What to blog about as a lawyer or a law firm

2013 will be a year of content marketing aka blogging (and its cousin, social media).

The effectiveness and value of blogging cannot be overstated.

If not for blogging I, for one, will not have a business.  Think about that!

Blogging has become a favorite and often necessary tool to market a business.  It's affordable and easy to implement.  However most lawyers and law firms are still groping in the dark.  They simply don't know what to write about and share on their blawgs!

Below are my suggestions to lawyers and law firms.

• Share your success stories.  

If you're a good lawyer with some repute I'm sure you must have a few success stories to share. Sharing such success stories will build your credibility.

• Share the latest happenings in the legal field.  

This may include conferences, new updates on certain laws and regulations. Or, what's happening around your practice.

• Showcase your expertise.

Write and publish case studies and by commenting and weighing in on current legal issues pertaining to your field of practice.

• Show 'em you care

Show people you care by addressing their concerns and answering their questions without expecting them to hire your right away.  Build connections and nurture leads by being human.  We trust people who care, deeply.

These are just a few examples.  I'm sure once you start blogging you will find it easier and perhaps might even enjoy.

About the author:  Carey Suante is the founder of TranscriptionPRO Services, one of the fastest growing professional transcription services providers.  If you want to write to him, just send an email to carey AT transcriptionpro.net

Reasons Why Writing a Blog can Boost your Career

I write a blog called TranscriptionHQ.blogspot.com which is “Transcription Blog on Transcription Business, Transcription Jobs and Outsourcing Transcription“. It’s a little over two months old and now has over 45 posts already.

It was my transcription blog.

It allows me to write about my experiences, thoughts, insights on the transcription industry.
As you can see from the posts below, I wanted to help transcribers, transcription business owners and also transcription customers.

I basically want to contribute to the transcription industry. Or, at least that is the idea.

Read the full article here.

Transcription HQ: Blog on Transcription

I've just started a new blog called Trancription HQ. It's about ...transcription.

If you are interested in learning more about transcription or just curious about transcription, just go over to transcriptionhq.blogspot.com.

I plan to write regularly at this blog and turn it into one of the best resources on the internet on transcription industry.

If you are a writer and want to contribute to Transcription HQ, please do get in touch with me at careysuante[@]gmail[.]com

It will cover all types of transcriptions - legal transcription, business transcription, media transcription, medical transcription, etc.

Why blog when you are a daddy?

Can you believe I have 30+ blogs on Blogger.com and 3 self-hosted WordPress blogs right now!
To be perfectly honest, only 4 are active.

And, I'm a dad to two little girls, aged 4.5 and 1.5 years.

On top of that, I work fulltime as a transcriptionist!

Why blog at all?

Well, I wanted to give the best to my family and myself.

Working for someone else or a company, is not the best in terms of the money you make.  I want to supplement my income with the Adsense money.

Also, blogging improves my writing.  Writing is something I neglected during my school days.  So I want to see how far I can go with it with blogging.

As you might suspect I also blog about transcription hoping someday I could go freelance or even build a business out of it!

I also believe in NOT putting all your eggs in one basket.  I don't want to depend too much on my job.  It is too unstable and unreliable.  These days with global economic downturn and the politics of outsourcing it is only prudent to be ready for anything untoward.

Finally, blogging is fun!  What can I say.  Connecting with other bloggers and readers is something special for me.  Maybe, it's because I am not too good with people face to face!  Having said that blogging helps shed my shyness to a large extent and am now more vocal with my thoughts.  In fact, last night a gave a speech during a house fellowship at home.  And, I was rad, if I should say so myself!


So, that's way.


So, whats your take on being a blogger and a daddy?  Is it a no-no for you?