Tag Archives: profile
What does success look like on LinkedIn?
On January 23, 2023 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
Too many people “do” LinkedIn without pausing to reflect on why they’re doing it and what they want to get out of it, which might impact the approach they are taking to LinkedIn in the first place! Hence, they often become unsure of what a good LinkedIn result or outcome might be, hence this first […]
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How to change the hashtags you talk about in LinkedIn Creator Mode
On January 19, 2023 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
When you first chose to activate your LinkedIn Creator mode, LinkedIn would have asked you for the five hashtags of things you talk about so that it could highlight these at the top of your profile (as you can see highlighted below): But sometimes you find better hashtags, you evolve what you offer and hence […]
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How to put your most important role first on your LinkedIn profile
On September 6, 2022 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
It so important to have your current focus role first in your experience section. f you have more than one role (present is how LinkedIn describes them, but you and I might say current roles) then LinkedIn makes the most recent addition to your experience your primary role. Hence when you post, comment, or interact […]
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Should I have two profiles on LinkedIn?
On July 12, 2022 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
I am often asked “Why can’t I have two profiles on LinkedIn?” There are a few dimensions to this: Firstly, it breaks LinkedIn terms of service, and hence you risk both profiles being removed! Secondly, there are implications for you: 1) That great network that you have now, how do you migrate that and its […]
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Campaign sees ‘Dyslexic Thinking’ become a LinkedIn skill
On April 7, 2022 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
A campaign from Virgin’s founder Richard Branson has seen “Dyslexic Thinking” added as a new and valuable skill on LinkedIn in the last week. The campaign, simply called “Dyslexic Thinking,” was run alongside charity Made by Dyslexia aimed to improve the understanding of neurodivergence. From our side we have constantly seen a stream of Dyslexic […]
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How to write your LinkedIn profile About section
On March 21, 2022 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
One of the most common questions I get asked about LinkedIn profiles is what to write in the About section, and hence this blog will give you a little guidance and some pointers. There are two core narrative sections in your LinkedIn profile – ‘About’ (about you) and ‘Experience’ (about your work). It is important […]
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Career breaks on LinkedIn
On March 4, 2022 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
LinkedIn are finally rolling out the ability for users to add a Career Break to their profile, the idea being that, rather than having a gap in your work experience history if you have taken a break from work, you can now choose the Career Break option, select an option to describe the reason for […]
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How to remove a Twitter account from your LinkedIn profile
On February 15, 2022 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
We’ve all done it, got excited about a new platform, added it to our LinkedIn and proudly shown off that Twitter logo for years. Now a few years on we might not be so active, so present, and hence it might be time to take that Twitter link off our LinkedIn profile – but how? […]
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How to memorialise or close an account of a deceased person
On September 7, 2021 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
Previously, when someone died, the only option on LinkedIn to deal with their LinkedIn profile (assuming you had authority to act on their behalf) was to request for it to be closed which meant their profile was no longer searchable or visible on LinkedIn and, whilst it was a solution, it wasn’t ideal as it […]
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How to get found more often in the LinkedIn people search.
On June 14, 2021 By James Potter - The Linked In Man
LinkedIn uses a proprietary algorithm to present search results to each individual user and no one knows exactly how it works, but we do know you can influence where you appear by doing some simple things with your LinkedIn profile. Below are some ideas for improving how you appear in the people search results on […]
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