Checking out www.google.com/trends today, I grinned as a noticed that California State University, Northridge is in the news.
Here’s a little known fact. I graduated from CSUN in May of 1984 with a bachelor of science degree in business administration with an emphasis in marketing. In all the years since then, very few people have asked me from where I graduated college. What is most relevant today for me and everyone else is what we’ve done for people lately.
If you’ve got one of those blah, blah, blah boring bios that proudly states all your college degrees and certifications without highlighting the latest and greatest contributions you’ve been making for your ideal customers and why it matters, it’s time for a bio tune up. Here is a link to an article I wrote last year for the Puget Sound Business Journal, entitled, “How boring is your bio?” There are useful tips within to guide your DIY biography writing efforts.
And, if you live in the Puget Sound region and need a guiding hand to get your own bio in great shape, claim one of five spaces at the Friday, April 24, 2009 Winning Bio Writing Workshop as your own. Here is a convenient link to learn more and save your place.
CSUN is in the news today because their basketball team is riding high in the NCAA basketball tournament. If you put these bio writing tips to work for you, you’ll be in good position to score an an MVP with your ideal clients by telling your story in a manner that people beyond your mother will notice. Are you ready to play?