Comments on: Are you making these mistakes on your LinkedIn profile?

By: Carina

Carina — Fri, 15 Jul 2011 00:03:18 +0000

Love it! I’m working on improving my LinkedIn profile right now so this was really helpful. Thanks!!

By: Kelly Parkinson

Kelly Parkinson — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 05:19:36 +0000

Kat, that stuff would work in the Work History section below. Maybe not in the bio/summary part, though, since that would be redundant.

By: Kat

Kat — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 04:05:06 +0000

Great article. You said you shouldn’t use your resume bio on your LinkedIn page. Is it okay to use the descriptions of your work history from your resume? (as long as you don’t also upload your resume in addition?)

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:49:52 +0000

Nice! I can’t even tell what parts you cut out!

Good luck!

Kelly

By: Julie Stuart

Julie Stuart — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:35:32 +0000

Thanks Kelly! I like it too! Based on your comments I did a little editing and cut down 22 words. It’s not lean and mean but it’s not flabby either. LOL!

My website is almost ready. I’m getting all my ducks in place and then I’ll do the InMail campaign. I already have a bunch of people in my contacts who are potential clients that I’ll get in touch with about my website launch.

Thanks again for the great info about generating work on LinkedIn.
Julie

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 17:16:44 +0000

Hi Julie — thanks so much!
That link took me to my own LinkedIn profile for some reason.
But here’s the link to yours, just in case anyone else wants to check it out:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/juliestuart

I’m loving this bio! Even though it’s on the longer side, it has everything anyone would need to know to see how you could help them, so I think it will work well with your InMail campaign–particularly since your website isn’t up yet. And I love the conversational style! Can’t wait to see all this amazing messaging on your new website!

Kelly

By: Julie Stuart

Julie Stuart — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 19:24:00 +0000

Hi Kelly,
I recalled this post and came looking for it and just revised my LinkedIn profile thanks to you! I’m going to use your other LinkedIn post on sending InMails to generate some new work.

You can check out my new profile here: http://tinyurl.com/m6lp25

Thanks for this great instructional post!!
Julie

By: Writing an effective LinkedIn summary « Tar Heels in Transit - by Kelly Giles

Tue, 07 Apr 2009 18:08:18 +0000

[...] Are you making these mistakes on your LinkedIn profile? Scroll down to the Do’s and Don’ts. One of the most important: don’t refer to yourself in the third person! It sounds stuffy. Your summary should be semi-personal and reflect your personality. [...]

By: Kelly

Kelly — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:36:14 +0000

Marie, thank you! Correction made!

By: Marie Angell

Marie Angell — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 17:30:39 +0000

Great advice. One correction: Kathy Griffin (not Griffith)