{"id":42308,"date":"2013-08-22T13:16:45","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T13:16:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/publicityhound.com\/?p=25096"},"modified":"2025-10-29T18:32:39","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T18:32:39","slug":"this-bloggers-welcome-message-says-its-all-about-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/marketing\/social-media\/this-bloggers-welcome-message-says-its-all-about-you\/","title":{"rendered":"This blogger’s ‘Welcome’ message says, ‘It’s all about you’"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When people visit your blog for the first time, do they see a “Welcome” message that communicates value and tells them why they should stay? Or is it all about you?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My website is undergoing major renovations. One of the things I’m adding to my to-do list is creating a short “Welcome” blurb along with my photo. I’m taking a cue from blogger and social media marketing expert Mark Schaefer, whose short welcome message at his {Grow} blog<\/a> might well be the best I’ve seen:<\/p>\n\n\n

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Isn’t that great?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who doesn’t want to grow their business and be more profitable? Who doesn’t want to meet fascinating people?<\/strong> He’s even going to stretch my mind. And he promises it will be fun!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I immediately added Mark to three of my circles on Google+<\/a>, and I made sure I was following him on the other social media sites.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I don’t even know him.<\/strong> But already, I’m a raving fan. His message has touched me in a way few others have. I wanted to know more about him, so I clicked on the “Us” button<\/a> at the top of the blog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go to your blog right now and read your Welcome message. Is it all about you? Or is it all about your visitor? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When people visit your blog for the first time, do they see a “Welcome” message that communicates value and tells them why they should stay? Or is it all about you? My website is undergoing major renovations. One of the things I’m adding to my to-do list is creating a short “Welcome” blurb along with\u2026 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":9,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[638],"tags":[2,626,427,186],"class_list":{"0":"post-42308","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-social-media","7":"tag-blogging","8":"tag-how-to-write-a-bio","9":"tag-marketing","10":"tag-social-media-marketing","11":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42308","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42308"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43064,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42308\/revisions\/43064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}