with the lawyer.
5. Mentioning Judges, Neutrals, Politicians
@jabezlebret www.GNGF.com/Avvo
Why Social Media Competence Are you confident that you, the lawyer, can adequately provide guidance and advice to your clients about the exposure and risks of using social media networks. Asking people to not participate in social media is liking asking people to not use email.
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Hashtag # - Anchors and Tags Messages Privacy Settings Profile Page Login Screen Index or Indexing
Terminology
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Pinterest allow users to restrict search engines from indexing their pins on Pinterest. However, users are still able to be searched within Pinterest.
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Ethics • What counts as advice & Creating a client relationship • Is this Advertising • Don’t Imply Results or Mislead • Competence • Discovery issues • Keep records of ads • Mentioning Judicial OfMicers, Neutrals etc