4 Simple Tips to Boost Your LinkedIn Profile Performance

By Sean Johnson


When Wayne Breitbarth talks about LinkedIn you can almost see the light bulbs going on over the heads of those in the room listening.

As the author of the best selling book on Amazon about LinkedIn, it’s clear that Breitbarth is both knowledgeable and passionate about teaching folks how they can use LinkedIn to grow their business. What gets the light bulbs going on is his ability to distill the nuances of LinkedIn success into a series of really simple suggestions that people can’t wait to try out.

His presentation Wednesday in Appleton was no exception. Almost as soon as he finished speaking to the special lunchtime edition of the New North Social Media Breakfast, one of the most common refrains from those departing was “I can’t wait to try that out.”

Breitbarth covered a lot of ground during his presentation Unlocking LinkedIn’s Corporate Marketing Potential, from new advertising tools to leveraging employee LinkedIn networks to maximizing the tools of a LinkedIn company page. But it was one of the simple lessons that really stuck – a simple lesson on the social media optimization of your personal LinkedIn profile to improve its rank in a LinkedIn search.
Improving the performance of your profile in search – perhaps to the number one position – is largely dependent on four things:

• Keywords – this is how people will find you. Use your industry and company keywords in your profile. “It’s still a stupid search engine,” as Breitbarth said
• Story – this is what makes you interesting. Use your keywords to tell it, but make sure it is your story and tell it well
• Headlines – this is the attention grabber at the top of your profile. If you don’t write it yourself, then LinkedIn just grabs your current job title. Make sure you use your most important keywords here
• Titles – these are the various jobs you have held. Again, industry keywords are important

Addressing these four elements of your profile can have tremendous results. While they are interdependent, it is the keywords that drive success, much like they do for you website.
So how do you know what keywords to use? Breitbarth has you covered there to. You can find them by answering 8 simple questions:

See the 8 Questions and the complete B2C Article