50 Inspirational Website Introductions

Thank you for the great list, really inspiring!

I agree, all very catchy, pithy, and appealing. Makes me think about my home page and if it’s up to snuff!

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

@digitalmash (twitter)

It’s not just you.

nice list. and great welcome lines from nice websites. Inspiring indeed.

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

@federicacau

Thanks for the list!

Thx for sharing. nice collection!

Yes, really inspiring!

Some great intros here.

Memo to self: get your portfolio site updated

Rob, you took the words out of my mouth. Great job with digitalmash.

Thanks you very much. Great list for me
Keep up the good work !

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!

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.

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 !

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

@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.

Great!!!!

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.

Very good list and one of these are amazing !

@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)

Inspiring and eye-catchy !

@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.

Thanks for the list! Really nice and important!! a good way for inspiration for a good work! thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!

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

“i’m a designer ..maybe not the best but the coolest “” great

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

I like this post!It’s cool:)

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

@stayvalid
@savingstrangers
@justmythoughts

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.

These websites are absolutely inspirational. This will definitely be getting bookmarked. Lets see some Flash Sites. =D

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.

awesome post. I’m sure to check back when I update my portfolio. Excellent source of inspiration. Thank you!

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)

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!

hi.. from indonesia here.. there are great list. an great inspiration for creating my intro..
thanks for share

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!

The ability to wrap up what a whole site / company is fantastic, and a really useful convention.

Sorry I meant “Wrap up in one paragraph”

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.

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.

okey guys,
what about me?

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Posting your articles is free, and other authors and readers are waiting to read and comment, as you may also read and comment on others’ articles.
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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Nice List!! Here should be this also

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

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…

great list. Thank you!

Hey, thanks for the shout out! Privileged to be mentioned in such great company.

This is a great list. Thanks for the share

Awesome post. Excellent source of inspiration. Thank you very much ofr the share !

Great resource, really inspirational websites. Thanks for the find…..

Thanks for showcasing my portfolio! Really appreciated.

I love the world of web design

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

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

Keep it up guys…

“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.

its very nice u are doing these work to the best level

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

Very inspiring! Thanks

I liked it!
Antoher one: http://dksp.se/

Yeah that’s given me some food for thought!

I love the minimalist and typographic one like Jason Reed, Humza and Kavallo…

Thanks for this article, it’ interesting to see some other intros.

thanks
my favorite is nine lion
amazing collection for inspiration

thanx,,really cool post,,
waitin for more..

nice post, thanks

So inspiring. Thanks for sharing.

Fantastic post. This will be very handy inspiration for me when re-designing my homepage!

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

http://www.federicacau.com/

Thank you

I like this post… It’s cool website

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

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

Like the list though!

This one is pretty good too

Some of them on the top are really nice, great collection of some fine art work.

Very inspirational designs, please keep it up

some really good ones, must say.. but if you looking for a professional web designer, I’d recommend uspwebsolutions.

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

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

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!

I love the Eldesign intro – Fabulous.

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I like….
my favorite one is “Brian Wilkons”

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

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

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!

Excellent stuff. this list has a lot of beautiful web 2.0 designs to be inspired.
thanks buddy.

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.

Hi,

Thanks for this article, it’ interesting to see some other intros.

I love the Eldesign intro

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/

i am really apriciated u for the such a great information
thank u

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