LinkedIn Makeover: Profile Optimization Blog

Larry Steinhouse invited me on his show to do a LinkedIn Makeover on his LinkedIn profile. I've known Larry for years-- he's a dear friend of mine, and so I agreed to leave my office and take a drive to his studio. Along the way, I picked up my mom and brought her with me. My father was a DJ back in the 1960s, and I thought she'd get a kick to see how far radio studios have advanced and changed. My mom pops up at 5:20, because Larry couldn't let her sit quietly. :-) In this video, Larry and I ta

LinkedIn Data Download: Email Address is MissingIt's happened to you. You accepted a LinkedIn invite and suddenly you find yourself on that person's email newsletter. The email appears in your inbox and you think, "Wait, I didn't opt in! Why are they emailing me?" It was an easy thing to do and super tempting. Log into LinkedIn, navigate to the privacy settings and click Download Your Data. Within a few minutes, a link to a spreadsheet that contained FIRST NAME, LAST NAME, EMAIL, COMPANY, POSITI

What a whirlwind of a holiday season. It's hard to believe today is the last day of 2018. Dionne Carrick, Audra Hammer Ross, and I got together for a little Christmas celebration. I thought you might enjoy some of the pictures: As the year winds down and a new year stretches before us, take a breath. Smile. Think of all that you accomplished. When the fury and craziness of the last few weeks have quieted, take the time to consider your LinkedIn profile. What did you accomplish that deserves noti

I just presented to a professional group all about LinkedIn and one of the tips I gave was how to connect with everyone in the room... at once. The audience was surprised that this functionality even existed and everyone planned on using it moving forward. Watch this video to see how you too can mass connect at an event, conference or tradeshow.

Just got back from a fantastic networking event and I realized I needed to record this video. At the event, so many people said to me, "We need to connect on LinkedIn, can I have your business card?" "Let's just use our phones," I said. "HUH?" was the universal answer. And with that, I quickly realized very few people know about the LinkedIn Code functionality that makes connecting with people SUPER EASY. So I just recorded this video with step by step directions. You'll never need to collect an

In this video, recruiter BILL FELL provides 4 easy job search tweaks to make to your LinkedIn Settings so you can get found by recruiters. Learn the settings inside LinkedIn that affect your job search and how to optimize them. These 4 tips will make it easier for recruiters, employers, hiring managers, and HR professionals to find you.

Hi Sandip! The ability to create an event on LinkedIn existed but was very unfortunately retired. Currently, it is not possible to create an event on LinkedIn. There have been some rumors that LinkedIn is bringing back the functionality to create and share events on LinkedIn but I don't have an ETA nor do I know if the rumors are true or false. Right now, the best thing to do is create the event on a different platform like Facebook, MeetUp or Eventbrite. Once you have the event created, share i

Hi P! At one time, sharing profile updates on LinkedIn was ubiquitous and a source of much fear and anxiety. A simple edit of your profile could send out a notification to every member of your network. I can't tell you how many times I tell clients that they have nothing to worry about; we always turn off profile updates prior to updating their LinkedIn profile and that no one will be notified of their professional profile optimization. In the old interface, the option to turn off broadcasting o

Hi P! When talking about a powerful LinkedIn profile, stating strong, impressive accomplishments is important. However, when you take a new position, you will not have any successes... and that is totally normal. So what do you put on your LinkedIn profile? New Job but No AccomplishmentsFirst, summarize the company with a boilerplate description. Just a sentence or two to provide context as to the company's products and services, clients, industry, revenue numbers, locations, etc... Second, defi