As a management consultant, you need to quickly establish your expertise and credentials. An important component of doing this is having a well-written professional biography. A company considering hiring you needs to know that they are choosing the right candidate, one whose background and industry experience matches their need for
Continue reading »Loan Officer or Mortgage Broker: Professional Biography Example
Loan officers and mortgage brokers need a bio that serves two functions—it should establish the loan officer’s competence with financial matters and all of the paperwork involved, and at the same time, convey a sense of personal interest in the client and a feeling that despite the fact that any
Continue reading »Write Your Professional Bio: Free Template
This article provides a “fill-in-the-blanks” template for how to write a professional bio or “about me” page. By following the template you can quickly and easily create your own short bio. (But if you don’t feel confident about your writing, or you’re simply in a hurry… go here to get a
Continue reading »How to Write a Professional Bio for a Writer
Writers are good at writing, but they aren’t always good at marketing. But there’s one piece of marketing that no author can ignore: a good short professional bio. You’d think that writing a bio would be easy for a writer. But let’s face it: most of us dread writing about
Continue reading »Writing a Bio: When Should You Use First-Person Rather than Third-Person?
The standard advice for writing a bio is to write in the third person (as though someone else is writing about you). However, there are a few exceptions to the “third person rule”. Here are four situations when you should write your bio in first person instead of third-person: 1)
Continue reading »Bio vs. Resume: What’s the Difference and Which is Best?
It’s amazing how quickly things change in the business and career arenas. For ages all you needed was a resume when applying for a job. Now it seems that not only do you need a resume, you also need a professional bio and maybe even a LinkedIn page. Holy cow!
Continue reading »How to Write a Dynamic Cover Letter for Your Dream Job
You’ve seen an advertisement for your dream job and you know that you’d be perfect for it. Now you just have to get an interview. Write a great cover letter in professional business letter format and your chances of getting that interview will increase dramatically. Getting started writing a
Continue reading »Free Eulogy Template
It’s never easy to say goodbye to someone who has been a part of our lives. When that person is gone, there’s a hole where (he or she) used to be in your life. That’s what many of us are feeling today. Some of you knew ______ (name) better than
Continue reading »How to Write a Good Twitter Bio
The biggest challenge in writing a good Twitter bio is that Twitter allows you only 160 characters. That means your bio must capture the attention of a potential follower in about 20 words. Writing 20 words shouldn’t be tough, but it’s actually harder to write succinctly than it is to
Continue reading »How to Set Professional Fees for Consulting Contracts
Setting fees is one of the hardest things to do for independent professionals such as consultants, coaches and therapists. People think consultants (and other self-employed professionals) make exorbitant hourly rates, when in fact they are often just making the equivalent on an hourly basis as any typical employed professional. As
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