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Your personal public profile is what people see when they are not connected to you. Use a professional image that looks like you do now, (minimum size 400 x 400) and use your own name on your personal profile . LinkedIn provide you with a generic URL for your profile. Change this so it’s personal to you and share it everywhere. Take time to fill out your professional summary. This is not your CV. Its purpose is to reinforce your profile headline providing people with more information about you, what you do, your personality and ultimately a reason why they should connect. Add contact details here too. Your LinkedIn personal profile is the first time members get to 'meet' you and first impressions matter. People connect with people and you're trying to attract the right people to your network. Give them plenty of reasons to want to connect! ENDORSEMENTS & TESTIMONIALS Look at me! 1 PUBLIC PROFILE 2 HEADLINE, LOCATION, INDUSTRY More than just a job title, you have 110 characters to attract member's attention. Add your location and industry into your profile to be found in LinkedIn searches. 3 CUSTOMISE YOUR URL 4 BACKGROUND IMAGE Pop in a background image and make your profile leap out. Be aware of the correct image size, 1536 x 768 is recommended. 5 PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY COMPLETE YOUR PROFILE The little details count. Add your current and past jobs, images, projects, examples of your work, things you're interested in. Work through all the options for adding your info that LinkedIn provide. Professional endorsements make a positive impact on those people checking your profile. Set the skills that you'd like to be endorsed for and don't be shy asking for testimonials from your connections. Give them too! BE ACTIVE & GET CONNECTED Log in frequently and participate. Like, share and write your own posts and make contact with your connections. Your personal profile will show up in more searches the more connections you have. However, never forget it is up to you who you connect with. You are not obliged to connect with everyone that sends you a request. 6 7 8 YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE CHECKLIST GROUPS & COMPANIES 9 Join groups & follow businesses that you are interested in; industry, professional, regional. Get chatting and share your expertise. 10 linkedin.com/in/nicolajaynelittle PROMOTE YOUR PROFILE Promote your LinkedIn profile via your website, other social media channels, your email signature, newsletter and traditional marketing material. Very soon you will be a LinkedIn seasoned professional!

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Page 1: Your Personal LinkedIn Profile Checklist · PUBLIC PROFILE 2 HEADLINE, LOCATION, INDUSTRY More than just a job title, you have 110 characters to attract member's attention. Add your

Your personal public profile is what people see when they are not connected to you. Use a professional image that looks like you do now, (minimum size 400 x 400) and use your ownname on your personal profile .

LinkedIn provide you with a generic URL for your profile. Changethis so it’s personal to you and share it everywhere.

Take time to fill out your professional summary.  This is not your CV. Its purpose is to reinforce your profile headline providing people with moreinformation about you, what you do, your personality and ultimately a reasonwhy they should connect. Add contact details here too.

Your LinkedIn personal profile is the first time membersget to 'meet' you and first impressions matter. Peopleconnect with people and you're trying to attract the rightpeople to your network. Give them plenty of reasons towant to connect!

ENDORSEMENTS & TEST IMONIALS

Look at me!

1 PUBL IC PROF ILE  

2 HEADL INE , LOCAT ION , INDUSTRYMore than just a job title, you have 110 characters to attractmember's attention. Add your location and industry into yourprofile to be found in LinkedIn searches. 

3 CUSTOMISE YOUR URL

4 BACKGROUND IMAGEPop in a background image and make your profile leap out. Be aware of the correct image size, 1536 x 768 is recommended. 

5 PROFESS IONAL SUMMARY

COMPLETE YOUR PROF ILEThe little details count. Add your current and past jobs, images, projects,examples of your work, things you're interested in. Work through all theoptions for adding your info that LinkedIn provide.

Professional endorsements make a positive impact on those peoplechecking your profile. Set the skills that you'd like to be endorsed forand don't be shy asking for testimonials from your connections. Givethem too!

BE ACT IVE & GET CONNECTEDLog in frequently and participate. Like, share and write your own posts and makecontact with your connections. Your personal profile will show up in more searchesthe more connections you have. However, never forget it is up to you who you connect with. You are not obligedto connect with everyone that sends you a request. 

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YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILECHECKLIST

GROUPS & COMPANIES9Join groups & follow businesses that you are interested in; industry, professional, regional. Get chatting and share your expertise.

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linkedin.com/in/nicolajaynelittle

PROMOTE  YOUR PROF ILEPromote your LinkedIn profile via your website, other social mediachannels, your email signature, newsletter and traditionalmarketing material. Very soon you will be a LinkedIn seasoned professional!