UPDATE: This is no longer being offered. I leave the message in tact because I don’t believe in creating broken links.
In the 4+ years that I’ve been using LinkedIn, one thing I have learned for sure — one thing that crosses all philosophical approaches to using LinkedIn — is the value of a good profile. Guy Kawasaki’s Extreme Profile Makeover was a smash hit in the blogosphere, and my additional commentary was one of my most popular posts.
Of course, not everyone is Guy Kawasaki and has access to LinkedIn UI designer Mike Lin, but the vast majority of LinkedIn’s 12 million user could stand an extreme makeover (or at least a little touch-up) of their profiles.
Inspired by Jason Alba’s blog makeover for Ryan Smith and the popular relaunch of Ryze profile reviews on The Virtual Handshake Network on Ryze, plus a little nudge from my channel editor Doug Hanna, I’m going to start doing Extreme LinkedIn Profile Makeovers. They’ll be once a month (I reserve the right to do it more or less frequently, depending on demand), and I invite readers to join in with your comments as well.
If you want to sign up, the ONLY way to sign up is by leaving a comment on this blog post. Be sure to include the link to your LinkedIn profile. Don’t send me an e-mail — leave a comment. If you’re embarrassed about it being public, you certainly won’t handle a public makeover very well, so may as well go ahead and get over it now! It’s on a first-come, first-served basis, so get your name in right away.
UPDATE: As you can see, there’s already about a 3-month queue of people signed up. If you don’t want to wait that long, or if you would like to have your review done privately, you can sign up to get it done right away on the LinkedIn Coaching & Training page.
Past profile makeovers:
Scott,
I think this will be very interesting. Just put me on the list.
Fernando
Scott,
What a great idea – I’m in
http://www.linkedin.com/in/katiefelten
I’m interested as well.
Hey, I’m in! I think I’m doing ok, but I welcome the feedback.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/josuesierra
~ Josue
Umm… Doug who? Need last names and profile links, please. Fernando gets a bye, since he’s probably the only one in LinkedIn (lucky ****), but really, folks — please list your profile.
I could always use some tweaking:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/gdymowski
Sign me up!
http://www.linkedin.com/in/deepeddy
Add me, I am game!
http://www.linkedin.com/in/jsumma
Scott,
sorry for the missing information. Fernando means Fernando Aramburu, and my linkedin profile is: http://www.linkedin.com/in/fernaramburu
sign me up please.
Thanks
Fernando
I’m always up for some constructive criticism – find my public profile at http://www.linkedin.com/in/richayman
This is Ryan Smith, the guy who’s being helped by Jason Alba over at JibberJobber.
I’d absolutely be up for a makeover.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/smithrw
Scott, I love this idea! Look forward to seeing how you break it down and add to the one person’s profile (each month), however, I’m sure that many will derive value from the pointers!
Jason Alba
CEO – JibberJobber.com
:: self-serve career management ::
I’d love this. I’m just getting started and eager to learn how to do it right.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/rebeccathorman
Oh and thank you! This is a great idea.
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Consider my name tossed in the direction of the hat.
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Here you go:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/saprecruitergamengroup
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Be gentle.
Dan Sleezer
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dansleezer
Sign me up, I know that my profile could use some work.
http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&key=1268049
Feedback welcome:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/udhay
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I wait for your comments, great idea!!!
Fernando
Thanks for the service, looking forward to working with you! Makeovers can be exciting; finding a new look and strategic feel!
Scott,
I would love to learn from the expert! If we can’t take heat of suggestions on how to make our profiles better we shouldn’t post them. I am very interested. Add my name to the hat.
Fred
I’d love to try new ways to organize and present information. Right now it looks like I cut and pasted parts of my resume into the profile because I did.
Any ideas on how to make this more personal, less flat?
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Would much appreciate it!
http://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanmalone
I would love some feedback on my profile. Here is a link to my public profile:
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/0/709/943
Thanks,
Lulit
Looking forward to learning from the collective before/after results.
