“We want to know where our food comes from, how it’s been produced and what it contains. It all starts with long-term relationships with our farmers and suppliers, and continues with our beliefs in championing British produce, supporting responsible sourcing, treating people fairly and treading lightly on the environment. This is the Waitrose Way. But it doesn’t stop there. With your help in branch and online, our Community Matters scheme has donated £14 million to local charities chosen by you.”

When you tell customers what you stand for, you are connecting and engaging with them on a different level. Whilst this won’t motivate every consumer, it will definitely resonate with some. It helps to build up a picture of the kind of company you are.

2. Tell your story

The about us page is the perfect place to tell your company’s story. If you are a family run business people want to know! Customers always want to know about the people involved. If it works, tell your story via a video. This is the way websites are going. People no longer expect to read reams of text. A short video, of a couple of minutes, is often much more effective. Everyone loves a good story and it will help your business come alive.

Ben and Jerry’s have a fantastic about us page. They tell their story really well. It starts with a fun video entitled ‘explore some of the great moments in Ben & Jerry’s ice cream history’. This is followed by their story broken down in to decades. Its not one monotonous page of text and data. It is interesting, well presented and gives browsers the option to dip in and out of their story using the different decade tabs. Definitely one worth a look!

3. Your team – who you are