This article is not in any way, shape or form a brag.
It’s a demonstration of how to “sum yourself up” in your website copy.
There are 22 words in my hero section (not including the nav bar) and I’ve communicated:
- My name
- What I look like
- The types of companies I write copy for
- Specific names of companies I’ve worked with
- The fact that this is a freelance business, not an agency
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If I’ve done my job correctly, I’ve made it extremely clear that visitors would be working with one person, that I’m not an agency, what kind of work they’ll get, what I look like, and my name.
A lot of information is transferred just in this hero section.
Imagine if these elements weren’t there.
Visitors would have to try to figure it all out themselves. Unlikely.