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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Raspberrycheesecake started her 7Cups journey in June of 2025. Her main focus has been giving members the best experience they can get from a single chat. She used to be a leader of a sub community and a community mentor for a sub community, along with being: peer support, a global mod, a doorkeeper, an internship mentor, part of the Q and A team, a support lesson leader, part of the verified listener team, an adult/teen quality mentor, a teen transiting mentor, a verified adult-teen listener and an intern graduate with honours, but took a long self care break and has recently returned and is now part of the peer support team. Her main focus at the moment is to help other listeners on their journey and to become the best listeners that they can be. Raspberrycheesecake appreciates the opportunity she has been given to be participating in the Content Development and Marketing academy course to improve her writing skills. Raspberrycheese trained to become a teacher and has worked as a social media manager before. During her free time she likes to read books and hangout in the chatrooms with other listeners and members.
Expertise - Included the time I joined 7 cups, shows I have been a listener for around 8 years.
Authoritative - I help other listeners in the chatrooms.
Trust - I have been a mentor in the past and currently a peer supporter.
@Raspberrycheesecake
That's a pretty awesome biography. You have been very active on 7cups and have quite a lot of experience in different capacities. Though I do believe you put June 2025 by mistake.
ivorySea989 has been a member of 7cups since February 2018. She has a bachelor’s degree in English literature, History, and Psychology. She is a qualified Montessori trained directress and has been an ESL teacher for the past twenty years.
Personally gone through and recovered from emotional abuse, she is passionate about helping out anyone in a similar situation.
Currently enrolled in the CDM course at 7cups, she hopes to give back to the community that has helped her along this journey.
@ivorySea989
Your biography looks simple but comes with a lot of trust due to your expertise.
tip - Include something like a rating you received on 7 cups or some complement through members that can showcase the quality of your work or A.
@SoulfullyAButterfly
I'm gonna talk about scientist Thomas Alva Edison who was an American inventor and entrepreneur. He was born on February 11, 1847, in Millan, Ohio, United States and died on October 18, 1931, in West Orange, New Jersey, United States. His mother supports him through homeschooling cause the teacher called him "addled". He was self-educated. He was nearly deaf when he hit pre-teen. His mother supported him through his hard time. Edison used to try hours of experiments in his home. He invented lots of stuff like Edition effects and Edition light effects. Most surprisingly he is the guy who invent electric light in January 1879. He had lots of inventions that made him one of the greatest scientists. His invention is useful these days. His invention gives great advantages to humans.
skansly is an active listener for 4 years. He is at 7 cups since the last year. He is caring and empathetic and has a tight grip on relationship/family issues. He has a 4-star rating and had over 250 chats with over 300+ hours of listening experience in last year.
E: he is been an active listener at 7 cups with grip on relationship and family issues.
A: in past year has obtained a 4 star rating in over 250 chats .
T: 300+ hours of listening experience
Angelzz127 has served as a verified, trained active listener at 7cups for over a year and has already assisted approximately 300 members with a variety of challenges. Angelzz127, in addition to actively listening, is a psychology student who has completed all of the training provided in 7cups.
E- expertise in intra-personal communications
A- verified listener
T- over 90 badges earned and completed all training
@Angelzz127
Hey Angel! I like that your bio is short, simple and sweet. One piece of feedback I'd like to offer as a suggestion would be quantifying or further explaining the trainings you've completed just a bit more.
I've been around for a while so I'm super familiar with what you mean, but some people may not understand that or just how impressive that is. When you say that- I visualize the columns of links you've clicked, and pages you've read through, and all the quizzes along the way. You've invested a lot of time completing those trainings and in gaining the insights from them, and I feel it could be important to consider highlighting it a bit more.
I'm throwing this sentence together quickly as an example solely, but what do you think about something like, ".... and has completed all # of the available training modules which cover many topics such as, A, B, C and others." What do you think about this?
@zaatarHoney sounds good! thank you for the suggestion 😊<3
@SoulfullyAButterfly
zaatarHoney, also known as Zaati around the 7Cups Community, an Americorps Alumni '17, earned her Bachelor of Science in Family and Human Development from an accredited State University in Spring of 2020, with several years of experience serving her community in paid and volunteer capacities, through mentorship, engagement, caretaking and clinical pathways. Zaati is an avid creative who believes creativity is not only an outlet to cope or to earn a living, but a mindset that leads to our own fulfilling existence and the innovation our world requires to bring about equitable resolution for all.
Authority: Americorps Alum, Profesional Background
Trust: Personal philosophy on creativity
All feedback, positive and constructive, is welcome. ♥︎ I have trouble with bios! So please, I'd really appreciate any and all thoughts. Ty!
@zaatarHoney Well done! I can see how the skills from your life experience can be relevant and useful in the 7 Cups community 😊
I would add more information on your involvement with 7 Cups such as how long you've been a listener, whether or not you're a verified listener, and what other things you are currently doing on here or have done in the past. You could add that you're a CDM student and a blurb about what you've learned so far.
