A good bio gives people a sense of both your professional expertise—and your personality!

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• Keep it brief, but informative. 75-100 words are perfectly adequate to describe the speaker’s credentials, occupation, and a value promise.

• Keep it relevant. You only need to talk about those achievements which resonate with the topic a speaker is going to discuss at the conference.

• Keep it in a great format. Use an effective website development system and photoshop technologies to make it magnetic on your conference website.

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Here are the five bios you need

• 120 Characters (LinkedIn Headline)

• 150 Characters (Instagram Bio)

• 160 Characters (Twitter Bio)

• 255 Characters (Facebook Bio)

• 75-100 Words (Perfect for Speaker Bio or for a Website

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Ingredients of a Good Bio 

• Name

• Current role or professional tagline

• Goals and aspirations

• 2-3 most impressive and relevant achievements

• One quirky fact (if it’s appropriate to the site)

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Writing Style

• Use third-person writing ​

• Link to one thing – just one! in addition to contact information

• Make it story like

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Where Bios Show Up

• Social Media: LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, etc.

• Personal website and/or blog

• Industry website like blog byline
   

Action

• Use Career Companion: Career Playbook > Brand to gather all the variations of your bios

• Build out a few versions of your bios

• Share it with people for feedback and then update it all the right places