Taking a break from web strategy content here, I’d like to highlight a couple of new Stem Legal websites:

• First up and just launched yesterday, my Canadian Law Blogs List which started life in September 2005 as a VLLB blog post has now been moved to its own website at LawBlogs.ca. The list will remain open (& free) to any Canadian blogging lawyer, law librarian, legal marketer, legal tech specialist, or paralegal.
• The second site, launched on November 1st, is LegalPubs.ca. The purpose of LegalPubs (as you might guess from the name) is to produce a one-stop-shop for newly released Canadian legal publications. The site uses RSS technology to automatically aggregate new book titles from Canada Law Book, Thomson-Carswell, Irwin Law, CCH Canadian, and LexisNexis Canada. Canada is one of the first countries in the world to have our major legal publishers on-side with RSS technology, and this site really showcases how RSS can extend the reach of existing web content.

For me, these websites reflect my larger vision for Stem, and that the concept of ‘profile building’ is more than just being a consultant or an industry-based SEO service. I want Stem to evolve into a service that helps with the big picture, making sure all the factors are working together – audience profiling, web advertising, SEO, web publishing, cohesive branding, etc. … And the way you do that, from my perspective, is to get involved in what you’re preaching. How can you possibly advise on website marketing if you haven’t executed yourself? How can you advise on law blogging if you aren’t a blogger yourself? Experience is critical, and while I think I could rely on personal history, executing in the present (and the future) is just as important.

I hope to continue the Stem network expansion in 2008! And maybe in late 2007… :-)