Great post. I love the connection that you make. As always very informative!

Brian

This post was mentioned on Twitter by SocialMedia4Law: Nintendo and Social Media (blog version anybody can access) http://bit.ly/8KhtaS...

Social Media’s middle to late adapters (attorneys) can feel overwhelmed by the points you’ve mentioned plus they are trained to be precedent driven. I’m not talking about results; I’m talking about is OMM or Latham doing it? Well, if they’re not, I’m not. Most lawyers tend to be happiest keeping up with the Jones Days of the world.

I still remember the first time I played a video game. It was actually Pong which at the time was a single game console. I grew up with video games but stopped when the controllers had more buttons than I had fingers. Wii brought me back to video games. Right now, I think we’re at the too many buttons phase where the game becomes too much work and not enough reward. I think Social CRM focused on listening to one’s clients could be the game changer in 2010 that Wii has been for video games. Listening first and finding out that your clients have a lot to say should bring attorneys back to these conversations and word of mouth promotion which is where marketing & business development originated.

-AAARenee

What I find amusing is that the Wii controller in reality has a ton of buttons albeit virtual and condensed ones. I think that’s the secret, it feels so simple but so much potential for advanced commands. Never in controller has anyone been able to pull back a bow string, bowl, tennis, etc..

I think in the end people like you are going to show them the tools and let them realize ‘hey this isn’t so hard after all’. And let them grow.