CELEBRATING THE 5TH ANNIVERSARY OF THIS WEBLOG
A cartoon has been drawn by Mike Flanagan for the 5th anniversary of the launch of Karel’s Legal Blog
June 1st, 2010 marks the 5th anniversary of my legal blog. This is an important milestone for me. Back in May 2005 I only had a rough idea about blogging and what it would take to create a successful legal blog a.k.a. blawg. Now, five years and some 350,000 page views later, I know that despite the small size of my jurisdiction, it is worthwhile providing legal-oriented content on the web on a regular basis. If the regular messages I receive from so many readers is anything to go on, many of my postings are considered worth reading.
It has never been my intention to offer a clear position on legal issues, but rather to give some insight into Dutch Caribbean legal issues that people – including potential clients – may face or are interested in; at the same doing my best to do so in clear, understandable language. My legal blog has proven an excellent way to also inform people about new or future developments.
For a blog to be successful, it is not necessary that it be listed in the top 100 or top 1,000 blawgs or blogs. It all depends on your own goals. In my case, success is measured by the number of visitors, responses, and new clients my blog generates. Thus despite the fact that my blog is almost non-existent according to the Alexa or Technorati rankings, i.e. compared to websites that attract millions of visitors daily, it provides what I need and appears to serve my audience well.
I am truly thankful for the wonderful colleagues and friends who have made these 5 years a success, some of whom I would like to specially mention here, in no particular order: Steve Purkiss, Steve Cranko, and Hazlitt Eastman.
Karel Frielink
Attorney (Lawyer) / Partner
(1 June 2010)
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NOTISIA PA PRENSA – 31 di mei 2010
Karel’s Legal Blog ta eksistí 5 aña
Dia 1 di yüni 2010 Karel’s Legal Blog (www.curacao-law.com) ta eksistí 5 aña. E weblog hurídiko aki ta un inisiativa di Karel Frielink, abogado i sosio di Spigthoff Advocaten & Belastingadviseurs na Kòrsou. Karel ta e promé abogado di Antia Neerlandes i Aruba ku un weblog hurídiko.
Karel Frielink: ‘Na ougùstùs di 2004 m’a bira miembro di e redanan sosial Linkedin i Ecademy, i na òktober di 2004 miembro di Xing. Ei m’a bin konosé e fenómeno weblog. Ora m’a ripará ku un weblog lo por ta un instrumento efikas pa marketing i pa estrechá vínkulo ku kliente, m’a kuminsá ku mi mes weblog. Semanalmente, sentenares di hende ta bishitá mi website’.
E website ta trata lei di Antia Neerlandes i Aruba. Espesialmente lei komersial, finansiero i ‘procesrecht’. Mayoría di e tekstonan ta na ingles ku eksepshon di e krónika ‘Mijn opinie’ (Mi opinion) ku ta na hulandes. Den e krónika aki frekuentemente Karel ta skibi tokante asuntunan polítiko di aktualidat di un forma skèrpi.
Ya a konta mas ku 350 mil ‘pageviews’ (esaki ta e kantidat di bia ku nan a wak e páginanan di e website). Mayoria di e bishitantenan di e weblog ta di Merka. Na di dos lugá ta bin Antia Neerlandes siguí pa Hulanda, Gran Bretaña i Kánada. ‘Un weblog ta un medio ekselente pa tene klientenan eksistente pero tambe pa atraé kliente nobo. Sí t’asina ku bo mester ta dispuesto na invertí hopi tempu i energia den dje’, di akuerdo ku Karel.
In de Pers:
Antilliaans Dagblad van 1 juni 2010: pagina 7 en pagina 28
Paradise FM / Persbureau Curacao 1 juni 2010: klik hier
Amigoe 1 juni 2010: pagina 5
Extra 4 juni 2010: pagina 46
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