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Personal branding – make your LinkedIn profile stunning

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Personal branding – make your LinkedIn profile stunning

LinkedIn is the #1 professional network site, which plays an integral role in personal branding process. It is the showcase of your professional journey.

LinkedIn- Online DB of your contacts through your life and a place where you can share, interact in professional manner.

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Personal branding – make your LinkedIn profile stunning

If you are in the process of personal branding, you must have stunning LinkedIn profile. Following tips helps you to achieve your profile looks professional with brand image.

Proper tag line / headline – this is the place you can position your brand. Here specific tag line which describe yourself as a brand.

Searchable – make sure your profile searchable on major search engines, so you LinkedIn URL should appear as your name (linkedin.com/yourname). Best way to place your profile on search engines top rank list.

Experience – Highlight your experience with proper key words. Spice this section up with your unique abilities, your works, presentations, achievements etc.

Showcase – integrate slide share into your LinkedIn profile. Best tool to showcase your docs, works, videos, presentation, and it helps you to enhance your digital image.

Skill set – Organize your key skills and highlight it. Remember skills are searchable keyword phrases.

Recommendations – world is run by recommendations and endorsement will give you more credibility.

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Personal branding – make your LinkedIn profile stunning

Active – keep update you profile and regular check to know about your visitors – which help you to build and extend network and relationships.

Interaction - join on relevant groups that you master or gain knowledge, put valuable comments on group interaction and online discussions, set up group which can share your expertise.

Image – Use only professional image.

Promote your personal branding by LinkedIn. Act now and start updating your profile.

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