You don’t always need to wait for a website visitor to get
to your ‘About Us’ page to make a statement. I know this whole post is
dedicated to ‘About Us’ pages, but it’s important to remember that you don’t
always have to fit the mold to showcase your company’s personality. Essentric
Reviews is different. The creative studio communicates that point with both a
super edgy name and Even if you have a dedicated ‘About Us’ page, there are
plenty of ways to creatively showcase your company’s personality throughout
your website. Breaking the mold is harder than filling a stock ‘About Us’
template, but it can have a significant payoff for your brand. an incredibly
fun presentation of who the company is, right on the homepage. Rather than waiting
for the ‘About Us’ page, Essentric Reviews shows its true colors right from the
creatively designed homepage with parallax scrolling. And while the ‘About Us’
page is a gem once you get there, it’s great to see a company embrace its own
brand of quirk consistently throughout the site.
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policies.
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cannot therefore be responsible for that material's content, use or effects. By
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infringing material or disabling all links to the infringing material. will terminate a visitor's access to and use
of the Website if, under appropriate circumstances, the visitor is determined
to be a repeat infringer of the copyrights or other intellectual property
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termination, will have no obligation to
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right, title and interest in and to such property will remain (as between the
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other trademarks, service marks, graphics and logos used in connection with Essentric
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graphics and logos used in connection with the Website may be the trademarks of
other third parties. Your use of the Website grants you no right or license to
reproduce or otherwise use any or
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unless you have purchased an ad-free account.
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Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ("ICANN"), including
their Registration Rights and
Responsibilities.
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replace any part of this Agreement. It is your responsibility to check this
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Website following the posting of any changes to this Agreement constitutes
acceptance of those changes. may also,
in the future, offer new services and/or features through the Website
(including, the release of new tools and resources). Such new features and/or
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14.
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any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately.
If you wish to terminate this Agreement or your Essentric Reviews account (if
you have one), you may simply discontinue using the Website. Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if you have a paid services account, such account can only be
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of a general shut down of our service. All provisions of this Agreement which
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indemnity and limitations of liability.
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the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and
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delay due to matters beyond their reasonable control. The foregoing shall not
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