How to Write a Professional Biography
Posted: June 05, 2018
Writing a professional bio can be a challenge. Creating a small snippet of who you are as a professional, while still keeping the reader's attention is fine balancing act. The key is to avoid long, boring paragraphs of information, but still get across who you are, what you do, and why people should care.
Lindsay Kolowich, writer for Hubspot, shares how to create a lively but professional biography.
Is your professional bio as good as it can be?
In this article, we have seven 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.
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7 of the Best Professional Bio Examples We've Ever Seen on Hubspot.