Why You Should Have An About Me And Contact Me Page
If you take a look at all the big bloggers, and ask yourself what they all have in common? Yes, an about me page, right?
A about me page has become a popular page amongst us bloggers. A about me page lets the readers know, who you are? Where are you from? Why you have started your blog? What is your blog about? and most important, What future intentions you have for your blog. Readers want to know who´s blog they are reading. Besides looking for useful information most readers come to blogs for a few reasons, they want to build a relationship with you, they want to be able to communicate with you and they want to be part of a community.
A about me page is quite handy for bloggers, because that is the only page on your whole blog, where you will be able to express yourself. You´ve got the opportunity to connect with your readers and let them know what you are all about. A about me page is all about trust, readers will mostly likely gain trust after reading the about me page.
You don´t have to get to personal on your about me page, but it will be nice to put down some interesting information about yourself.
When I read new blogs one of the first things I do is go and visit the blog just to see who´s blog i’m reading. Mostly if I am within the same age group as the blogger i like to read some posts he´s written because I would like to see how other bloggers within my age group write and what opinions they have compared to mine. We bloggers can learn of each other.
Contact forms are also very important for blogs. Readers get the chance to interact with you and communicate with you.
Imagine this situation:
You´ve just discovered a fantastic blog and absolutely love everything about that blog. So you thought of sending the blogger a email with a few questions and tell him about how much you like the blog, so there you are looking for his contact page, after looking around you realize he doesn’t have a contact page and there is no other way to contact him. Wouldn’t that just make you mad? It sure would get me annoyed.
The good thing is that adding a contact me page for wordpress is as easy as 1+1. So head over at http://http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-plugin/and download that plugin if you´re using wordpress.
If you haven´t got these 2 must have pages, go add them right now.
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November 23rd, 2009 at 22:05
Yeah, about page and contact form is a must for blogger. The contact form can deliver a project for you, i experienced it.
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 29th, 2009 at 20:21
True, I also get loads of questions or requests for projects and oppertunities. If I didnt have a contact me page, I would never get these oppertunities.
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November 24th, 2009 at 06:36
I sometimes go have a look at the about page to find out a bit more about the site and blogger. Some users have one and others don’t.
I get frustrated when a site has no means of contacting them, creates a problem and then I probably don’t visit again.
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 29th, 2009 at 20:23
Yes, I think we all do this. Well, I always do this as I want to know more about the blogger.
Contact page is a must for every blogger. If you dont have a contact me page then your losing a lot of visitors as people won’t be able to contact you and will never vist again.
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November 24th, 2009 at 09:25
Yup, these are necessary. One more benefit:
Google and other search engines look for these pages. If you have them, it makes you seem more professional and legitimate, therefore more important than a site without them.
So you’re not just helping your readers, you’re optimizing your website further for good SEO.
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 29th, 2009 at 20:24
I’ve also heard there’s a little advantage about having these pages. I dont know if it’s a big deal, but I’ve heard it plays a part. Searche engines like to crawl these pages for some reason.
Thanks for the comment.
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November 24th, 2009 at 09:59
This thought just flows through my mind: if we want loyal readers, these pages are things must be on our blogs.
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November 24th, 2009 at 12:49
Yes – they are both very important. I have them rolled into one on my blog.
But the about me is again important in creating your personal brand. It allows readers to see what you are about, and decide if you are someone they share like interests with, or someone that they would like to do business with.
It’s about putting a face, and a personality to the blog.
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 29th, 2009 at 20:27
I have to agree with you there, it is also a kind of personal brand as it represents who and what your all about. Instead of just telling your name and age, why not take it further and write extra interesting facts about yourself?
Readers will remember your blog better and will return to read content.
Well, I do remember blogs better that have a good written about me page.
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November 24th, 2009 at 13:15
I just wrote an article much like this – I definitely think that these are must have pages.
It’s a demand if we want to gain loyal readers – this is some a the best ways to get them to notice you.
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 29th, 2009 at 20:30
Yep, If your blog is good and full of good content, your readers would like to know more about you. And the best way is by having about me page.
