I gathered some tips and ways to take your LinkedIn profile up a level. Here are a few of them…
1. Change the standard URL from linkedin.com/in/13?3a&3d to a “vanity URL” so instead change it to this style: linkedin.com/in/blakeimeson This will allow you to rank for your name in the SERPs.
2. Use keywords you want to show up in LinkedIn search results for. Use these keywords naturally in your “summary” and list them in your “specialties”.
3. Great tips from Chris Brogan: For your summary…
- Lead with what I do most.
- Lead with the type of business I want to do.
- Move into the reasons why you’d do business with me.
- Move from there into all the nuances of what I do.
4. Put your LinkedIn URL in your email and forum signatures…
Cross-posted > Finish reading at blakeimeson.com -21 LinkedIn Hacks, Tricks and Ways to Make Your Profile Better
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