12) About the Writer: Writing Effective Writer Biographies
As discussed before, incorporating EAT helps enhance content quality and helps more people discover the developed content.
Apart from ensuring EAT within our content, we need to ensure that we have effective writer biographies that support the developed content.
In this discussion, we will understand how to ensure effective writer biographies through applying EAT and other best practices.
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Expertise
- When considering the expertise factor for author biographies, expertise refers to the credentials or experience the author has.
- Medical content is best supported/expertised through medical professionals, for example, and similarly, relevant experience or education qualifies as expertise.
- However, if one does not have a degree, expertise can be demonstrated through lived experience or other ways. For example, being an active listener for 7 Cups for 3 years does demonstrate expertise in listening and supporting mental health concerns.
Note: To keep up with the Expertise factor’s need, 7 Cups currently either pairs content writers with experts and content is published through the expert profile with the writer biography contained at the end of the co-authored article, or publishes writer works through a shared account called “7 Cups Community, Global Support” - the biography of this account is optimized to reflect EAT.
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Authoritativeness
- Authority in terms of an author biography refers to the number of citations the author has. This includes their publications and other published content, as well as any reviews or things that show the impact or quality of their work.
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Trust
- Trust is also determined by an author’s citations - trusted authors have published content for websites and publications that score high on EAT factors.
- Trust is also established through the quality of an author’s content.
Activity
Using the factors discussed above, write a biography for your prospective articles at 7 Cups. Feel welcome to include your real name/pseudonym or first name - anything you are comfortable with being prospectively published!
After you have written the brief paragraph-form biography, point out what parts of the biography highlight each of the EAT factors.
Respond to at least one other student’s biography and comment your feedback for improvement.
Bonus (Optional): Consider starting a 7 Cups creator portfolio here!
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@SoulfullyAButterfly
YellowcloudZzz has been on 7cups for almost three years and is a verified listener. She has personal experience with anxiety, student stress, and self-esteem issues, and has completed training on 7cups on how to manage them and help others do the same. Currently enrolled in a content digital marketing program on 7cups and with plans on studying psychology; Couldz aims to improve and share her knowledge on mental health. Having 40+ positive reviews, 60+ good ratings, and 89 repeated users, Couldz is reassured by her members that she has been able to make a positive impact on some of the people she has spoken to and is given the motivation to continue supporting them as she improves on herself.
E- a verified listener with almost 3 years of experience on 7cups
A- the positive reviews and ratings gotten from members
T- the repeated users
@yellowcloudZzz
*Content development marketing
(Wrote digital)
@yellowcloudZzz
I really like it! It seems very professional and sounds good. Nice job!!!👍
-Kpopcat2020
@yellowcloudZzz
I love how you added indepth information about your 7cups listener profile. Awesome idea.
Well done
@SoulfullyAButterfly
Lizzy Beers began listening February of 2022. Currently, the main things she focuses on are listening to members, working on her growth path, and an in-progress CDM program. She appreciates being part of the program and just being an overall listener. She made it into a leadership program and is taking it one step at a time with 7 Cups training and academy. She is a college student that is majoring in English Literature, and hopes to do something in ELA someday. When she's free, she's an active listener on 7 cups, an artist, a reader, and a good friend.
Expertise: Included the time I've been on 7 cups, not very long, but also included 7 cups academy, training, CDM program, and growth path
Authority: A college student and major included, made it into leadership program, hoping to do something in ELA someday
Trust: I included some hobbies and leadership program, as well as CDM program and an active listener.
Turtle is a verified active listener at 7 Cups with over 300 support chats in the past year. Like the animal, Turtle has been slowly but surely working on themselves by being involved in extra academy trainings such as the internship and the contents development and marking program with 7 Cups. Turtle is 'all ears' whenever listening to a fellow member on 7 Cups, staying non-judgmental and supportive, yet realistic. Being a mentor to many students and an activist, active listening on 7 Cups has helped Turtle become a better instructor and colleague.
E- Many support chats despite short time on 7 Cups
A- Academy participation
T- Build a personal connection by introducing personal detail
@colorfulTurtle948
I loved reading this! It was so beautifully worded and engaging and I thought that was wonderful!
@CoffeeAddict07
You've done a lot of support chats, the statistics are great
I like that you’ve included a statistic on how many support chats you’ve done.
@SoulfullyAButterfly
CoffeeAddict is a recently verified listener who has gained many positive and impactful relationships from listening through 7Cups. She is currently making her way through both the Internship Track and the CDM Program and is learning how to be even more supportive and compassionate. Academically, she is pursuing a specialized high school diploma offered by her high school that involves mental health and community support on a global scale as she hopes to major in health in college. During her free time, she chats with any member on 7Cups who would like support or binges funny (sometimes downright cringy) rom-coms!
Expertise: highlighted the fact that I am a verified listener and that I am on track to graduate high school with a global scholars diploma with an honors project in health
Authority: currently interning with 7 Cups and am a verified listener
Trust: shows that I am a warm individual who loves helping and supporting others!
