About Me Pages That Visitors Love
Think of your About Me page like an under-the-radar salesperson.
It’s the BEST STUFF about you, but framed by your client’s interests. More than a coaching bio, more than a personal profile, and more than a hero’s journey, a coach’s About Me page is for connecting, building trust, and inspiring visitors.
Fun fact: For coaches and solo professionals, the About Me page is usually the second most visited, right after the homepage. People want to know: Who’s behind this? And why should I trust them?
So, in this blog post, I’ll share 5 About Me page tips for professional coaches so
BTW, For page-by-page content creation help to make your website attractive to clients, check out my handy PDF book, The Coaching Website Guide. Don’t leave home go online without it!
About Me Page Tip #1:
Start with THEM, Not You
Don’t think about yourself first — your favorite quotes, your pets, or anything else that fascinates you. Instead, begin by thinking about your ideal clients — the people navigating change, seeking clarity, or stepping into more impactful leadership roles.
If you’re not sure who your best clients are ... then THINK OF ONE, specific, great past client. Someone who:
- you looked forward to coaching
- made real progress
- paid your fees with ease
And then ask yourself …
- What were they struggling with?
- What drew them to you?
- What did they value most in your coaching?
If you have a testimonial, feedback, or a review from him/her, then whip that out! Keep it in front of you as you write your About Me page.
Two key insights …
“I like recalling who the best, most ideal client is. This helps you relate your story to their needs. If you have multiple types clients and attempt to appeal to them all, the writing gets watered down and loses flavor.”
Kenn Insight #1 for Coaching Bio Page
… and …
“Your visitors want success, growth, transformation, and results. They want to excel, evolve, and change SWIFTLY. They want to know THE BEST you have to offer them. So point out your best and how that relates to THEM.”
Kenn Insight #2 for Coaching Bio Pages
For the TOP of your About Me Bio Page …
I love starting with a short write-up about the ideal client and the value they stand to gain by working with you. I call this your core message.
Here’s the core message on Carol Leek’s About Me Page …
Carol is a friend, and she’s a very positive, you-can-do-it kind of person. It’s perfect for her ideal clients. She focuses on the problem of a lack of confidence in new coaches.
About Page Tip #2:
Share Your BIG WHY
People don’t just want a coach with credentials; they also want one who is effective.
And that comes across in your BIG WHY. People care less about HOW you coach, as Simon Sinek explains in his famous TED talk, and care more about what moves you underneath.
Questions to hone in on your deep motivator:
- What pulled you into coaching?
- Was there a turning point or bold leap in your life?
- What do you love most about helping others grow?
Can you feel that power in your heart?
“Connect your BIG WHY for becoming a coach to how it will help YOUR IDEAL CLIENTS succeed. The deeper you go with this, the more you’ll resonate as the coach they need to hire.”
Website Insight for a Powerful Coaching Bio Page
Remember, people love working with passionate, inspired coaches.
About Me Page Tip #3:
Share Your Deepest Values
Your values — the ones that guide your life, shape your decisions, and power your coaching — belong front and center on your About Me page.
People are naturally drawn to others who believe what they believe. When you tell stories about what you’ve been through — and what it taught you — you’re not just filling space. You’re building the connection.
And even if others have different “top values,” they’ll respect your clarity and feel more confident in you.
“Share deep-seated beliefs, powerful perspectives, and strongest convictions AND HOW THAT TRANSLATES to value for your clients on your About page. Pull this from your struggles, breakthroughs, and the lessons that shaped you.”
Website Insight for a Powerful Coaching Bio Page
For example …
If you’re a relationship coach, and “family” is a top value? Say so. Share a moment when that value guided you through something big. That kind of realness makes readers feel like, “Ah yes — this is my person.
About Page Tip #4:
Tell Real Stories (Messy is Good!)
If you want people to trust you, don’t just list your skills — show them who you are.
Share a moment in your life that shaped your path — a challenge, a turning point, a big “aha.” Talk about a time you failed and what it taught you (clients love that).
Real stories reveal what kind of person — and coach — you are. They show vulnerability, transparency, and acceptance. All the things that make people think, “I could open up to this person.”
If you’re guarded or polished to perfection, visitors will feel that too, and pull back.
So go there. Share the real stuff. That’s where the connection lives.
About Page Tip #5:
Highlight Value Everywhere
Whatever you add to your About Me Page, point out WHY those things are precious to your clients (remember your bestie from #1 above?).
For example, if you’re trained in walking meditation, then share how your past client had a breakthrough thanks to this technique.
