5 MUST-DO LinkedIn Profile Tips (that pay off forever)!

🧑🏻‍💻 LinkedIn profiles are dynamic, so here are the 5 changes we working professionals can make to set ourselves for future success!

The 3 types of people who use LinkedIn all have different LinkedIn profiles because they all have different goals.

Job seekers want to land a job, entrepreneurs want to land clients, and working professionals…well we want to capture the attention of potential employers, hiring managers, and headhunters!

If you have a portfolio or website you want to show off, add it to your intro section! Or if you have more than 1 link, add them all to your Featured Section (just remember only 3 will be visible at a time on LinkedIn)

Working professionals can also piggyback on existing performance review processes since what makes for a good self-evaluation also makes for a good LinkedIn experiences section

Good LinkedIn profile hygiene include asking for recommendations regularly, updating your title to reflect the most recent/senior position, and having 1 primary job title even if you wear multiple hats!

Finally, while this isn’t a “must-do” for everyone, I highly recommend actively engaging on LinkedIn since everyone (yes even you 😉) has something unique to share!

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Different Types of LinkedIn Profiles
00:50 Add Website to Your Intro Section
01:47 Don’t Sell Yourself Short
03:04 Two Birds, One Stone
03:45 Re-Purpose Your Colleagues
05:11 Die a Hero or Become the Villain

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✍🏻 Reply to this comment if you’re going to leave a thoughtful comment on LinkedIn this week!

TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Different Types of LinkedIn Profiles
00:50 Add Website to Your Intro Section
01:47 Don’t Sell Yourself Short
03:04 Two Birds, One Stone
03:45 Re-Purpose Your Colleagues
05:11 Die a Hero or Become the Villain

[ruslanator]

Tons of useful information concentrated in just 6 minutes. Felt like I watched full 30 minutes video.

[toSingularity]

😉Recommendation template from video:

[Descriptive Phrase] is the what comes to mind when I think about [Name]. I've had the pleasure of knowing [Name] for [Length of Time], during which [Description of Working Relationship]. Above all, I was impressed with [Name]'s ability to [Something]. And, of course, his [Personality Trait]. [Name] would be a true asset for any requiring [Skills] and comes with my heartfelt recommendation.

[Definitely_not_Julius_Caesar]

Jeff, you're truly awesome in every aspect of your online presence! As a Y11 student just throwing together the best possible CV, your tips and videos are extremely helpful, plus the way you interact with your followers is genuinely inspiring!

[siamakshabankhah]

Your videos are invaluable, Jeff. Thanks for sharing them. You have helped me organize and optimize my mind and methods of accomplishing my tasks since I began watching your videos. A million thanks.

[kristinenesslar]

Love your videos. As a recruiter, this is stuff I tell job seekers all the time. Love how quickly you share some very useful tips!

[archi]

Hello Jeff: Very useful tips. Quick question - I often find that I've plenty of things to say/share on certain topics but the overwhelming "noise" on the platform puts me off. I end up doubting whether my content is *that* helpful or unique? How did you tackle it when you first started?
PS: This is the first time I decided to comment on a video in over 10 years and I hope this speaks volume about the quality of your content! Awesome work!

[freshfpa]

Great video another key one is your title on your introduction section. Make it SEO Optimization so when people search say Fractional CFO. Your profile pops up in the search.

Also, turn on creator mode to really level up your content creation. Great insights!

[Christiana-J]

Working professional who thanked this creator for his tips😂 that sounds relatable

The impact reviews “one stone two birds” trick is awesome!

[coachdan]

Jeff, once again - thanks for your work. I enjoy looking forward to your newest videos. Who would have ever thought a channel directed at knowledge workers would feel so targeted and effective. Keep pressing forward!!

[MatthewEaton]

Ah, if only I didn't have to scuttle my whole LinkedIn account as a bargain for not getting terminated. I'll see if I can run something on my own without work history, but great recommendations as well.

I also take to heart that every Friday afternoon, I try to update my work document. Anything I have from my to-do lists go into a Google Doc sheet (now Notion) so I can have it handy. This is also good to do weekly since you never know what might happen. Instead of panicking because you can't remember what you did, you can reduce the stress by having everything already written down. You just need to "add water" and add some description to the write up.

[Isabel-Jayani]

Finally taking the time to optimize, wish me luck guys

[LordErmac]

Just getting into LinkedIn recently, your channel is absolutely useful, from now on I'll start making some comments on any post I find relevant. Thanks, mate!

[elitehaxxor]

I think the most annoying thing about LinkedIn are the annoying content creators. All I ever see are polls, people saying "I pray you get your dream job", people talking about tech layoffs as if that's not a normal thing in tech, and the ones who humble brag about their accomplishments.

[biaowang]

Mindblowingly helpful, never thought of performance review can be reutilized this way(time to go back to my disk drive to pull my reviews out)

[Sanvali-Chitramala]

LinkedIn is so confusing, this really helps break it down simply

[___vandanagupta___]

the quality of the information in this video is tremendous!

[LuisjmGil]

Great video and timing, I think we are approaching a time of economic recession for many countries in the globe, these tips are essential to "open doors" for future job opportunities in more stable companies.

[jetw]

Hey Jeff, thanks for the tips and I really enjoy your Contagious enthusiasm. I learned a lot from you and I'm definitely gonna try your tricks on your LinkedIn post. Have a great one won😉

[oceanlabnyc]

Would absolutely love a video on prepping for performance reviews.