50 Inspirational Website Introductions

Mar. 25, 2009 | Blogs | 89 comments

In portfolio web pages, especially in the field of design, one of the first things that you will notice is an introductory text consisting of a few words about the company or the designer behind the site.

This can be extremely useful for readers, as it provides quick and direct information about the designer, or the company behind the site.

These introductions are generally highlighted by the use of large text, positioned at the top of the site, and always catch the visitor’s eye. They give a more personal feeling to the site and tend to replace the traditional taglines under a logo for example.

In this article, we list 50 examples of excellent web page introductions used in portfolio websites that you can use as inspiration for your own designs.

Digitalmash

Matt Dempsey

Chris Merritt

Deaxon

etonDIGITAL

Nine Lion Design

Frisk Design

Andrew Bradshaw

Studio3K

The449

Winnie Lim

Muhammad Uzair Usman

Pallian Creative

Brad Colbow

Skylar Anderson

Style Division

Iceous Design

Brian Wilkons

Travis Isaacs

Alex Carabi

Viktor Jarnheimer

Mike Precious

The Site Guy

David Hellmann

Kerry Nehil

Waqas Ashraf

Jamison Banham

Albertlo Design

Frederica Cau

Bryan Le

Travis J. Beck

Fredrik Sorlie

45royale

Alessandro Cavallo

Eldesign

Nick Hand

Matt Radel

Alexander Kaiser

CSS Layout

Jason Reed

Alex Cohaniuc

Kreativity Design

Evan Eckard

Lifetree

Matt Hamm

Fred Yates

Digimurai

Indiqo Media

Chris Hortsch

Humza Ijaz

Bill C. English

Which one was your favorite? Feel free to share any other examples that you may have seen.

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COMMENTS

http://nhiethuyet.org Hoang

Thank you for the great list, really inspiring!
http://www.truenorthe.com Courtney

I agree, all very catchy, pithy, and appealing. Makes me think about my home page and if it’s up to snuff!
http://digitalmash.com Rob Morris

Thanks for the shoutout guys. Is it just me, or is the whole ‘Hello.’ thing overdone these days…?

@digitalmash (twitter)
- http://www.se7enize.com SE7EN
  
  It’s not just you. :P
http://blog.insicdesigns.com insic

nice list. and great welcome lines from nice websites. Inspiring indeed.
http://www.federicacau.com/ Federica Cau

Thank you for including my site into this simply wonderfully inspiring list :)

@federicacau
http://www.design-links.nl Marc

Thanks for the list!
http://www.davidhellmann.com David Hellmann

Thx for sharing. nice collection!
Roberto

Yes, really inspiring!
http://www.patternhead.com Patternhead

Some great intros here.

Memo to self: get your portfolio site updated :)
http://howrefreshing.com.au Scott Dixon

Rob, you took the words out of my mouth. Great job with digitalmash.
http://www.danhbaweb20.com Danh ba web 2.0

Thanks you very much. Great list for me
Keep up the good work !
http://www.thedesigndork.com Corey Freeman

Awesome list! I think intros seem to work better for portfolios. I like the Chris Hortsch intro. I like green and I like couches, so..win!
http://twitter.com/reachstudents Luke

Inspiring stuff.

I agree with Rob above, the hello is too ubiquitous now (I especially don’t like the multi-lingual hello/bonjour etc) and could usually be dropped and the intro would still work fine.
http://www.CHIDIMAR.com Enk.

This was a Cool list.. loved a lot of ‘em..
especially the footer at http://www.davidhellmann.com/ its too cool.. but not matching the header, i guess !
http://www.pushingbuttons.net Timothy

Nice list. These snippits are becoming less of a perk and more of a necessity these days
Liam

@Rob: Somehow, I don’t think people using Hello as a greeting, whether it be in text or speech, will be stopping any time soon.
Prakash

Great!!!!
Rysum

Fun stuff! Just remember your audience when you write your intro. What are they after and what are their pain points? Let them know you are the specialist to solve their specific problem and say it in a way that isn’t vanilla without sounding like a personal ad.
http://www.graphikfood.com Zeb

Very good list and one of these are amazing !
http://digitalmash.com Rob Morris

@Liam. Erm, good point. But I know you know what I meant.

And for the sake of argument, do you use ‘Good morrow’ when you greet people in the morning….? A-ha!

Victory is mine.

@digitalmash (twitter)
http://www.bioinfiz.com bs kishore

Inspiring and eye-catchy !
http://www.webia.info Bogdan Pop

@Enk.

