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Your Blog Should Have an About Page
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[11] 13 March 2024 | [12]webdesign
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The [13]site stats tell me that my [14]about page at /about is consistently one
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of the most visited pages on this website. That confirms what everyone already
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knows: people are very curious, sometimes even nosy.
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I’ll be the first to admit that I’m just as nosy as my visitors: I love
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clicking on About Me buttons as soon as I see one, and I’m disappointed when
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there isn’t any—up to the point of me leaving the “personal” blog or not
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bookmarking it in my feed reader. I want to get to know the person who wrote
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that compelling article. What else keeps them busy in life? Bonus points for
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cat pics, obviously.
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The question then becomes: what to put on that /about page? Just your
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professional history, making it more like a boring résumé, hoping the blog will
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help you land a job? Your hobbies and coordinates? Your marital^[15]1 status? A
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complete summary of the technical tools wielded and endless prowess showcased
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when building your custom blog engine? A list of social media links where
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people can also find you? How many years you’ve been uploading words onto a
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server? A selection of the most popular articles you’ve written so far? A
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lovely photo of you in a suit presenting something at an important conference?
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I don’t really know and I’ve never been happy with what’s on my own about page.
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For some reason, I’m not creative enough to come up with anything else besides
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a dumb enumeration of things that keep me busy, mostly on a professional level.
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Not everything needs to be put online. What I do know, though, is that such a
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page should come equipped with contact information—preferably an email address.
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I like saying thanks through email.
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This [16]five steps to a perfect about page tells me I’ve been doing it wrong
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for years: “The About page is the place where you get to sell your brand.” Ooh,
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so that’s what it’s for! Perhaps I should go for some testimonials below a
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founder’s story about a personal struggle, that’ll certainly attract the right
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Brain Bakers. (In case that wasn’t clear: it won’t, and it’s a ridiculous way
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of thinking about your about page. It’s a personal blog, not a soulless company
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website that’s only there to further pollute the internet!)
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Anyway. This post may serve as a reminder to go check the contents of your
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about page. Is it still up to date? Does it convey an easy way to contact you
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without redirecting people to social media junk? Is the goofiness level up to
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snuff?
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I'm [27]Wouter Groeneveld, a Brain Baker, and I love the smell of freshly baked
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thoughts (and bread) in the morning. I sometimes convince others to bake their
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[16] https://www.tooltester.com/en/blog/5-steps-to-a-perfect-about-page/
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