Tag Archives: LinkedIn Profile Photo

Dress Appropriately – LinkedIn Advent Calendar (Day 2)

December 2, 2018 by ,



In the real world, when we meet someone face to face but before we have the opportunity to speak, they are already starting to build a mental image and first impression of us. They create a back story, imagine what we sound like and even how the conversation would start. It’s instant, it’s automatic & it’s based on what they see.

The same thing happens on LinkedIn … except there, all of this is conjured up by and based on our Profile.

In particular, the top part of our Profile – the Introduction Card – serves exactly that purpose and creates this first impression. Above all, it has two very visual parts that we need to use to influence and, to an extent, direct that first impression.

Those elements are the banner & our photo.

Let’s take the banner first. This is “prime real estate” (more…)

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LinkedIn’s “Project Manchester” – matching people and required skills in Manchester

June 15, 2015 by ,

City of Manchester signI’m a great fan of LinkedIn … as you might imagine … although it’s true that we don’t always see eye to eye on things!

However, watching breakfast television this week I saw that they had launched an initiative in Manchester that is aimed at helping to get more people on to LinkedIn with a profile and skills that properly reflects their skillset – this might be people already with a LinkedIn profile that needs improving or people yet to join the site who will be helped to get started in the right way. The aim is to help them be more findable and hence hopefully be more findable by local companies in the area looking for people with the relevant skills they have.

This is something that they are accompanying with the hashtag #ProjectManchester and they are doing (more…)

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Your LinkedIn Profile Photo – it’s important for you!

May 2, 2011 by ,

LinkedIn Profile SeriesThere are three things that accompany you around the LinkedIn site and that you must use appropriately – your name, your professional headline and your photo.

When it comes to the photo, it may be stating the obvious but, first and foremost, it’s really important to have one in there! There are still people who, for whatever reason, decide to remain anonymous, perhaps out of coyness or some private reason of their own.

However, I would really encourage you not to leave it like that for five key reasons: (more…)

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