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href="/creators-hub/you-are-your-storys-best-asset-fd70c7d8c32">A Guide to Making the Most of Your Medium Profile</a>.” In it, we detailed a number of ways for you to add some shine to your profile. One of the sections in that post focused on your Medium bio. It’s that section that I want to expand upon today. Here are three things every bio should do, and why.</p><h1 id="f2e8" class="os ot gu bf ou ov ow ox oy oz pa pb pc pd pe pf pg ph pi pj pk pl pm pn po pp bk"><strong class="al">Tell us who you are</strong></h1><p id="41c5" class="pw-post-body-paragraph nt nu gu nv b nw pq ny nz oa pr oc od oe ps og oh oi pt ok ol om pu oo op oq gn bk">Getting readers to feel like they know and trust you as a writer is an important prerequisite to building a deeper relationship with them. Your bio is an important space to help you do that.</p><p id="38ac" class="pw-post-body-paragraph nt nu gu nv b nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq gn bk">Fun fact: One page people often visit on Medium after reading a great piece of writing is the author profile, usually by clicking on the byline at the top of the post. A reader, naturally, wants to learn more about you: Who wrote this? Do they write about this topic often? Do they have expertise in this area? Do they have a voice or perspective that appeals to me? Can I relate to them in some way that would make following them worth it?</p><p id="121c" class="pw-post-body-paragraph nt nu gu nv b nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq gn bk">Those are some of the questions going through a reader’s head when they click onto your profile page, and those are the elements of your bio you should be putting front and center.</p><p id="99a5" class="pw-post-body-paragraph nt nu gu nv b nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq gn bk">Here’s are a few good examples:</p><ul class=""><li id="6212" class="nt nu gu nv b nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq pv pw px bk"><span class="ix"><span class="ix" aria-hidden="false"><a class="py iy fe" href="https://medium.com/u/f230e5c4fa48?source=post_page---user_mention--cb25996ebf6f---------------------------------------" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Ashleigh D. Jay</a></span></span>: #Aquarius astrologer finding the logic behind your instincts. I talk about business, self-mastery, and pop culture.</li><li id="ac50" class="nt nu gu nv b nw pz ny nz oa qa oc od oe qb og oh oi qc ok ol om qd oo op oq pv pw px bk"><span class="ix"><span class="ix" aria-hidden="false"><a class="py iy fe" href="https://medium.com/u/95a57fdeadb6?source=post_page---user_mention--cb25996ebf6f---------------------------------------" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Katelyn Burns</a></span></span>: Political journalist. The first openly trans Capitol Hill reporter in U.S. history. Writing about more than just trans issues. Follow her on Twitter @transscribe.</li><li id="c584" class="nt nu gu nv b nw pz ny nz oa qa oc od oe qb og oh oi qc ok ol om qd oo op oq pv pw px bk"><span class="ix"><span class="ix" aria-hidden="false"><a class="py iy fe" href="https://medium.com/u/78e429aad85a?source=post_page---user_mention--cb25996ebf6f---------------------------------------" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Lance Ulanoff</a></span></span>: Tech expert, journalist, social media commentator, amateur cartoonist, and robotics fan.</li></ul><h1 id="356b" class="os ot gu bf ou ov ow ox oy oz pa pb pc pd pe pf pg ph pi pj pk pl pm pn po pp bk"><strong class="al">Tell us what you write about</strong></h1><p id="3a06" class="pw-post-body-paragraph nt nu gu nv b nw pq ny nz oa pr oc od oe ps og oh oi pt ok ol om pu oo op oq gn bk">Not only is including what you write about important to help readers understand the value in following you, but adding a few keywords into your bio also helps make you more discoverable on the Medium platform. People often use Medium’s search tool to find writers that publish along a certain topic, so including what you write about in your bio increases the likelihood that you’ll be served up the next time someone searches your expertise like “marketing” or “poetry” or “advice” or “artificial intelligence.” Keep it to between one and four keywords, be specific, and work them organically into your bio.</p><p id="779e" class="pw-post-body-paragraph nt nu gu nv b nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq gn bk">Here are a few good examples:</p><ul class=""><li id="a214" class="nt nu gu nv b nw nx ny nz oa ob oc od oe of og oh oi oj ok ol om on oo op oq pv pw px bk"><span class="ix"><span class="ix" aria-hidden="false"><a class="py iy fe" href="https://medium.com/u/dc17621a577f?source=post_page---user_mention--cb25996ebf6f---------------------------------------" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Dave Gershgorn</a></span></span>: Senior Writer at <em class="or">OneZero</em> covering surveillance, facial recognition, DIY tech, and artificial intelligence. Previously: <em class="or">Qz</em>, <em class="or">PopSci</em>, and <em class="or">NYTimes</em>.</li><li id="ef15" class="nt nu gu nv b nw pz ny nz oa qa oc od oe qb og oh oi qc ok ol om qd oo op oq pv pw px bk"><span class="ix"><span class="ix" aria-hidden="false"><a class="py iy fe" href="https://medium.com/u/eb358f417ed6?source=post_page---user_mention--cb25996ebf6f---------------------------------------" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Allie Volpe</a></span></span>: Writes about lifestyle, trends, and pop psychology for <em class="or">The Atlantic</em>, <em class="or">New York Times</em>, <em class="or">Rolling Stone</em>, <em class="or">Playboy</em>, <em class="or">Washington Post</em>, and more.</li><li id="2458" class="nt nu gu nv b nw pz ny nz oa qa oc od oe qb og oh oi qc ok ol om qd oo op oq pv pw px bk"><span class="ix"><span class="ix" aria-hidden="false"><a class="py iy fe" href="https://medium.com/u/70197a4e8521?source=post_page---user_mention--cb25996ebf6f---------------------------------------" rel="noopener" target="_blank">Julio Vincent Gambuto</a></span></span>: Writer/Director. Creative. Thinker. Weekly: where the personal, pandemic, and the political meet / <a class="af ns" href="http://juliovincent.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">juliovincent.com</a>. Twitter:@juliovincent.</li></ul><h1 id="429b" class="os ot gu bf ou ov ow ox oy oz pa pb pc pd pe pf pg ph pi pj pk pl pm pn po pp bk"><strong class="al">Tell us where else we can find you</strong></h1><p id="f223" class="pw-post-body-paragraph nt nu gu nv b nw pq ny nz oa pr oc od oe ps og oh oi pt ok ol om pu oo op oq gn bk">Have a Twitter account? First, make sure you connect it to your Medium profile so your Twitter follows can find you on Medium. But also feel free to put your handle in your bio. 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