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Profile checklist

From the lesson Optimizing Your LinkedIn Profile

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Work through each step on paper or on screen. Use a real business, a project of your own or a friend’s idea. Keep this page for your portfolio.

1Rewrite your headline.

2Rewrite your summary in four sentences.

3Complete the profile checklist.

Worked example to compare with: Rewriting a summary

  • Opening: who you help and what you do.
  • Middle: two or three results with numbers.
  • Close: how to contact you.
  • Example: "I help local businesses explain what they do in plain language. I wrote a newsletter for 300 members and run a weekly social calendar. Message me if you want to talk marketing."
  • Check: remove any sentence that could describe anyone.

Check yourself

  • I can explain "Optimizing Your LinkedIn Profile" in one sentence.
  • I used a real business or project, not just an idea.
  • I know what I will do next, and by when.

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