Here’s my profile to put in the queue:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/barbararozgonyi
What a great concept and learning experience! I hired a pro to redo my resume, only makes sense to outsource this work to another expert, let me know when you can squeeze me in.
Thanks
Jeff Wallace
Please…make me over!
http://www.linkedin.com/profile?viewProfile=&authType=name&key=25903&authToken=0JWp
Scott,
I wholeheartedly agree with Norman Vincent Peale, “The trouble with most of us is that we would rather be ruined by praise than saved by criticism.”
I would very much appreciate your feedback.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/dnarang
Thanks,
Devender
Add me too. Sounds intresting.
Mukta
Scott, please add me to the list, I will appreciate a lot all your comments.
Regards
Federico
Pick me, pick me…
http://www.linkedin.com/in/cosminm
Sounds like a great idea, I’m always open to sound advice.
John
http://www.linkedin.com/in/johnforster
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I enjoyed the article very much. I too would like to have a LinkedIn make-over please. Thank you…
I think that this would be awesome. Take a look at my profile and tell me how it can be improved
http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisjohnston
I’m game for one.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/msankarramiah
Great idea! Please add me to the list.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/charlierodway
Scott,
I love the idea, I’ve looked at Guy’s profile, and would like to do the same. So, add me to the list! Thanks.
Kurt
Hi Scott!
Count me in for a make-over
Thanks!
http://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasclifford
Add me too. Sounds intresting.
Sushen
http://www.linkedin.com/in/sushengupta
I would love to have my profile run through the makeover process here!
Steve Harvey
http://www.linkedin.com/in/steve
Add me to the list as well, am interested in how it goes
oh my profile is
http://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenkowal
Scott,
Thanks for wonderful chance!
My profile:http://www.linkedin.com/in/ravikaizen
-Ravi
I would love the opportunity. I followed some of Guy’s recommendations but I would like a second opinion.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisjohnston
Scott, thanks for the generous offer of assistance!
Hi Scott,
This sounds interesting, am on for it.
http://www.linkedin.com/myprofile?trk=hb_side_pro
Regards
Vandana
I’ve always believed that a little self-improvement can go a long way – TIA
Bev
http://www.linkedin.com/in/teksquisite
I would love to get some expert advice on a touch-up of my profile.
Thanks in advance,
Ingo
Well, I typed my URL into the website field, expecting it to be listed for you.
Always learning new things,
–Ingo
http://www.linkedin.com/in/ingodean
Scott,
Nice of you to offer this service. I am curious to see how my maked-over profile! Thanks a zillion:
http://www.linkedin.com/in/eunice
Kind regards,
Eunice
Hi Scott,
Would love to have makeover done. Thanks in Advance
shrividhya
I’m very interested to see your feedback…
thanks Scott.
Here is my profile
http://www.linkedin.com/in/girishseshadri
My profile needs some work.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/cliffkinard
Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog.
Cheers! Sandra. R.
Have just started using linked in – I offer Workshops on the subject of retirement planning to women as a way of bringing high net worth women executives and entrepreneurs into my wealth management practice where I will a) manage their investment portfolio b)work with a financial plan to deal with financial issues that will get in the way of achieving their future financial goals and c) assist women with the emotional issues of a) being successful women – stress, burnout, juggling family, career and male/female relationship, divorce, push to render them powerless in the male dominated workplace, bullying to name a few. It has been suggested that I should be doing a virtual mirror workshop for every workshop I give which I’m not quite sure what that would look like. I’ve been told as well that I should create a group or a blog where I can hold discussions as a way of drawing in prospective clients. I am targeting successful women with at least $500,000 in investable assets at first but my aim will be much higher $5,000,000 or more, after I have worked the bugs out. Can you help or direct me to someone who could?
Yes, I would like for you to look at my LinkenIn profile.
http://www.linkedin.com/in/ernestoriente
I would like a feedback on my profile at
http://www.linkedin.com/in/prashantbhadri
This post is really helpful! I’ll apply these tips to my LinkedIn profile and I really hope that by doing so, I would be able to cross path with the right people who can help me in my career.