@VinylFly
Thank you for your feedback!! This was very helpful. <3 :)
VinylFly's Biography:
VinylFly has been a verified listener with 7 Cups since October 2015. In addition to actively listening to and supporting members, they have served as a group support moderator, have authored numerous discussions, and are one of the former Support Team Leaders of the Addiction Support sub-community. Vinyl is passionate about advocating to reduce the stigma surrounding mental health, disabilities, and addiction. They have completed University coursework in the areas of psychology, sociology, and disability studies. They have both lived experience with and professional experience in supporting individuals with physical and mental disabilities including mobility, autism, and ADHD, addiction and harm reduction, LGBTQ+ issues, and mental health. In their spare time, they enjoy participating in their local disability self-advocacy meetings, listening to their record collection, and spending time with their partner and two guinea pigs.
Expertise:
My time spent as a 7 cups listener
My lived and professional experience
University
Authoritativeness:
The roles I’ve had on 7 cups (moderator, discussion writer, addiction support team lead)
The topics I have experience with (disabilities, addiction support, mental health, LGBTQ+ issues)
Trustworthiness:
The fact that I’m a verified listener
I attend disability self-advocacy meetings in my spare time
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My background and cumulative experience inside and outside of the 7 Cups community
@VinylFly Hello, great job on writing your biography! Your biography highlights a lot about the EAT. As the biography mentions that you have completed university coursework in psychology, sociology, and disability studies, it would also be helpful to specify the degree(s) earned or the level of education achieved.
In addition to mentioning the roles held on 7 Cups, you can also consider providing specific examples of accomplishments and successes in those roles.
Good luck!
Lysandra has been a dedicated member of the 7 Cups community since 2018, committed to providing the best possible support for those who need it. With the importance of empathy and compassion, she has supported friends and loved ones through difficult times. Currently pursuing a master's degree at Science in Management, Lysandra is also trained in Content Development and Marketing, ensuring she can create informative and trustworthy content for her readers. Lysandra is enthusiastic to share her knowledge and create uplifting articles that provide support and guidance to people all around the world, with a passion of helping others.
Expertise: Experience supporting friends and loved ones through difficult times, coupled with her graduate studies at Science in Management and training in Content Development and Marketing, showcase her expertise in mental health and content creation.
Authority: Dedication to the 7 Cups community and passion for helping others highlight authority on the topic of mental health and wellness.
Trust: Commitment to empathy and compassion, as well as training in creating trustworthy content, demonstrate the ability to be a reliable source of support and guidance.
@kindEyes9789
Hi KindEyes, I think this is good, although personally I think it's long. I tend to zone out for the long bios. Best to keep it short and sweet.
@kindEyes9789
Well written!!
Adam (Walkalot) is a high school teacher who teaches about computers. Through 7cups, he has been deepening his knowledge of mental health and also supporting people as a listener for over two years. He is working through the Content Development and Marketing program at 7cups in order to develop his ability as a content creator and also challenge himself to more deeply research different mental health topics.
Expertise: research, time on 7cups, time as a listener.
Authoritativeness: probably this could be worked on, but I will increase the authority of my articles through proper citation.
Trust: long time as a listener, respected profession, also high listener rating, which people can see if they click on my profile.
@walkalot
I like what you wrote. Just, be more specific.
@walkalot
Hey, you have written very well more or less. Short and precise. I personally don't think I would change a thing or two from the biography (if I were at your place).
@walkalot
Your biography is very straight to the point. It does not do well in explaining your EAT contributions. Looking at expertise first, you could add more about what makes you qualified. You do say you are a teacher, but what is your background. Adding specifications so we can trust your expertise is important.
Authoritativeness is absolutely lacking, as you yourself said. To be a teacher, I am assuming you need a certification and prior experience as well as a semester plan laid out. That itself shows your impact. Maybe you could express the reviews you got from work in graduate/undergraduate work, or just any general feedback. In general, you are assuming the article you are publishing this with is something within your expertise so there is plenty you could have lead this with.
As for Trust... requiring a reader to click on your profile to figure out if you are qualified to be speaking on the topic or not is not so great in practice. If they have to question your work, there is something you could have done better. Also, again, you do nothing to explain your respected profession or what you contribute to it. As for being a long time listener, there are no specifics here for that either.
You need to add more in your biography, more specifics. Convince them without having to explain further in your profile or through added bullet points.
@SnowTabby
Hi Snow Tabby, thanks for the feedback. I will take a look and see if there are ways I can update it.
@walkalot
I think it was very well written, especially when you wrote that you would like to challenge yourself to deeply understand mental health topics. I would say having a more captivating first sentence would be beneficial.
@walkalot
well written but could have been longer with including with some of the things mentioned in expertise, authority and trust :D
EXPERTISE JusticiaPrimalDorogo is a Listener since 2016. (7 years)
She went through all of the training guides in 7 cups and is a Quality Listener Program graduate, with honors.
She is a 7 cups Intern too.
Currently studying Content development and marketing.
She is an aspiring copywriter in legal and mental health matters.
AUTHORITY As an Active Listener level 5 and owner of dozens of certificates in soft skills here, and on other platforms, Highly skilled in active listening.
TRUST Her reviews are nothing but positive ones (5 stars) No reports for violating any rules.