By the way keep up the good work on your video publishing!
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November 24th, 2009 at 16:19
I definetly agree with you that every blogger should have a about page and contact page. From the about page you would know about the author of the blog and something more bout the author. But sadly my about page is not that good………..
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 29th, 2009 at 20:32
Haha, If yours is not good enough I suggest you to improve it.
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November 24th, 2009 at 16:23
The About Us and Comment Page is Very very important for the blogger because we should get in touch with our readers…
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 29th, 2009 at 20:33
Yep, I’ve also had some people reading the about me page and then contacting me because they had some questions to ask. It’s a good way to interact with your readers.
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November 25th, 2009 at 00:52
About me page is extremely important for the very reason that your readers will be curious about your identity.
The contact form however is the one I’m ignorant about. Thanks for sharing it here.
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 29th, 2009 at 20:34
I think every person will be curious about who’s blog they are reading. It’s just instinct. Before doing anything we all want to know more about it.
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November 25th, 2009 at 15:26
Yes about me page and contact me page is must for every blogger
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November 25th, 2009 at 22:15
For some odd reason I never created either one, maybe I will make that my Thanksgiving day thing to do.
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 29th, 2009 at 20:36
@Extreme John
I really think you should put up either pages as soon as possible. With the quality of your blog it should really be a must.
Like reading your blog by the way. Keep up good work.
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November 26th, 2009 at 09:49
Absolutely! I’m guilty of having a pretty lame contact us page with no photo etc. It’s on my too list but not as high as some of the projects I’m working on (yet…)
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 29th, 2009 at 20:37
Good luck on projects, hopefully you will be able to create good ones when you have some time.
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November 27th, 2009 at 07:59
My about me page sucks or I at least think so. I should edit it again, I’ll probably do that soon. But anyway contact and about me pages are really important. When I started blogging I didn’t think that people would actually be interested in it but they are. Actually it is one of the most important parts of your blog.
Btw. here is a good article about About me pages from Neil Patel
Thanks for the reminder
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 29th, 2009 at 20:40
True, I also never thought about the about me page untill I started this blog. I realized how importent these pages were and decided to create a good about me page. In my Google Analytics I actually found out that the about me page was the 2e most visited page after the homepage of my blog.
This proves how importent it is.
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November 27th, 2009 at 08:10
You are right! I also noticed that most of my blog’s visitor will click on my contact page and the about me page. Probably this is because they need to know who am i before or after reading the information that i provided. Good sharing!
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Gary Malhi Reply:
November 29th, 2009 at 20:42
For sure, A prime example was when you yourself contacted me from the contact page to alert me about a problem on my blog.
If I didn’t have a contact me page then you would never be able to contact me and I would never be able to solve the problem.
Thanks for letting me know.
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November 29th, 2009 at 02:51
Nice post dude!
I really agree with you. The visitors should be able to contact you via a contact page.
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November 30th, 2009 at 04:21
I start reading new blogs from About me page, don’t know why. maybe cos the Internet is so un-personal and I’d like to see peoples eyes. maybe just cos of interest. Anyway, I think “about” page is necessarty!
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December 1st, 2009 at 11:08
about me page is important as to display about who is the blog owner and is he really a good blogger and interested in giving real useful updates or just blogging for earnings of his own
contact us page is also most important is any visitor of our blog wants to contact the blog owner then there should be no problem contacting him easily
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December 1st, 2009 at 12:19
I just started blogging and to be honest I didn’t realize how important the “About Me” or “Contact” page. so id like to say thank you. ill keep reading you post to learn more stuff.
Can you give tips on how to attract readers?
Tnx
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December 3rd, 2009 at 13:28
Also, it’s impossible to apply for adSense if you lack the about me or contact page. believe me I’ve tried it.
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December 15th, 2009 at 00:26
@Allan…do you really need the about me page for adsense? I thought only the privacy policy and contact page was necessary? Are you sure that’s so?
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January 19th, 2010 at 19:04
hey great pot. i never thought this is so impt.
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