You’re ready to write a blog post, article, or social media post and you want your subscribers and followers to share it. What should you write that will make that more likely to occur?
We know that sex and scandal and other tabloid-esq topics sell, but that’s off the table. Humor and human interest (kittens, babies, sports, games) are highly shareable, and you can write about those things occasionally, but only occasionally.
What then? News? Opinion? World events?
Sometimes. But your best bet is also the simplest. Write about your area of expertise.
Write about legal problems and solutions. Write about the law and procedure, the timeline and processes, the benefits of taking action and the risks of waiting too long. Describe your services and the pros and cons of each.
Answer the questions prospective clients and new clients frequently ask you. And write about the questions they should ask you but often don’t.
Show people what it’s like to work with you by describing what you do and how you do it.
Write about your clients and how you have helped them. Write about people you know who didn’t get help and are now paying the price.
Educate people about what they can do themselves. Teach them when they should talk to a lawyer and what questions they should ask them.
Write about solving problems, preventing problems and mitigating consequences when problems occur.
If you have a consumer-oriented practice, you can also write consumer-related topics such as buying the right insurance, saving money, retirement, taxes, etc. You can also write about issues and developments in your local community.
For a business-oriented practice, write about marketing, management, productivity, and issues and developments in your target market’s industry or niche.
No matter what type of practice you have, you can also write about personal development because everyone reading what you write is, unarguably, a person.
This is the kind of content that people will share with friends and colleagues and co-workers and family, because they know they need it or they know they would benefit from it.
And that’s all any of us could ask.
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