Create a Great Professional Bio
Posted: January 22, 2019
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Professional biographies can vary greatly - from short and sweet to long and, well, boring. Often, we don't think about our bio until someone requests it and then we're not even sure how to write one. What should you include? What shouldn't you include? How long should it be? So many questions, and usually very little time to answer them. Your bio can be great without being boring or paragraphs long. Here are some real bios and templates to use as guidelines to create your best biography.
Lindsay Kolowich, contributor to HubSpot, gives real examples of the best professional biographies.
Is your professional bio as good as it can be?
In this article, we have eight real bio examples you should definitely compare yours to -- and a series of free bio templates you can use to perfect it.
Most people don't think about their professional bio until they're suddenly asked to "shoot one over via email," and have approximately one afternoon to come up with it. That's when we scramble, and our bio ends up reading like this:
Rodney Erickson is a content marketing professional at HubSpot, an inbound marketing and sales platform that helps companies attract visitors, convert leads, and close customers. Previously, Rodney worked as a marketing manager for a tech software startup. He graduated with honors from Columbia University with a dual degree in Business Administration and Creative Writing."
Woof, that was dull. Are you still with me? I swear, not even adding a tidbit about his cats would liven that bio up.
Read the entire article,
8 of the Best Professional Bio Examples We've Ever Seen [+ Bio Templates], on HubSpot.