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01 Dec 16 Ways to Improve Your LinkedIn Profile

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LinkedIn is getting more and more popular to help people connect with potential clients and employers. Improving your profile will help you get noticed and may help you land your dream job or start working with a client that you’ve been striving to work with for a very long time.

Here are 16 ways to help you improve your LinkedIn profile.

  1. Connections. Try to have at least 100 connections.
  2. Photo. Make sure you have a professional photo with your profile.
  3. Keyword Stategy. Ensure that your profile has a keyword strategy in place and a unique LinkedIn profile URL.
  4. Headline. Grab attention of potential connections by using a benefit-oriented headline.
  5. Summary. Make sure that you include a summary on your profile. This summary should include your skills, talents, and how you can add value to a company.
  6. Results. In your summary, you may want to include accomplishments and quantified results of your previous work. Try to make this as detailed as possible with exact numbers to show your results.
  7. Contact Information. Make sure that you include your contact information for how people can get a hold of your on your summary.
  8. Media. Include several pieces of media in your experience section. This can include article, photos, and videos.
  9. Results. Your experience section should include results, numbers, and your accomplishments.
  10. Recomendations. Try to get 3 recommendations from others. You should also try to get around 15 endorsements.
  11. Groups. Be a member of multiple groups. Try to get to be a part of 20 or more groups.
  12. Share. Try to share articles and tips that are related to your work. This should be done at least once a week.
  13. Companies. Think of several companies that interest you. Go follow their profiles. Your goal should be to follow at least 5 companies.
  14. Messaging. You should be messaging people each week on LinkedIn. Try to make it your goal to message one person you know and one person you don’t know weekly.
  15. Network. Try to introduce 2 new people to your network each month.
  16. Comment. Comment on other posts in groups that you are a part of at least once a week.

What things do you do weekly to improve your LinkedIn profile? 

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