Need ideas? Think of the moments, milestones, and magic in your journey that show why you’re the right coach—like:
- Credentials
- Coach training
- Special roles you’ve held
- Schoolings
- Media mentions
- Places you’ve been featured
- Guest appearances
- Speeches or videos
- Awards or recognitions
- Podcasts
- Books or published works
- Accomplishments (marathon?)
- Blogs or articles
- Major life challenges that you overcame
- A related activity, like doing yoga, if you’re a health coach
Two Examples of Building Credibility
The first example …
A past client, leadership coach James Saliba, earned the Top 100 Leadership Experts on Twitter for his wise posts. We mentioned this on his About page and put a badge on the Home page, shown here:
And the second example …
Lisa, a life and leadership coach, earned her certification in Brendon Burchard’s High Performance Coaching. We wrote about it on her About Me page and placed a credibility logo on the homepage, as shown here …
Refer back to Tip #1 as you choose what to include — what will resonate most with your ideal client?
It’s like customizing a cover letter and resume for a specific job application.
This is in no way false, salesy, or boastful. It’s helpful, time-saving, and serves your visitors by giving them your best.
So, share your successful business ventures if your clients are budding entrepreneurs, and skip that homemade paleo protein cookie recipe you created.
And if you’re a sports performance coach, tell the tale of how you came back from a car accident to win a gold medal and save that best-selling author award for another day.
About Me Page Examples of Coaches
Graeme Owen, Builder’s Business Coach
A past client of mine. We incorporated his story of being the son of a builder to highlight the value he brings as a business coach for builders. This guy is part of the reason I ended up in New Zealand. ;P
Dr. Kate Johnson’s Health Coaching About Me page
She leads with a client-focused message at the top. I also like how she highlights credibility and her mission — all things clients would love to hear.
Daniel’s Executive Coaching About Me Page
Another client, an executive coach, has a simple message at the top of his About Me page. Simple, powerful.
Clients want your best stuff 😉
While your About Me Page might seem like the perfect place to indulge in talking about yourself, remember that your visitors (aka potential clients) want to find the perfect coach FOR THEM.
So definitely share YOUR BEST, but frame it ABOUT THEM.
I’m curious — what’s YOUR BIG WHY? Post below.
I love hearing from coaches around the world, especially about what motivates them and why they love supporting people through that magical coaching approach. Do tell!
Dear Ken,
I am setting up a coaching business and I don’t really find the about us page challenging at all as we love to talk about ourselves – right!! BUT I would like to know if you have any free tips on pricing for 1 to 1 or groups at all.
Have a nice day 🙂
Sam
Pricing — such a fun topic.
Wish I had a quick n easy answer.
Mainly, I’d base it on the value the program offers (to the participant).
Build up that value.
Good luck, Sam.
I’ll help you create a life you love. Even if today you hate it.
This is no plain promise. In 2017 I was in such a rut that I tried to end my life. Obviously, it didn’t work out. But being stopped I decided: “If I have to stay here, it will be on my terms.” I decided that it’s time to be me. And I am.
My first “coaching client” was a co-worker who phoned me one year later in the middle of the night saying that he’s not gonna make it. He was released from psychiatric ward where he was sectioned after suicide attempt. And the daemons came back.
Over the phone, I guided him to overcome the urge and start living. Today he’s got life he loves, beautiful wife, and a three year old son. That night I realised that I have a gift that can help others to turn their life around.
Since then, I helped many others who were lost to remember who they were before the world told them something else. I can help with solving many life situations, but my speciality is to help people re-discover who they are, their values, and their purpose.
Now it’s your turn.
It’s time to be YOU!
Wow, dramatic story. I bet there’s a lot
of wisdom in there to be told at some point
or another — to clients, online, socially.
Your client stories are definitely unique to you.
Well done 😉
Hi Ken,
My website is being redone by a designer, and this is the way it looks for the moment. I know all too well how hard it is to write an About Me page, and would love your expert advice on this work in progress. The password, for now, is GROWTH. Best, Regan
Hi Regan! I had a peek. I really like this title because it speaks to your audience, those wanting to do something different.
‘You aren’t the same person at 25, 35 or 55 so why are you living the same life? I’m Regan …”
More “lead in” kind of headlines like that would be great on that page — imo.
Thanks for posting it here.
I’m redoing my entire site now that I’ve settled in on a coaching niche. In my ABOUT page, I’m going to talk about how my knowledge of hormone supporting foods can empower women to choose rather than react.
Great!
I remember figuring out my niche. It was exciting.
And like you, yes, there were many topics I could chime in on.
Exciting — maybe see the blog post format article I have. This:
https://coachingsitesthatwork.com/blog-post-writing-format/
Maybe I’m out of step here but if your website has content that properly tells what you can do for your clients, then the about me as a separate page should not be more of the same, but more about YOU your history, training and values so they get a feel for the person behind the coaching.
