The art of choosing a perfect image of LinkedIn profile
Yes, you need a picture taken by a professional photographer.
As for the LinkedIn profile picture, we saw everything. Silly faces. The poorly chosen outfits. The shots that are clearly raised from college directories. There are even people in their LinkedIn profile imagewith their children. Enough is enough.
For an appropriate head tag, we contacted the social media Guru Lissa Duty, the co-founder of the digital marketing companyROCKS DIGITAL and the author ofYour LinkedIn Professional Network: How to Connect, Optimize and Implement to Succeed. Follow his rules and you will attract the presidents of companies more quickly that you can not say "cheese".And for larger tips to become a better work professional, consult the50 best ways to become a better man.
1 Get professional headshots
"You absolutely need a professional headshot," said the duty. You can find many photographers who will photograph your perfect LinkedIn profile image rather inexpensive. But be warned: all that is cheaper than 100 dollars and you are probably getting mediocre photos. The duty recommends a mild point of $ 225 - and nothing more expensive than $ 500. And to make sure that the photo is yourself, as opposed to you two gigs there is the plan on the update of the photo every three to five years. The point is, you will want a photo that you would be proud enough tohang on your walls.
2 Add a personal touch (tiny)
"LinkedIn has changed so much; it's even more like Facebook now," Notes of Law. As such, jobseekers are increasingly in "personality poses", in futile attempts to attract profile opinions. Perhaps this means that the subject is pressed by chance against a fence, or giving their best blue steel impression, or that the gods of human resources help those tanning people on the beach.
Do not do that. Keep head of head what it is: ahead shot. If you have to inject a certain personality, "a slight tilt or head or a smile you do - it's perfectly good and acceptable," says duty. And if you want style elsewhere in your professional life, brush yourself on the25 new office style rules.
3 Stay in your way
With regard to your LinkedIn profile image, ask yourself this question: "What kind of image does I want to represent?" The answer, the duty says, "I am a professional, I am a serious guy, I succeeded and it's the things I accomplished."
The duty is reminiscent of a colleague from his. The guy had recently completed a marathon - an admirable feat, if it is not professionally relevant. Yet he had a picture of him who runs the road as a LinkedIn profile picture. "People who do not know it will see that and think:" Is there a coach? A trainer? A professional athlete? "
So, if you are, for example, a lawyer, you will certainly want to be put back in place, with a serious environment, a library, a stuffed library of the entire collection ofMOORE FEDERAL PRACTICE-behind you. The guy with Marathon's photo? Well. He worked in marketing. So we do not recommend following his lead on that-but if you want to follow his traces more literally, discoverOur tips for managing a faultless race.
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