There will be times that you have to contribute a post for your company’s blog and you just don’t have one idea that inspires you to start a conversation. We’ve all been there and that’s why we’ve created this resource with more than 40 topics for corporate bloggers to help provide that much need inspiration:

Press release – Read a recent press release from your company and write two paragraphs on its significance in plain English.

Industry news – Share your opinion about a recent story affecting your industry/audience.

Best practices – Provide an example of a best practice that you adhere to or that others could learn from.

Tradeshow 1 – Prior to an industry trade show, share your list of interesting sessions, what to expect or what you’re looking forward to.

Tradeshow 2 – During the show, share images from the floor, notes from sessions or interviews with attendees.

Tradeshow 3 – After the show, write a quick wrap-up, discuss what you learned and who you met.

Find video – Search for a video related to your industry and embed it as your post with a bit of analysis as to why it’s relevant.

Plan a meet-up – Use your post to organize an informal meet-up with readers around one of your blog’s topics.

Current event - Leverage a current event in the news to discuss how your company handles adversity or crisis.

Holiday party – Take pictures at fun company events to show you don’t take yourselves too seriously.

Productivity tip – Email, Excel, PowerPoint… do you have any tips for how to be more productive that your audience might appreciate?

Email query – Send an email asking 5 people in your company the same question and share their responses.

Blog comment – Review some recent blog comments and choose one to discuss in detail.

Write a how-to post - Maybe it’s about your job or about your product, but create a tutorial to help your readers.

Address a post on a competitor’s blog – What is your competitor writing about? Are there any of these topics you’d like to address?

Corporate culture – What makes your company’s culture unique? Why would a prospective employee want to work there?

Humor – It might be a Dilbert cartoon or a video from FunnyOrDie, but everyone loves a laugh.

Stumble – Install the StumbleUpon toolbar and discover new blogs/websites to introduce to your audience.

Delicious – Search for keywords related to your blog and write about what you find.

Digg – See what stories are popular today and share your opinion about it.

Facebook – Look for a group related to your industry and share some thoughts about it.

LinkedIn Answers – Find a question someone has asked related to your industry, answer it, and invite your readers to do the same.

White paper – Is your company publishing new research? Do you subscribe to any analyst reports? Read the white paper and share your perspective.

Flickr image – If you had to pick one Creative Commons licensed image that reflected your mood/industry/workload, what would it be and why?

Make a list – Kind of like this, except related to your industry. People love lists!

Start a meme – Pick a conversation topic, discuss it and then tag a few other bloggers to post on the same topic.

Answer a customer support question – Does your company have forums? If so, pick a support question to answer. If not, ask your sales team for customer feedback and tackle one common issue.

Buck the status quo - Take the opposite view on an industry issue.

Does size matter? - Compare/contrast your product with a competitor.

Share a problem – Sometimes your community can offer insight into a problem that you’re not able to solve on your own. Just positing these types of queries will at times help your readers to feel closer to your brand.

Twitter – Posit a question to your Twitter community and use the collected responses for the basis of your post.

Try a new application and review it – Is there a new software app or a new version of an old app that your industry uses on a regular basis? If so, take the time to delve into it.

Start a series – Take a topic that you’re passionate about and create a series of posts examining it over the course of several weeks.

Take a picture – Use your mobile phone to take a picture of a cool part of your building and discuss it.

Share a PowerPoint – If you create a lot of presentations, pick out a slide (assuming it’s okay to share it publicly) to write about. You can also upload a deck to SlideShare to make it more interactive.

Get personal – Share a story from your own life. Although this is a corporate blog, it’s always nice to know about the people behind the brand.

Conduct an interview – There are many people in the company that aren’t blogging, but probably have some great stories to tell. Find people doing interesting work and sit down for an informal interview with them. You don’t need fancy equipment. In fact, you can probably do it with your digital camera.

Look for trends – What new innovations are igniting conversations in your industry? How is your business changing? Share some insights on the future of your industry. Maybe Trendpedia can help.

Random Thoughts on X – Set aside 15 minutes, pick a topic and start writing. See what you’ve got and post it under the title, “Random Thoughts on…”

Test a pitch – If you’re trying to figure out how to best position your product, use your blog post an opportunity to test what messages resonate with your audience.

Ask the intern – After all, they have a whole different perspective on the company than you do. Some of them are already blogging.

Presentation creation – We all have to create presentations, either for internal or external use. If you’ve got some tips, share them!

Remember, what makes a good corporate blog post is the passion of the writer. Find the topics that you are most interested in and help your readers to feel that same type of excitement.

[Aaron Uhrmacher is a social media consultant. In addition to his posts on Mashable, he blogs about social media and communications at DISRUPTology.]