Write Your About Page With One Prompt

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Your About page is one of the most visited pages on your site, and one of the most put off. Writing about yourself is awkward for just about everybody.

This prompt from my toolbox makes the AI interview you first, then write the page from your answers only.

The prompt
Write the About page for my website. Before you write anything, ask me 8 questions, one list, that you need answered to write it well. Wait for my answers.

Then write it using only what I tell you. Do not invent stories, credentials, numbers or quotes. If something would help and I didn't give it to you, leave a [BRACKET] for me to fill in.

The page should open with who I help and what they get, not my life story. Keep my story short and tie it back to the reader. End with one clear next step. Under 400 words, written in first person, sounding like me talking, not a press release.

My site: a homestead blog with printable planners and gardening guides

I ran it in Gemini for a sample homestead blog. It came back with 8 questions first, like who the ideal reader is, the “big win” they get from the site, a struggle you had that your products now solve and how you sign off.

I answered 7 of them for a made-up blogger named Jen and told it to skip the “how did you get started” question. (Jen isn’t real, she’s my test subject, so don’t go looking for her blog.)

It wrote a short page that opened with who Jen helps, kept her story to one paragraph and ended on the free planner. And for the question I skipped, it left a bracket instead of making up a backstory.

Make It Yours!

Swap in what your site is about, then answer the questions honestly.

The template
Write the About page for my website. Before you write anything, ask me 8 questions, one list, that you need answered to write it well. Wait for my answers.

Then write it using only what I tell you. Do not invent stories, credentials, numbers or quotes. If something would help and I didn't give it to you, leave a [BRACKET] for me to fill in.

The page should open with who I help and what they get, not my life story. Keep my story short and tie it back to the reader. End with one clear next step. Under 400 words, written in first person, sounding like me talking, not a press release.

My site: [WHAT YOUR SITE IS ABOUT]

The Line You Should Not Touch!

“Do not invent stories, credentials, numbers or quotes.”

Leave that one alone. An About page with a made-up origin story is worse than no About page.

Full Disclosure

It still added a little. It wrote “You don’t need a massive farm to be a homesteader,” which Jen never said. It’s a nice line, but read every belief and opinion on the page and make sure it’s yours.

The better your answers, the better the page. Short answers get you a short, generic page, so give it real details. Then point that next step at something real, like a free lead magnet from the 5-day email course prompt.

Need Content For The Rest Of The Site?

About page done and the blog is still empty? That’s where my PLR shop comes in: done-for-you content you can put your name on and use as your own.

Browse the PLR Shop →

Go write it. Then stop rewriting it for the ninth time. It’s good.

Shane Blevins

The Contentrepreneur

Shane is an entrepreneur with numerous companies in both the brick and mortar and tech space. He currently focuses heavily on helping other entrepreneurs grow their brands with content and courses. 

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