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7 Tips to Improve Your LinkedIn Profile - Issue #33

Hey friends! I am home! I am back from speaking at Vaco Global’s conference in Vegas on brand/community building and cannot WAIT to share the sessions! Big thing I learned from leading two sessions? Fear. 99% of y’all won’t get started putting yourself out there because you are scared of being wrong or being judged. Forget that...just start posting about what you are passionate about online!

September 23, 2022

Hey friends! I am home! I am back from speaking at Vaco Global’s conference in Vegas on brand/community building and cannot WAIT to share the sessions! Big thing I learned from leading two sessions? Fear. 99% of y’all won’t get started putting yourself out there because you are scared of being wrong or being judged. Forget that…just start posting about what you are passionate about online!

I talk about building out your LinkedIn profile a ton because IT’S SO IMPORTANT in today’s virtual professional landscape. Here is a quick checklist that you need to be mindful of…

  1. Banner Cover Photo Thingy - this is the one thing that draws people into your profile make sure it tells me about YOU. Not some random quote or a picture of your favorite mountain

  2. Profile Picture - this is your future employers first impression of you! Make sure I can see your face, you look approachable! 

  3. Title - the words under your profile pic. This needs to be specific on either what you do or what you want to do. This is your profiles SEO. 

  4. Featured Section - this is where you can ‘link out’ to other work you have done. DO NOT put your resume here but link to github, portfolios etc. 

  5. About Section - needs to be short and to the point. Include your main skills you are learning or have learned. 

  6. Experience Section - like I mentioned this is a SUMMARY of what you are doing or have done. 3-4 bullet points at the most

  7. Recommendations - gotta have them. They make your profile stand out. Gives you more credibility whether you like that or not. 

Appreciate you reading through this email! If you think someone could benefit from this, feel free to share this link to join!

Talk next week!

-Taylor