30 LinkedIn Tips: #15/30 – Select & Sort your Skills
30 short, useful, actionable LinkedIn tips in 30 days from Doctor David Petherick. #30by30 #TheDoctorisIn #15/30: Choose your skills carefully, and place them in the right order. Originally written: October 15, 2017 Text & Images Updated: February 1, 2024 Take a look at the skills listed on your profile. Then take a look at your job title…
Read More30 LinkedIn Tips: #14/30 – Tales of the Unexpected
30 short, useful, actionable LinkedIn tips in 30 days from Doctor David Petherick. #30by30 #TheDoctorisIn #14/30: Be a little unexpected in your profile. Originally written: October 14, 2017 Text & Images Updated: June 30, 2020 Are you the dullest person in the world? Didn’t think so. Do you want to do business with the dullest people on the planet? No. Neither…
Read More30 LinkedIn Tips: #13/30 – Be human
30 short, useful, actionable LinkedIn tips in 30 days from Doctor David Petherick. #30by30 #TheDoctorisIn #13/30: Be human in your profile. Tell me about yourself. And talk to me as an individual. I may be interested in the fact that you like scuba diving and cricket. Then again I may not. I may have a lifetime of loathing…
Read More30 LinkedIn Tips: #12/30 – Power of Recommendations
30 short, useful, actionable LinkedIn tips in 30 days from Doctor David Petherick. #30by30 #TheDoctorisIn #12/30: How to use recommendations effectively. And how to give them and ask for them. Originally written: October 12, 2017 Text & Images Updated: June 30, 2020 What you say on your LinkedIn Profile is biased. You always praise yourself. I can’t…
Read More30 LinkedIn Tips: #11/30 – Publish articles on LinkedIn
30 short, useful, actionable LinkedIn tips in 30 days from Doctor David Petherick. #30by30 #TheDoctorisIn #11/30: Publish articles on LinkedIn – show your knowledge and expertise. Originally written: October 11, 2017 Text & Images Updated: March 19, 2022 Publish your ideas and insight on LinkedIn. Your articles don’t have to be long or too detailed. They just…
Read More30 LinkedIn Tips: #10/30 – Reorder current roles
30 short, useful, actionable LinkedIn tips in 30 days from Doctor David Petherick. #30by30 #TheDoctorisIn #10/30: Put your current role sections in the order that suits you. Originally written: October 10, 2017 Text & Images Updated: June 30, 2020 Nothing is set in stone on LinkedIn. You can change and adjust things any time. And that…
Read More30 LinkedIn Tips: #9/30 – Contact details
30 short, useful, actionable LinkedIn tips in 30 days from Doctor David Petherick. #30by30 #TheDoctorisIn #9/30: Include your contact details in your profile. Originally written: October 9, 2017 Text & Images Updated: May 25, 2023 Do you want to make life easy for people, or difficult? If you want people to call you, show them your phone…
Read More30 LinkedIn Tips: #8/30 – Add a slide presentation
30 short, useful, actionable LinkedIn tips in 30 days from Doctor David Petherick. #30by30 #TheDoctorisIn #8/30: Add slides to your profile. Originally written: October 8, 2017Text & Images Updated: June 30, 2020 Control your own presentations on LinkedIn A good slide deck will make a much more effective, portable and memorable impression than simply reading text on…
Read More30 LinkedIn Tips: #7/30 – Add sound or video
30 short, useful, actionable LinkedIn tips in 30 days from Doctor David Petherick. #30by30 #TheDoctorisIn #7/30: Use sound or video in your profile. Originally written: October 7, 2017 Text & Images Updated: February 19, 2024 It’s good to talk. And good to listen. I am lazy and prone to distraction. My eyes get tired looking at computer screens, and…
Read More30 LinkedIn Tips: #6/30 – Use a custom header image
30 short, useful, actionable LinkedIn tips in 30 days from Doctor David Petherick. #30by30 #TheDoctorisIn #6/30: Use a custom header or background image on your LinkedIn Profile. Originally written: October 6, 2017 Last Updated: June 9, 2023 You have free advertising space at the top of your profile: why don’t you use it? You have a free…
Read More30 LinkedIn Tips: #5/30 – Look your best
30 short, useful, actionable LinkedIn tips in 30 days from Doctor David Petherick. #30by30 #TheDoctorisIn #5/30: Look your best: invest in a good profile photo – and find out how to choose the best photo to use on LinkedIn. Originally written: October 5, 2017 Text & Images Updated: June 21, 2023 Don’t make a bad first impression with a poor photo.…
Read More30 LinkedIn Tips: #4/30 – Don’t get distracted
30 short, useful, actionable LinkedIn tips in 30 days from Doctor David Petherick #30by30 #TheDoctorisIn #4/30: Get rid of distractions. (Sorry folks, LinkedIn made this redundant in February 2024.) Originally written: October 4, 2017 Text & Images Updated: February 19, 2024 Don’t let other people get in your way. When people visit your LinkedIn Profile, you want them to…
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