The section about me should be mandatory in all blogs, thanks to it we make ourselves known and we can promote ourselves as professionals.
Having a good bio written and a good summary about us is very important both for the reader, who is usually an inveterate curious, and to promote us as professionals or make us known in certain fields.
It’s embarrassing to talk about yourself
Don’t hide, almost no one likes to write about ourselves, that’s why the section about me is missing in most of the blogs, sometimes it is simply limited to a very simple description of our way of being and in reality, it seems as if we would like to get out of the way.
There is a lot of controversy around “about me” in blogs,
There are many people who do not see it as necessary or prefer anonymity when they write , I respect it, but the moment you pass the limit of privacy promoting your work on the networks, I think you should think about making yourself known to get more opportunities and above all to gain the trust of the reader.
There are blogs that do not need to make their authors known or that are made up of a team of people in each section and it is normal for them to reduce the author’s bio to a column with links to their websites, but if you want your blog is a vehicle for personal or professional promotion to write an “about me” you do not escape!.
It is a page that readers look for
When they have read more than 4 posts, they will want to know who is the person behind those texts, meet you, empathize with you, or know if you are a professional, what you do or if you offer any service that may interest them. It is important that you are clear about the image you want to project, sometimes I see very professional people who enhance the less interesting part of the about me or add sensitive information that can create controversy on the blog.
The about serves me to give credibility to the content in many cases.
Imagine that you go to see who I am and it says that I am a waitress and that I have never studied or worked with a computer in my life no matter how cool it is to be a waitress (I have been, huh) my profile would not give you the credibility needed to ask me a programming question. In the case of health or law blogs, it is normal to go to the bio as soon as you land.
It also happens that it is inspiring, imagine that in a fashion blog you go to the bio and tell them that they like the same brands as you, that they have preferences and that they have been passionate about that world for years, it is easier for you to establish empathy with that blog and that you take it more into account to one who has not mentioned that type of interest.
Tricks to start with the about me and not run away
Starting to write about yourself without coming across as pretentious or like a 7-year-old spouting off a machine-gun-like list of skills is hard, so take the time. Ask friends to write you a few lines about you and try to extract the most positive aspects , make several drafts and turn the page as many times as you need. The good thing about writing about me on a blog is that we can usually bring out the most creative and friendly side instead of showing our most professional facet, this means that we can apply other rules regarding standard content.
Writing the About Me 16 Practical Tips:
Bring out the best in you. With this advice I would have finished but in the end I have had an impact on 15 points
- Photo yes or photo no it depends on whether you have good photos or if you like to put photos of yourself, I’m not very photogenic but I recognize that there are places where I have no choice but to put it in my case there are times, I use self-portraits in b/w.
- Think that you or another person can write it, you can commission a semblance to any writer who knows you, or pay a copy professional.
- Find your tone, choose a tone according to your blog, don’t break the magic by speaking as if Miss Rotameter had possessed you, be kind and take advantage as if you were in petite comity
- First person or third person? … if you are alone in this adventure, you will see that it is very strange to write in the third person, that will make your text sound more impersonal and pretentious. Although depending on the tone of your blog it can work well in the third person, but the about me is unique and tries to be present with a view to the future.
- Do not make the readers cry, neither from sorrow nor from sleep! Try not to make gratuitous references to tragic episodes of your life, unless they make sense within the text. Do not go on too long, unless it is very fun and fast-paced, always be clear that the comments area is for you to be asked or to go on more if you want on any topic.
- Take the opportunity to make the difference between you and the rest of the people who are dedicated to the same thing, highlight your most authentic virtues and your strengths, take advantage and take advantage of your achievements, talk about what you do and what you do for a living.
- Take the opportunity to talk to the reader you want to follow you, with the rest too, but try to attract your ideal reader by offering what you have prepared for him, grab his attention.
- It is the ideal section to ask for help, if you need a job, if you can collaborate with other blogs, ask for donations, sponsors, likes, with something that you are committed to… but put a button that leads to action.
- Show your most human side and talk about your social commitment, causes, volunteering, etc.
- Don’t just write, if you’re a make-up artist put some samples of the best work you’ve done, if you’re a photographer your best photos, if you draw, make a drawing… capture who you are or are you one of those people who draw books and write sunsets?
- A sensitive issue is the resume, if you can summarize it in a better line and it is preferable that you redirect to an online resume such as LinkedIn or your bio on another website.
- Take advantage and link as if there were no tomorrow, if social networks make more sense somewhere, it is in about me, take advantage and show your LinkedIn, social networks that are not your blog’s own, such as Flickr in my case, Bedance or even have an com to have all your networks centralized and let them come and see!
- Contact form at the end, and you will say “but I already have the contact page of the blog” but this is handier, on the about you page you should not miss the opportunity to receive offers or messages.
- As you will see, the about me page is full of calls to action for the reader to interact with you, this does not mean that you give him all the information about your life, work and miracles but the most relevant and that you give him reasons to trust you. your opinion, be more credible, bring your tastes and hobbies closer, promote yourself and above all sell your work as a blogger, button on the edge where you can because it is a conversion page (sales or achievements).
- If the about me is very narrative, I mean that it does not have a direct relationship with the subject of the blog or in the event that you have a corporate blog or professional website that you prefer to be the one on which the weight of your image falls or it occurs to you to index it, so the “official” ones will have preference over the about me of your blog.
As you can see it is difficult to do a good about me, so the sooner you start, the sooner you finish.
Mistakes that are made in the biography pages
- Count sorrows, there are people who think that sales sells but it is not true, it brings an audience that is not interested in what you do and it is of low quality.
- Lying or exaggerating is something very common but lying is something that creates distrust and that is the last thing we want in our readers.
- Not spinning the information well, I used to do something like the info jobs resume, now I put less and less professional things and more fun things.
- Not providing calls to action and not inviting your reader to meet you or follow you, opens the possibility to advise or write to you.
