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By: Five Ways to Tweak a Wordpress Theme : Performancing

Five Ways to Tweak a Wordpress Theme : Performancing — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:17:15 +0000

[...] or your readers, at least- who you are. You can read more about tweaking your About page in a previous post of [...]

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Business Logs » Blog Archive » Five Ways to Tweak a Wordpress Theme — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:13:00 +0000

[...] or your readers, at least- who you are. You can read more about tweaking your About page in a previous post of [...]

By: 5 Basic Rules for Creating an Effective About Page — Des Walsh dot Com

5 Basic Rules for Creating an Effective About Page — Des Walsh dot Com — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 12:47:17 +0000

[...] brief, on the About page that comes pre-set with an explanation of what the page is for – as Lorraine Nepomuceno mentions in her post on About pages. It’s the one that reads: This is an example of a [...]

By: Web Design Articles, Inspiration and News - June 2009 - Creattica Daily

Web Design Articles, Inspiration and News - June 2009 - Creattica Daily — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 14:10:15 +0000

[...] About your about page [...]

By: epc london

epc london — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 10:39:05 +0000

THANKS!! This has made me change my site

By: venkat

venkat — Sat, 23 May 2009 12:35:06 +0000

as far my opinion about about page is concerned I think it should be simple respresentation of bloggers intrests and technical aspects not too much of personal info should not be mentioned as per my opinion.

By: Shaun Andrews

Shaun Andrews — Fri, 22 May 2009 13:54:32 +0000

Thanks for linking to my About page. To be honest, the bulleted list was more of a “lazy-solution™” for writing an actual bio. In the end, I think I like it better than a paragraph-style bio. I do need to add a picture, since I agree that its a huge thing to put a face to your name. More and more, I’ve been linking to my twitter account (http://twitter.com/shaunandrews) as my “who is this guy” page for new people. Its perfect! It has a picture and a running commentary on my life.

By: web design leeds

web design leeds — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:35:03 +0000

some really good stuff here!.. never really thought about an abous page like that before. cheers.

By: Chris Benedicty

Chris Benedicty — Thu, 21 May 2009 22:20:21 +0000

I totally agree with these two tips: “It helps to put a photo of yourself up, too” and “Contact information is good to have here”. So far from what I’ve learned in classes for my BS in Web Design and Development program points toward these two concepts as definite “best practices”, from a design philosophy standpoint.

Definitely a good idea to put a human face on your otherwise inhuman website. People respond much better to a website that seems to allow a human, or emotional connection. It brings them back for more and makes them more interested in what you’ve got to say.

Contact information should be EVERYWHERE. On the about us page, on the contact us page, and in the footers, on every other page. If you’re selling something, make sure that your customers don’t have to look too far to find you.

By: Antonie Potgieter

Antonie Potgieter — Thu, 21 May 2009 20:56:50 +0000

Yes, very practical indeed. I like the idea of putting contact details and feeds on the About page even though they may have dedicated pages somewhere else on the site.

By: Timothy Long

Timothy Long — Thu, 21 May 2009 14:54:15 +0000

Very practical article.

By: Deborah Anderson

Deborah Anderson — Thu, 21 May 2009 03:35:22 +0000

I didn’t realize how important people thought “About Me/Us” pages were until I read an article by @jamieharrop. He was talking about making it more personal so that possible future readers can make a connection and want to subscribe.

When I read that, I overhauled my about page. Even though my blog is for my business, because of my market I felt that I could be more personal and do what I did.

I never kept it at the “WordPress” original about text. That’s just lazy. You shouldn’t even start marketing your blog until you have a little blurb, even if you’re going to expand on it later.