by Marietta Gentles Crawford | Oct 4, 2018 | LinkedIn Profile Development, Personal Branding, Quick Tips, Real Talk
LinkedIn’s Endorsements feature is like the extra parts left over after you assemble Ikea furniture. Sure, it’s a part of your profile, but do you give it much thought once everything has been put together? The “Skills & Endorsements” section...
by Marietta Gentles Crawford | Mar 2, 2017 | LinkedIn Profile Development, Personal Branding, Quick Tips
You may already know it takes about seven seconds to make a good first impression, but are you considering this rule when it comes to your digital brand? LinkedIn is further putting this to the test with its new design. In case you haven’t noticed, LinkedIn has...
by Marietta Gentles Crawford | May 27, 2015 | LinkedIn Profile Development, Personal Branding, Quick Tips, Real Talk
Image courtesy of Shella Scarborough/Flickr Did you know that your LinkedIn profile will most likely be the first or second link that shows up when someone googles your name? Yup, that means recruiters, colleagues, and exes have probably checked out your profile at...
by Marietta Gentles Crawford | Mar 19, 2015 | LinkedIn Profile Development, Personal Branding
“To connect or not to connect, that is the question.” In my best Shakespeare voice, I present to you the conundrum of sending LinkedIn invitations and social networking. With all the known and unknown rules, it can be easy to just do nothing. But...
by Marietta Gentles Crawford | Dec 4, 2014 | LinkedIn Profile Development, Personal Branding, Quick Tips, Real Talk
Networking on LinkedIn is like doing the Electric Slide. Everyone thinks they know how to do it, but not everyone is doing it right (sorry to those who always throw off the person beside you because you’re directionally challenged). There’s something about...
by Marietta Gentles Crawford | Oct 20, 2014 | LinkedIn Profile Development, Personal Branding, Quick Tips, Real Talk
If a picture says a thousand words, does your LinkedIn profile picture speak volumes or is it whispering “help me!”? You know by now that it’s important to be on LinkedIn. You may have even added a picture after reluctantly not wanting to be...