The Real Reason Social Media Is Important to Lawyers

Published: June 12, 2020, 8 p.m.

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\\U0001f914If Post Likes, Comments and Shares are your goal
You got it all wrong\\u2026\\xa0
\\u2753How many of us have created the most awesome post we thought \\u201coh yeah, the world is gonna love this!!!!\\u201d

Then we post it all over our social channels and we come back an hour later
...only to see
\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0no one like it.
\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0no one commented.
\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0no one shared it.
\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0and LinkedIn or Facebook
\\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0 \\xa0algorithms didn\\u2019t even put it out there.\\xa0

Man that just deflates you like a balloon?\\U0001f388

The problem isn\\u2019t the algo and it isn\\u2019t the platform.\\xa0

It\\u2019s your motives.\\xa0

Glory-hunting is not the reason to contribute and if that\\u2019s your motivation, find a new one!\\U0001f4a5

I\\u2019m hoping for #LinkedInLive to help reach my goal of serving my audiences. Getting turned down twice does hurt but then I remember my \\u201cwhy\\u201d and I keep pressing on.\\xa0

What\\u2019s your \\u201cwhy\\u201d for contributing on social media?

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