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What Your About Page Should Be About
June 17, 2014
by Kirby Hopper
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Time for a quick quiz. Website About pages should be about: The owner The company Both For a small company, one in which the owner is still guiding the ship, the answer should be primarily #1, the owner. The About page SHOULD NOT be another list of sales pitches, cliches, “we
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