@SoulfullyAButterfly
BlueCup is an active listener on 7 cups from march 2022 and has discovered a lot about themselves in this little journey. They have joined Content Development and Marketing program to learn more about themselves and develop skills through the same. They are determined, and hardworking and spread awareness about the community. BlueCup was a team member of her school’s first mental health society, currently, they are part of self-care interviews on 7cups as a team member.
Expertise: stated about her journey of self-discovery in their little time here.
Authoritative: has been a part of the school’s mental health society and is a team member of self-care interviews on 7 cups.
Trust: stated how they are determined, hardworking, and want to spread awareness about the community.
Alexandria has been an Active listener on the 7cups platform from the year 2016.
Having dealt with much childhood trauma and Generalised Anxiety disorder. Alexandria has had a deep curiosity in mental health for several years.
Having overcome these obstacles and by gaining much experience from this, she enjoys sharing her knowledge with others in need.
E - I mentioned I am a listener since 2016
A - Overcoming obstacles that deal with mental health
T - Has interest in mental health and wants to help others
@alex000
This response caters to every point mentioned in the guidelines. I love how you gave a backstory and mentioned why you joined 7 Cups!
@SoulfullyAButterfly
Summer started her listening journey at the beginning of 2020 to do her bit to help out during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Currently, she is a Teen Community Star for the General Support Community, where she is responsible for the forum posts. She started a new series called "Sharing Positivity" with over 400 posts from the community!
Additionally, she is a CDM mentor and helps out with grading and checking articles for both adults and teens.
Expertise: I have been on the site for over two years.
Authoritative: I'm one of the only leaders for General Support and manage the forums.
Trust: My forum posts have garnered over 400 responses and even more hearts!
@SoulfullyAButterfly
As an experienced Editor, Sushan copyedits academic articles, manages peer review processes, develops marketing materials, and makes editorial decisions for a growing academic journal in the field of social psychology. In addition to her English Education degree, she is pursuing her interest in digital marketing by taking online courses to learn copywriting and content creation.
Her first encounter with 7 Cups was in 2020 when she was looking for emotional support. Since then, she has graduated from 7 Cups Academy's Content Development and Marketing Program. She is grateful for the exposure and opportunity this platform has provided her to apply what she has learned by contributing more content for self-help resources as well as enhancing her writing skills.
E – information about my experience as an editor
A – how I pursued my interest in digital marketing; graduated in CDM (prospective)
T – previous experience and future works with 7 Cups; willingness to provide more content in 7 Cups
@sshn07
Finding someone in the same work field as me in this program makes me feel so good!
Your experience as an editor for a social psychology academic journal ticks the Expertise as well as Authority requirement. What I love the most about your biography, is how you shared that you have been a member of this site. This fact will surely make the readers feel that you can understand their point of view.
My suggestion
would be to break up the first sentence into two individual sentences. Dividing
into two parts will help you highlight that you have experience with other
projects/clients, and improve the readability.
I would also recommend elaborating on your 7 Cup encounter. Maybe adding
something like, “the compassionate listeners inspired me to be an active part
of the community”?
@Huriya
Truly appreciate your feedback on this because I struggled the most to write this biography of me lol. Your suggestion and reply to this discussion have given me the insight to develop a better biography. Thanks ;)
Farah is a freelance content writer with over 4 years of experience. She has had the opportunity to work with clients like Conduct Science, Qolty, and Maze Engineers which are focused on scientific research and products. Working with such clients has allowed her more access to research in the field of mental and emotional health.
Her journey into content writing began as a challenge to overcome self-doubt and expose herself to the vast knowledge available in the world. Content writing has allowed her to work remotely, which has helped her develop her skills in understanding the needs and requirements of people over a simple chat.
As a person, Farah is often described as a hardworking, inquisitive, and compassionate individual. She enjoys watching movies from around the world, learning a new skill, and being a good listener to anyone who needs it.
Expertise: Freelance content writer with over 4 years of experience
Authority: Worked with a variety of clients to develop well-researched content
Trust: Exposure to mental health research, journey into content writing to overcome self-doubt, personal traits@Huriya
Very impressive credentials! Very well structured bio and all requirements were fulfilled. Great job :D
@SirenOfSerenity Hey! thank you for your feedback. Writing about myself was a bit embarrassing 😅
@Huriya Amazing experience and very well structured. The only constructive criticism is that it may be a bit long for certain articles. Maybe develop a short version to have in your toolkit when you need it :)
@SoulfullyAButterfly
Biography
VerseArt started her journey here at 7 cups on May 2020. Since then, she has completed 1909 chats with members, qualified as a verified listener and has earned over 50 badges and awards. She has a 5 star consistent rating for listening and 47 . She loves answering to problems that users approach her with and also operating group support chatrooms enabling her to improve her skills more and help as much members as possible and also ensures that values like cooperation , organisation , empathy and compromise is inculcated in everybody around.
Expertise- I included the number of hours of active listening and when I joined, which shows I have done a lot of active listening in a short amount of time.
Authoritative- I have completed all 12 trainings and am a verified listener along with holding a leadership position as a room supporter.
Trust- I have included my reviews and ratings which anyone can check on my profile along with the awards and badges I have earned after positive feedback/upvotes and also I ensure the information shared to me by any member is kept completely confidential .