Also, a pet peeve of mine is coaches who are obviously solo describing themselves in their about page as “we” in an attempt to look as if they are an organisation.
Just my take on it.
Welcome to XYZ Coaching Incorporated.
XYZ Coaching Incorporated can help you realize your dreams.
Contact XYZ Coaching Incorporated to learn how we can help you.
(… then you click to the About Us page …)
Hello! I’m Jonny Smithy, and I love baking, sewing, and cats.
When I was a child, I heard the word “no” umpteen thousand times a day.
And … (blah, blah, blah) … became a coach.
—
I see it a lot, and I’m jesting, but a small part of me knows I may be pressing on some nerves. So, please find humor in this.
A better move is to be present, visible, and be the voice with your photo on the home page, your name there too. Within that voice, tell how you can help clients — speak about benefits to them.
A recent client who I helped do his own site did a good job of it. Seen here:
https://www.profoundpurposecoaching.com/
Wendy, I think you do this well on your website too, shown here:
https://www.lifecoachingprofessionally.com/
I am with you on this one, there has to be additional ‘value’ I don’t link my about page from the top menu at all but at the same time it is very clear that the services are from a single person.
Thanks, Ken, for the reminder that the “about me” is essentially about the client and what they need and want to know. Having digested your remarks, I went back over both my home page and about page, and wove in a good bit of what I hope is “about you, my reader and potential client”. This is what it looks like:
https://rightlife-coaching.com/about
Ahh, good to see another global bird of a feather, Regan.
AWESOME photo of you on that page!
I like this => “My clients often feel that they’re living someone else’s life. They sense there must be another way, but they don’t know where to start. I know what they mean.”
I’d like to see something like, “When they understand themselves better, deeper, they find a confidence, a power to choose, an energy that’s literally unstoppable and they can [insert something your clients want, which might be] design their life to their souls content.”
Something that points to the big picture, what’s really possible, exciting, great.
😀
Great cohesive use of color there too, and easily readable fonts.
Thanks, Kenn, that’s a great help. It gets hard to tell what words work and what don’t when one’s up close and writing them oneself. And I appreciate your good feedback on the visuals. After trying several website designers, hearing from you that we’ve got it right means a lot.
I’d say the key is to talk less about yourself – at least in the first paragraph or two – and more about the WIFM (how can you help the client).
Yes, it’s the About ME page, so why would you talk about the clients’ needs, right? (wrong!) Yes, talk about yourself, but from the viewpoint of client-needs.
Always great to have your presence here master EG.
I’m going to pull a quote from you into the content above.
Btw, everyone, EG runs one of the biggest coach groups on LinkedIn, here:
The Coaches Support Group
https://www.linkedin.com/groups/1816082/
Great tips. When a prospective client clicks on an About Me page, what they want to know is About YOU. They don’t necessarily want your life story and your complete CV, just to know who you are, both professionally and personally, how they can relate to you and why you may be able to do for them what they need.
I divided my About Page into sections in both my previous personal coaching site and now my Life Coaching Professionally information site at https://www.lifecoachingprofessionally.com/about-wendy-buckingham.html which I hoped was engaging and informative enough for visitors to trust.
Great insightful article. Here is my about page if you care to take a look and let me know what you think http://rationalredo.com/about/
Thanks, this was really helpful.
Thank you for sharing, in progress of creatimg my website.
Thank you!!! This is exactly what I needed💖💖💖
Hi Kenn, excellent advice, guidance and support for the websites – about me – page, ideas great and the opportunity on the page to highlight your strengths, skills, but what you offer to the clients that builds their confidence and belief that you can help reach their goals, the opportunity to show evidence of your passion,
dedication and commitment to the potential clients.
Dear Kenn,
The website that I built executiveleadershipcoachingthatworks.com is still a work in progress. I have actually procrastinated on building my website until two things happened: a friend who egged me on to create a website told me that ever since we talked about his website he finished his and I am still zero and when I was invited to a speaking engagement someone told me he looked for me in the web. Then I realized that I needed to put one up even if only to put in the basics such as name and contact number. I am also still in the process of learning wordpress that is why I am having difficulty creating my website.
So I will be re-writing my about me page based on your tips.
Thanks a lot.
Tony
Nothing like some friendly competition 😉 Might want to see what your friend has done next. You’re behind!
Dear Ken,
Thank you very much for your free content you send to us.
I want to let you know that I appreciate your work very much.
Last month when I check your website, I’ve been reading one of your posts that says something like “we need to be authentic and use our own pictures.
Sorry, cant name the post exactly.
