{"id":15352,"date":"2025-11-28T10:24:03","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T10:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/biography-template\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T10:24:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T10:24:03","slug":"biography-template","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/biography-template\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography Template"},"content":{"rendered":"

Let me tell you about the time I tried to write my first professional bio \u2013 it was like trying to summarize my entire existence into three sentences while juggling a Starbucks latte and a screaming toddler. (True story: my kid picked that exact moment to \u201chelp\u201d by scribbling on my notepad with a Sharpie.) I\u2019d just started freelancing, and every template I found online felt as stiff as a starched Oxford shirt. You know the ones: \u201cJohn Doe is a passionate innovator with 10+ years of synergizing cross-functional paradigms.\u201d Cringe.<\/em><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s what I learned the hard way:<\/strong> A good bio isn\u2019t a resume in paragraph form \u2013 it\u2019s a handshake, a story, and a \u201cwhy should you care?\u201d all rolled into one. My early attempts? Oh man. I once spent 45 minutes<\/em> debating whether \u201cavid coffee drinker\u201d counted as a personality trait (spoiler: it does if you\u2019re writing for a mom blog, not a law firm).<\/p>\n

The turning point came<\/strong> when a client asked me to write her LinkedIn bio. She was a former teacher turned CPR instructor with a side hustle making vegan dog treats. I froze. Then I realized: her bio needed to answer two questions new clients actually had:<\/p>\n

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  1. \u201cCan this person keep my grandma alive during a cardiac emergency?\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n
  2. \u201cWill her pumpkin pup cookies make my golden retriever stop side-eyeing me?\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Suddenly, templates made sense. Not as fill-in-the-blank formulas, but as guardrails<\/strong> \u2013 like training wheels for storytelling. Here\u2019s the skeleton I\u2019ve used ever since (tested on everything from PTA newsletters to tech startup \u201cAbout Us\u201d pages):<\/p>\n

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    The Uncomplicated Bio Blueprint<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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    • Hook:<\/strong> Start with something human<\/em> (e.g., \u201cI used to hate kale until I realized it pairs perfectly with bacon\u201d<\/em> \u2013 for a nutrition coach)<\/li>\n
    • Credibility:<\/strong> Not just job titles \u2013 think \u201cTaught 200+ teens to code while surviving on gas station taquitos\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n
    • Audience connection:<\/strong> Who do you serve? \u201cI help burned-out nurses finally take a vacation without guilt-tripping their inner Florence Nightingale\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n
    • Call to quirky action:<\/strong> Ditch \u201cContact me\u201d for \u201cSlide into my DMs if your LinkedIn headshot still has MySpace angles\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      Real-talk tip:<\/strong> Read your bio out loud<\/em> before publishing. If it sounds like a robot wrote it while stranded in a corporate retreat icebreaker, start over. I\u2019ve saved myself from phrases like \u201csolution-oriented thought leader\u201d multiple times this way.<\/p>\n

      Last thing: Bios grow with you. The one I wrote three years ago (\u201cFreelance writer who sometimes wears pants\u201d) evolved into (\u201cMidwest mom helping overwhelmed solopreneurs sound less like ChatGPT and more like the weirdo aunt at Thanksgiving\u201d). Keep it in a Google Doc and tweak it every time you nail a project or fail spectacularly.<\/p>\n

      Your homework:<\/strong> Open a new tab right now. Type one sentence about what you actually<\/em> do \u2013 not your job title. Mine started as \u201cProfessional overthinker turning panic into paragraphs.\u201d<\/em> Imperfect? Absolutely. Human? Like a fingerprint smudge on a phone screen. Now go make yours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Let me tell you about the time I tried to write my first professional bio \u2013 it was like trying to summarize my entire existence into three sentences while juggling a Starbucks latte and a screaming toddler. (True story: my kid picked that exact moment to \u201chelp\u201d by scribbling on my notepad with a Sharpie.)…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1756,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-content"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.oreateai.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}