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ChatGPT a Wonderful Tool for Discovering a Lawyers Views and Authority on Niche Subjects

By Kevin O'Keefe on March 28, 2023
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Lawyer? Publishing to a blog or other publications? ChatPT will likely know your views and authority asked on ChatGPT.

If not, your authority, influence and authority on niche areas of the law may be absent,

I saw Dave Winer, the inventor of blogs and RSS, share ChatGPT’s answer to his question about how he felt about Twitter. Not bad, I thought.

So I asked ChatGPT, “What are Kevin OKeefe’s views on Twitter?”

To which ChatGPT responded,

“Kevin O’Keefe is a well-known American lawyer, entrepreneur, and legal blogger who is also the founder and CEO of LexBlog, a company that provides a platform for legal professionals to publish their work online. As a prominent figure in the legal industry and social media, O’Keefe has shared his views on Twitter and its impact on the legal profession.

O’Keefe has been a strong advocate for lawyers and law firms using Twitter to build relationships and engage with clients and potential clients. He believes that Twitter is an essential tool for lawyers to develop their online presence, establish thought leadership, and expand their network.

In a blog post from 2018, O’Keefe wrote, “If you’re a lawyer and you’re not on Twitter, you’re missing out on one of the most powerful tools available for building your reputation, your network, and your business.”

He also emphasizes that Twitter is a valuable platform for lawyers to stay informed about legal news and trends, connect with other professionals in their field, and engage in conversations that can lead to new business opportunities.

Overall, O’Keefe’s views on Twitter are positive, and he encourages lawyers to use the platform as part of their professional development and marketing strategies.”

Pretty accurate – and well written, to boot.

If you’re expecting to be viewed as an insightful authority on niche subjects as a lawyer, you better have a history of writing on the subject.

otherwise, your views and your authority on niche subjects will be absent in ChatGPT answers and in the user’s findings for themselves or others.

As a society, we’re likely to turn to ChatGPT or other AI driven mediums, before anything else, for information about a lawyer, their views and their authority.

Silence will not be a virtue.

Photo of Kevin O'Keefe Kevin O'Keefe

I am a trial lawyer, turned legal tech entrepreneur, now leading the largest community of legal publishers in the world at LexBlog, Inc.

I am a lawyer of 39 years. Wanting to be a lawyer since I was a kid, I have loved…

I am a trial lawyer, turned legal tech entrepreneur, now leading the largest community of legal publishers in the world at LexBlog, Inc.

I am a lawyer of 39 years. Wanting to be a lawyer since I was a kid, I have loved almost every minute of it.

I practiced as a trial lawyer in rural Wisconsin for 17 years, representing plaintiffs, whether they were injury victims and their family members or small businesses.

In the mid-nineties, I discovered the Internet in the form of AOL. I began helping people by answering questions on AOL message boards and leading AOL’s legal community.

I later started my own listservs and message boards to help people on personal injury, medical malpractice, workers compensation and plaintiff’s employment law matters. Though we were green to technology and the Internet, USA Today said if my firm “didn’t stop what we were doing, we would give lawyers a good name.”

In 1999, I closed my law firm and we moved, as a family of seven, to Seattle to start my first company. Prairielaw.com was a virtual law community of people helping people, a sort of AOL on the law, featuring message boards, articles, chats, listervs and ask-a-lawyer.

Prairielaw.com was sold to LexisNexis, where it was incorporated into Martindale-Hubbell’s lawyers.com.

After a stint as VP of Business Development at LexisNexis, I founded LexBlog out of my garage in 2004 (no affiliation with LexisNexis).

Knowing lawyers get their best work from relationships and a strong word of mouth reputation, and not promoting themselves, I saw blogging as a perfect way for lawyers to build relationships and a reputation.

When I could not find someone to help me with my own blog, I started a company to provide what I needed. Strategy, professional design, platform, coaching, SEO, marketing and free ongoing support.

As a result of the outstanding work of my team of twenty and my blogging, the LexBlog community has grown to a community of over 30,000 legal professionals, world-wide.

Publishing my blog, Real Lawyers, now in its 18th year, I share information, news, and commentary to help legal professionals looking to network online, whether it be via blogging or other social media.

Blogging also enables me to think through my ideas – out loud and in an engaging fashion.

In addition to my blog, I liberally share others’ insight on Twitter. Feel free to engage me there as well on LinkedIn and Facebook.

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