Although the average person may find it hard to believe any lawyer would have a hard time finding something to say, this is definitely not the case for anyone who blogs – lawyers included.

Many attorneys get excited once they truly understand the benefits of blogging.  But most have the same stumbling block:  what to say.

Here are four sources of information you can use to get inspired for writing blog posts:

Internet searches and alerts.  Do a search for your area of practice on Google News and you will get a ton of the latest articles on what is happening worldwide.  Set an alert to notify you by email or RSS feed when new articles appear.  Do the same on the Google Blogs search and you’ll see what other attorneys in your field are blogging about – just be sure to borrow ideas, not the actual content.

News feeds.  Google no longer has a news feed function, but there are several services that do for free.  One of the most popular is Feedly.com – there’s also Newsvibe, NewsBlur and DiggReader.  These are content aggregators that allow you to get feeds from news sources and other blogs.  They serve up a headline and a little bit of text, which makes scanning them quickly easy.

Hashtags:  Hashtags (#) used to be just for Twitter, but they have become popular on all the social media networks – Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ -- and allow you to learn what is being said in real time in your practice area.

Your content.  Repurposing content is common so look at any past articles, press releases or other content you have published for blog ideas.  Review some of your past posts to see if there is an idea you can expand upon or update.