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Why your LinkedIn ‘About’ section is going to become even more important
LinkedIn has just announced a change to the way your LinkedIn profile ‘about’ section is going to appear. It’s going to be moving up closer to the top of your profile, starting in March 2024. LinkedIn announced this in an email sent on the 1st of February to the roughly 18 million members who currently…
Read MoreHow to add skills to your LinkedIn About section
LinkedIn has introduced a new feature that lets you associate up to 5 skills with your profile’s ‘about’ section. This feature began to appear on profiles in April 2023. How it works When clicking through to edit your about section, an additional panel appears below the edit window, as shown below. You can select…
Read MoreHow to set up LinkedIn Profile Verification
LinkedIn has started rolling out Profile Verification. You automatically get the status of a Verified Account if you have given LinkedIn your mobile number for 2 Factor Authentication. To verify your phone number: 1. Add your mobile phone number to your account through your account settings. (Shortcut to these settings on LinkedIn — https://is-in.link/phone) 2.…
Read MoreHow to add a Company Page to LinkedIn and especially why to do it if you are unemployed and don’t have a company
Even if you’re a sole trader, and especially if you are currently out of a job, I recommend you add a Company Page on LinkedIn. Why? I’ll explain how, and why you should do that in this article. What is a LinkedIn Company Page? Separate from your LinkedIn profile, a Company Page is a place…
Read MoreHow to add a live web link to your LinkedIn Profile
This new feature started rolling out in April 2022. It may not yet be available to you, but it will be in time. At time of writing, you can only take advantage of this feature if you have ‘Creator Mode’ activated on your profile. Adding a live web link to your LinkedIn Profile You now…
Read MoreTen Critical LinkedIn Settings you really need to check TODAY…
LinkedIn’s settings area is like a complex maze, and it’s not always easy to find out what’s important or even where you are. This beautiful interactive guide points you to the ten most crucial areas of your settings, and explains how to set them for the best benefit. The Critical Settings Guide is in a…
Read MoreHow to manage LinkedIn Connections
Article last updated: 24 May 2023 This article will show you how to manage LinkedIn connections effectively. How to screen incoming connection requests, how to remove connections, and how to make yourself better connections. 1: How to screen incoming LinkedIn connection requests You may have dozens of LinkedIn connection requests that you don’t quite know…
Read More30 Best LinkedIn Profile Tips — Rounded Up
I wrote 30 Tips in 30 Days to help you improve your LinkedIn Profile. This is a series of the very best short, useful, actionable LinkedIn tips. They will improve your LinkedIn Profile. I have honed these from years of working on LinkedIn. I have been writing and advising on LinkedIn profiles since 2006. …
Read More30 LinkedIn Tips: #29/30 – No notifications
30 short, useful, actionable LinkedIn tips in 30 days from Doctor David Petherick. #30by30 #TheDoctorisIn #29/30: Switch your notifications off when you update your profile. Originally written: October 29, 2017 Text & Images Updated: July 29, 2020 When you are editing or updating your profile, you don’t need to broadcast this to everyone in your network. It’s annoying.…
Read More30 LinkedIn Tips: #25/30 – Join Groups
30 short, useful, actionable LinkedIn tips in 30 days from Doctor David Petherick. #30by30 #TheDoctorisIn #25/30: Join Groups. Learn, share, network and show what your interests are. Originally written: October 25, 2017 Text & Images Updated: July 25, 2020 Did you know you can join up to 100 different Groups on LinkedIn? Groups are useful sources of…
Read More30 LinkedIn Tips: #23/30 – Share your Profile
30 short, useful, actionable LinkedIn tips in 30 days from Doctor David Petherick. #30by30 #TheDoctorisIn #23/30: Share your profile. Get it out there. Originally written: October 23, 2017 Text & Images Updated: May 25, 2023 How many emails did you send yesterday? So that makes how many this week? Multiply that out to a month? So, in…
Read More30 LinkedIn Tips: #22/30 – Add Media
30 short, useful, actionable LinkedIn tips in 30 days from Doctor David Petherick. #30by30 #TheDoctorisIn #22/30: Add media. Don’t be monochrome and text only. Originally written: October 22, 2017 Text & Images Updated: May 19, 2023 You probably are familiar with the phrase ‘a picture paints a thousand words’. So I recommend you add pictures, slides, video,…
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