Comments on: Your Complete Guide to Mastering LinkedIn

By: David

David — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 20:07:38 +0000

Brilliant infographics and thanks for the 2017 update. I agree that the profile on LinkedIn is highly important and that we need to be crystal clear in terms of the things we write there. At the end of the day, people will look at the profile and say, this person knows how to write. Or there are grammatical mistakes, why should I hire this guy? No mistake is key in our industry and it is an industry that is not forgiving.

By: John Soares

John Soares — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 18:25:45 +0000

In reply to Anne Wayman. I've also been frustrated with LinkedIn's switch to basically encouraging everyone to connect with everyone. I lost a lot of respect for them when the did that. Now a connection doesn't mean much more than following someone on Twitter.

By: John Soares

John Soares — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 18:23:59 +0000

In reply to Cheryl Rhodes. Cheryl, I don't have my cell number on my profile, and I don't plan on putting it there. Potential clients can contact me through email first.

By: Anne Wayman

Anne Wayman — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 18:09:32 +0000

My profile ranks pretty high… and I need to double check everything. LinkedIN annoys me all the time… with requests for connections from anyone… used to be decent, not it’s not. Wonder how long it will be super important?

By: Cheryl Rhodes

Cheryl Rhodes — Mon, 05 Dec 2016 16:41:05 +0000

I’ve had a LinkedIn account for several years but I haven’t changed my URL, though I attempted when I first joined. My name forwards and backwards and combo of initials has already been taken. I even tried a few more combinations a few weeks ago and no luck. I suppose I could add another word or letters to my name but then it gets long and is really not much different than the default URL, as shown above, my hyphenated name and numbers. I have my email address on my profile but not my cell phone number as recommended above for the summary. I picked up a cyber stalker a few years and after getting the police involved, to the best of my knowledge, he hasn’t tried to hack into my computer again but I still have to be cautious. And maybe I’m a little more cautious than others do that. Safety first. I don’t need some pervert phoning me at all hours.

My profile is complete but to answer your question on what I need to do to improve, that would be updating my photo.