Marketing Tools for Writers
Here Are the Six Reasons Writers Need Bios on Medium.
The most compelling one is visibility.
You’ve got to find a way to make people know you’re there — Nikki Giovanni
Cultivate visibility because attention is currency. — Chris Brogan
Introduction and Context
Writers need visibility, recognition, and appreciation.
As a published author, I know the pain of writers in the market and want to transfer my knowledge to fellow writers.
We may be the most creative writers with brilliant ideas and enticing writing styles. It doesn’t matter if we are not visible to our readers. Our talent and materials do not add much value to society. Whether we like it or not, this is reality. Our success as writers depends on our visibility to readers.
Writers need visibility for success. Simply put, no visibility, no readability!
We may be writers with substantial and high-quality content; however, more specifically, if our profile and content are not visible to our readers, our creativity does not bring much value to us and our target audience.
We must be visible to be discovered as a writer on the market unless we only write for ourselves. Marketing and entrepreneurial skills have become mandatory for writers.
In this story, I want to provide six reasons we need to create writer bios, based on my observations and experience.
What can we do to gain visibility?
To gain visibility, writers must create compelling writer bios and share them on content development and marketing platforms.
As an editor of a significant publication, I know the importance of writer bios for visibility and other essential reasons that I cover in this story. Therefore, I recommend that participating writers create bios to raise their profiles.
The value of my recommendation was understood and well-received by many writers. Those writers who benefited from writer bios characterized them as success tools.
The next question is why we need to create writer bios.
Here are the six simple reasons from my experience:
1. Communicate who we are.
A writer's bio is primarily a communication tool.
In a story format, we can add as much information as needed in our writer bios. Our writer bios reflect our creativity and capability. Therefore, we need to articulate our intention.
Photos, relevant illustrations, sound files, and embedded videos can be used to enhance our intended message.
2. Gain visibility.
The best way to gain visibility to our readers is to have a writer bio.
Our writer bio can be used as an enhanced form of business card for our writing practice. Therefore, we can consider the writer's bio as an effective marketing tool.
A writer's bio enables us to add as much information as needed.
3. Acquire recognition.
We can only be recognized when we are visible to others in meaningful ways.
We can gain the recognition that we need from our peers by engagingly explaining our skills and capabilities.
Our writer bios can provide links to our significant resources such as articles, blogs, books, awards, memberships, and services that we offer.
4. Connect with readers.
We can use our writer bios as a connection tool with our readers and fellow writers. We can add essential details, such as our social media links, newsletters, testimonials, and other tools to connect with our readers.
Connecting with others can enable us to collaborate, create synergy, and enhance our writing and marketing capabilities.
5. Enhance our network.
Our writer bios can be used as a networking tool.
Details in the bios can enable others to find us, connect with us, and maintain collaboration with our readers and fellow writers.
Networking is a well-known success factor for writers in this competitive marketplace.
6. Create serendipity.
A writer's bio can be used as a serendipity tool.
We never know who can see our bio in the vast virtual world and can be attracted to our profile and get interested in our services.
Sharing a writer's bio on social media can help us meet new people from unexpected realms. Serendipity is required for growth.
How can we use our writer bios?
We can use your writer bios at the end of your articles, blogs, and books as a reference to our profile.
We can post our writer bios on social media such as Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook.
We can embed them on our websites.
Sample Writer Bios
I want to share a story that includes many writer bios written by writers from different backgrounds.
The attached story offers many samples that can give us ideas on writer bios. We can leverage this resource and gain insights from other writers who created writer bios.
Each writer's bio included in the attached story is unique. By reviewing these sample bios, we can customize your bio.
Please check our new collection compiled and maintained by the editor of Technology Hits on Medium.
Curated Writer Bios
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2023 Update
One of our volunteer editors Aiden (Illumination Gaming) has created a more presentable and smaller version of writer bios submitted to ILLUMINATION. If your bios are not in this list, please contact Aiden via his story or on our Slack workspace.
Editors also create their bios. You can find editor profiles from this list.
We plan to add more editor profiles soon. You may also bookmark this collection managed by ILLUMINATION-Curator so that you don’t miss when we add new profiles. Collection of Editor Bios: Meet Editors of Illumination Integrated Publications.
Conclusions
Writer bios can be used for various purposes as outlined under six headings in this article. Some of us may have other reasons to create and use writer bios.
One practical way of developing a writer bio is converting the details of our professional resume into an engaging story format.
As the content in bios represents our capabilities, we need to make the content clear and engaging for our readers. The purpose is to enable our readers to learn about us and make it compelling to connect with us.
In this frenetic and competitive world, writers must think and act like entrepreneurs. Marketing is an inevitable requirement for writers.
Thank you for reading my perspectives. I wish you a healthy and happy life.
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