Write Biographies on Squidoo

What Can I Write on Squidoo?  How About Biographies!

Today we’re continuing our “what can I write on Squidoo” brainstorming sessions by examining the idea of writing biographical articles for Squidoo. 

Biography writing is often interesting work for the writer.  Your task will be to transfer the human interest of someone's life story into fascinating reading for your online visitors. 

So where do you start?

Pick a Genre

First, where do your interests lie?  Would you like to write bios on musicians?  Or maybe you’re interested in a people of historical interest?  Are there famous people linked to your heritage you’d like to cover?  How about famous actors or actresses?

Once you picked the area you’d like to focus on, you’ll have a direction to follow for future work.  Biographies can be long-lasting and relevant for years to come or can be up-to-date pieces popular in today's current culture only.  

Long legged bios will bring readers for years to come if you keep your work updated.  More current bios may be of interest for shorter periods but often bring a lot of traffic early on.   

Both types of bios work well on Squidoo, just understand the genre you’ll be highlighting will affect the amount of interest and its readership.

Do your Research

Spend a few hours answering the question “what makes this person unique and interesting”.   I’ll often open another window and list all the interesting data I can find all on one page, read through it, ask more questions, then go out and find more answers.

Write a First Draft

Take all your interesting research details and put them in chronological order.  This will provide the structure of your article. 

Get rid of information that’s not absolutely necessary to a short bio.  Edit to the point that it would catch the interest of an online browsing reader.

Edit into Final Draft Form

Write the article in the tone of voice you prefer.  Does your article need a personal voice or just your researcher’s voice to tell this human interest story?   Edit your article to make it unique.

Publish and Promote

Once your biography article is edited, is totally unique and not copied from other sources, you’re ready to publish, promote your article, and start the process anew. 

One of the tools that Squidoo offers its online writers is the ability to promote additional Squidoo articles on this bio you’re publishing.    A good habit to get into is to write similar stories, in this case more biographies, and link them together in your article.  This will help visitors as they pick and choose articles to read on your site. 

Tip:  Try to write at least 6 biographical articles and link them through the tab available in the introduction “module”.    You don’t have to do this all at once, but make sure you go back and make the links once you’ve accomplished this feat.  It’s a big help in your article promotion scheme.

Care to Try it Yourself Now?

You don't have to be a professional writer to join Squidoo.  Just write about what you know.  Tell us about what makes your pet special, write a tribute to your grandparents, or just what's cool about your hometown.  

Then get in there and read others' work, and you'll be surprised how often they'll return and read yours.  

Click on the link below and start writing - and tell them Sanne sent you!

  

You Too Can Write on Squidoo - It's Free to Join! 

Learn Something New

Squidoo offers something for everyone.  You don't have to write to enjoy the Squidoo site.  

Jump in there and learn about people, places, activities, projects, cultures, world recipes, how-to-do's, and many other things all at  one website.


Whether you want to read or write, you're sure to spend a wonderful time at Squidoo learning something new.

Enjoy!