Sure it does. Imagine you’re in the middle of the room. One time your staring at the wall you see when sitting at your desk, the other time is the wall behind your desk. Very nice idea! And the implementation is awesome.
http://www.aledesign.it aledesign.it

Thanks for the list! Really nice and important!! a good way for inspiration for a good work! thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!! ;)
http://www.fonts.com FontSmithy

i thought some of them were good and some were lame
some would really turn me away
which of these have worked for the designers?
i think some of them have done more harm than good
chris merritt for example, my company would never go for that, they click away immediately
http://www.dotworks.pl macias

“i’m a designer ..maybe not the best but the coolest “” :) great :)
Brian M

The one by Chris Merritt is amazing. That’s the way to make a website!
kaika

I like this post!It’s cool:)
http://www.nickhand.net Nick

Great list, I was pretty stoked to see mine on there, thanks a ton!

@stayvalid
@savingstrangers
@justmythoughts
http://www.brushthis.com Liora

Before this article, I thought I had to fix my intro. Now I KNOW I must fix up my intro. Big time. Most of those examples provide excellent sources of inspiration – color, imagery, wording and humor.
http://blog.kreativeking.com kreativeKING

These websites are absolutely inspirational. This will definitely be getting bookmarked. Lets see some Flash Sites. =D
http://www.webdesigntipsonline.com/site_design.html Professional Website Design

Great List of pretty cool websites.

Great timing because I am reviewing my site in the next couple of weeks. Time for a freshen up.

I definitely think the intro could be very powerful if you can relate a couple of key points to your potential client.

After all, your site should be about how you can help them and how they are going to benefit.
http://www.fudgegraphics.com Franz Jeitz

awesome post. I’m sure to check back when I update my portfolio. Excellent source of inspiration. Thank you!
http://www.jamisonbanham.com.au Jamison Banham

Great list, don’t think I should be up there as my website is pretty dated now, needs an update.

I personally do think the “Hi…” “Hello…” “My name is…” are all overused, but then again portfolio websites are the only place you really see them.

@jamisonbanham (twitter)
http://www.buildinternet.com Zach Dunn

This was a great inspiration for a round up. I’m also in the process of redesigning a portfolio site, and this is extremely helpful!
http://www.oopshey.com oops hey

hi.. from indonesia here.. there are great list. an great inspiration for creating my intro..
thanks for share
http://www.juusmedia.com Jason

Superb list of ‘about me’ sections in websites. With this resource you can get a good idea on what everyone else is doing and it gives you the chance to step back and try your own style!

Thanks!
http://www.podcastforfreelancers.com Paul the Knight

The ability to wrap up what a whole site / company is fantastic, and a really useful convention.
- http://www.podcastforfreelancers.com Paul the Knight
  
  Sorry I meant “Wrap up in one paragraph”
Kevin May

Is Frederica Cau’s site a joke to this list? The logo is horrible, colors are bad and the background was downloaded off of deviantart.
Mario Luevanos

I’m sick and tired of seeing the phrase “HELLO, blah blah blah…” It’s used way too much. But overall the designs are nice.
http://www.xelerate.co.cc/ Nytryk

okey guys,
what about me?
http://onsuchthings.com susan thom

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It is good practice, with feedback, and it is a good way to add some positive energy to a tired world that could use some inspiration.

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http://www.rjvisuals.com Ritesh Jain

Nice List!! Here should be this also

http://www.rjvisuals.com/html/main.htm
Chris

Anyone notice how they are all (I think) web designer sites? Anyone out there using a similar approach (direct, poetic, handshake-style) for clients with businesses in other areas?

e.g. Top of my head here (no claims to fame)…

Sleep on me – it’s bliss (bed company?)
Go hard, we’ll be there at the finish line (recovery drink for athletes?)
Dig deep, bite big (company that sells Cats and other construction gear?)

mind you… these read more like mottos I guess…
http://inspiredm.com/ Mike

great list. Thank you!
http://mattradel.com Matt Radel

Hey, thanks for the shout out! Privileged to be mentioned in such great company. :)
http://ryanm.site90.net ryanm

This is a great list. Thanks for the share
http://www.designerpk.com web designer

Awesome post. Excellent source of inspiration. Thank you very much ofr the share !
http://portaltoafrica.com Newbie

Great resource, really inspirational websites. Thanks for the find…..
http://bryanle.com Bryan Le

Thanks for showcasing my portfolio! Really appreciated.
http://www.flashjourney.com j000

I love the world of web design
http://bryanconnor.com/ Bryan Connor

I’ve made a bit of a “infographic response” to this post called – 50 REPETITIVE & ANNOYING Website Intros Examined – http://tr.im/wQO1

I’ll show you in numbers and graphs just how unoriginal and bland these website introductions are. check it out! http://tr.im/wQO1
http://www.toursinsingapore.com/ Tours In Singapore

Very good resource list…
Very talented people out there with some extra ordinary portfolios…

Keep it up guys…
Justin

“Hello, I’m a web designer with originality. I like to see what trends are used by 95% of my peers and follow them instead of being creative. Hire me!”

