Write Five Version of Your Biography
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.
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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.
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Keep it in a great format. Use an effective website development system and photoshop technologies to make it magnetic on your conference website.
Here are the five bios you need
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120 Characters (LinkedIn Headline)
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150 Characters (Instagram Bio)
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160 Characters (Twitter Bio)
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255 Characters (Facebook Bio)
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75-100 Words (Perfect for Speaker Bio or for a Website
Ingredients of a Good Bio
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Name
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Current role or professional tagline
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Goals and aspirations
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2-3 most impressive and relevant achievements
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One quirky fact (if it’s appropriate to the site)
Writing Style
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Use third-person writing
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Link to one thing – just one! in addition to contact information
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Make it story like
Where Bios Show Up
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Social Media: LinkedIn, Instagram, Twitter, etc.
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Personal website and/or blog
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Industry website like blog byline
Action
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Use Career Companion: Career Playbook > Brand to gather all the variations of your bios
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Build out a few versions of your bios
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Share it with people for feedback and then update it all the right places