What I want to say is that it made me use my own photos, witch I had in my laptop for a very longggggggg time and I was “hunting” the perfect pictures on many many websites…
That took me lot of time and I never fond “the perfect one”.
Since I ve read your post and decided to use my own pictures, saved me lot of time and…I realise I really like them and, for the moment, they are my perfect match.
My website is gts-agency.com
Still work in progress, but I am happy with it. ( Its built it myself).
I still can’t afford to follow one of your programs, but I am very grateful for the resources I’ve found on your website.
And I wanted to let you know and to Thank you!!! You do a great job!!!!
With good wishes,
Gabriela
Superb! Thanks for the kind words.
Good luck in your launch (btw, gts-agency.com isn’t up at the moment, make sure to click publish if using something like Wix)
Looking forward to it.
Thanks for sharing the great tips Kenn! I really resonate with the tip about sharing your Why.
Here’s my about page. http://marketingfromwithin.com/about-cindy/
And here’s a resource I put together with About Page best practices (no optin needed) http://marketingfromwithin.com/aboutpage
Brilliant! Love the bolded section to state benefits to clients. I find the welcoming voice (heart felt) to be attractive.
I like the part about “Sharing your stand” in your About Me Page best practices pdf there.
Thanks Kenn! Much appreciated.
Good article again Kenn. Made me finish updating my About me page that I’d been putting off doing.
Also made me take your advice (hopefully) and would love your comments for improvement.
https://www.nanapennypockets.com/about-nanapennypockets/
Thanks so much for the inspiration and information. I’ve learned to listen to experts.
Super!
I love how you state what you believe.
Might want to get your photo on there, big, clear, smiley.
Also break up the text to digestible morsels.
Nicely written, very personal, and you speak of the pains … excellent!
Thanks for sharing your site here.
Great article! Was just doing my Meet Mitzi page and the tips are perfect! Thanks as always for the brilliance!
While your About Me Page might seem like the perfect place to indulge in talking about yourself, just remember that what your visitors (think: future clients) really yearn for is to bond with you in a meaningful, exciting way.
This says it all for me! Thanks Kenn
Very inspiring Louise. Love the personal touch. I’d be eager to read your full About Me page and see your journey unfold. Thank for sharing that.
There came a time in my life when, in spite of the internal messages coming from a relentless inner critic I simply stood up, pointed my body in my chosen direction, and pressed forward and upward. Climbing Mt. Whitney in California in my 60th year was the best first step. At 67, a retired Licensed Mental Health Counselor and now Certified Life Coach, I am entering a new phase of physical and internal fitness to assist individuals and groups to also stand up and press forward, and in so doing, arrived at your site and am taking it all in.
These are great tips not just for aspiring coaches but for seasoned veterans as well. Nice list.
1. I grew up in a culture which promoted the “ideal” to such an extent that the “real” was hidden, kept secret, didn’t cause disruption. We probably all know this well– I’ve made a career (which I love) of being with people who are facing their “real” and the better for it.
2. At the same time I felt cherished by so many adults who were truly interested in what I was doing… a committed community… beyond my immediate family. You’ve heard the phrase,” you can’t give what you don’t have”? I have plenty of cherishing/community to give others.
3. Realizing I had to find my own way, left the known (and people who loved me, but one where I wasn’t thriving) and moved…made more brave moves…so,out of Kansas…and you know, there is “no place like home” and fortunately, that’s wherever you are.
Hey Mary.
It sounds like a value and lesson of success that you help your clients with is to “discover their real”.
And when doing so, they are better for it. Perhaps it grounds people and gives them a resource that is more useful than if one doesn’t come from an honest, true place? (I’m injecting my own words to help point out how this reality is good for your clients.)
I wonder how you’d say it.
Awesome article. Thanks!
Three things love this being to the point and perfect as I am redoing my website.
1. As a kid, didn’t fit in. Felt the work dropped me off with the wrong family.
2. Not happy with self or marriage. Life in transition. Went on a journey of personal discovery. Now a recovering people pleaser, perfectionist and procrastinator who has learned to value my authentic self, be confident and own my power.
3. As a therapist and now Life Coach, I empower others to trust their inner wisdom be their authentic selves and thrive.
I love your website!! and your niche is great! Beautiful well done…
Three things in my story : from teen run away, young mother and wife to successful corporate professional, followed hunch/own truth and spent 12 years doing personal transformational change work to better serve clients (coaching) and spent almost 3 years in India doing research and taking classes. yes.. that would be the three.
Hey Kathleen, great to have you here. This comment ended up in my junk folder, so I apologize for the late response. Great opportunities to point out major life lessons – clients like that stuff. 😀