I love the design of a lot of these sites, but this trend needs to evolve a bit.
http://www.vaseemansari.blogspot.com Vaseem Ansari

its very nice u are doing these work to the best level
http://grabbins.com Grabbins

Some really nice examples there!! So much inspiration to feed on, yum :D
Jeremy

Very inspiring! Thanks
Haqan

I liked it!
Antoher one: http://dksp.se/
http://www.squiders.com Web Design Maidstone Kent

Yeah that’s given me some food for thought!
http://www.joomla-labs.com Web Worker

I love the minimalist and typographic one like Jason Reed, Humza and Kavallo…
http://www.emdesigns.de Michael

Thanks for this article, it’ interesting to see some other intros.
http://www.iamafreelancer.net egyptianwebdesigner

thanks
my favorite is nine lion
amazing collection for inspiration
wdalhaj

thanx,,really cool post,,
waitin for more..
http://www.empfehlenswert-wien.at wien

nice post, thanks
http://www.tj-todo.com Thibault

So inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
http://www.chrisyerkes.com Chris

Fantastic post. This will be very handy inspiration for me when re-designing my homepage!
http://www.federicacau.com Federica Cau

Launched today 2010 federicacau.com restyle and new introduction phrase too :)

http://www.federicacau.com/

Thank you
http://www.ahcorporation.com web designing company

I like this post… It’s cool website :)

I’m also in the process of redesigning a portfolio site, and this is extremely helpful!
Murphy

Ghehe nice to see dozens of people say they design Unique things in the exact same words :D

Like the list though!
http://www.akramerdesign.com Kramer

This one is pretty good too :)
http://www.designsoftstudios.com/Services/Flash-Website-Designs Flash Designers UK

Some of them on the top are really nice, great collection of some fine art work.
http://www.avo-soft.com Avosoft

Very inspirational designs, please keep it up
harrymarks

some really good ones, must say.. but if you looking for a professional web designer, I’d recommend uspwebsolutions.
http://www.eyebridge.in Jagrit

very nice designs but would like to see another set of designs which can be more inspiring…

I have been following your site for long now.. somehow u guys have built a trust on me… so please comeup with 2010 most inspirational designs…

Thanks
http://www.davestl.com Dave W

Nice variety. Lots of great type treatment being used. It’s interesting to see how many different ways “Hello” is presented.
naoise

are you focusing on the graphic design or in the message…?!
because if it’s the message, just 3 or 4 I found really “inspirational”. I love WDD but man if you just do posts like hotdogs I’ll consider my next click!
http://www.webmastershowcase.com.au Ed

I love the Eldesign intro – Fabulous.
http://www.egyptianwebdesigner.com egyptian web designer

clap clap clap
I like….
my favorite one is “Brian Wilkons”
http://www.indytrailers.com Aqeelzam

Absolute sites, before this article I thought I had to fix my intro first. Now I KNOW I must fix up my intro. Big time. Most of those examples provide excellent sources of inspiration – color, imagery, wording and humor. Thnx for sharing such a gud article with us
http://www.magnetik.com.au Magnetik – Website Design

I think already saw that nine lion website. It’s one of the best single-page/portfolio websites I have seen.
http://www.dotsensebd.com dotSense

Some intro site looking awesome. Designers are making world beautiful them-self too..:D
Great design with intro…3-4 designs top level inspirational. Hats off!
http://www.web20-designer.com Khuram Shehzad

Excellent stuff. this list has a lot of beautiful web 2.0 designs to be inspired.
thanks buddy.
http://www.hammocksonline.co.nz mike

Great range of page intros. One that stood out and had the most impact on me was the one for Deaxon. I liked how it was a ‘we’ but also they mentioned ‘hand-crafted’ web site creation. Straight away it gives the impression of quality, not just another cheap template designer.
http://www.vertex.net.pk Vertex Web Solutions

Hi,

Thanks for this article, it’ interesting to see some other intros.
http://www.vertex.net.pk Web Designing Company

I love the Eldesign intro
http://-- James

Cool list. If anyone is looking for more nice portfolio sites I would suggest:

http://www.bestwebdesignaward.com
http://www.designlicks.com/
http://www.dopeawards.com/
http://www.webdevelopmentseo.com web development

i am really apriciated u for the such a great information
thank u
http://www.websupreme.com.au websupreme

Simple inspiring list of the websites basically with confident I and me.Great work.

	Yes, they're great for usability.
	No, they remind me of frames.
	Fixed what?