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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNoSpacing><b><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Coming soon (perhaps you already have it), your personal LinkedIn profiles will look a bit different. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>As before, there is no apparent logic when you will get these profile changes as they trickle through the 564 million LinkedIn members. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Nothing as big a change as last time, and you <u>can</u> manage them to your advantage. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNoSpacing><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Here’s how to make these changes work best for you.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Changes to the top of your personal profile<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><img width=623 height=520 style='width:6.4895in;height:5.4166in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.jpg@01D3E69F.905144B0"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Just shifts and movements in placement. The best I can show as a graphic of my profile, as a proxy for yours, in the new format. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Noteworthy:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Your headshot is now left-justified on your profile, still within your background photo banner (be aware the new positioning may block some of your banner when your headshot shifts leftward, perhaps requiring a change to your banner).<i> You do have a banner at the top, don’t you?</i><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The first three lines of your Summary will appear, rather than the first 2 as it was until recently. That gives you one extra line to make the reader want to read more about you. Try not to have words or phrases to dangle at the end of line 3 if you can. It may take some work, but if I did it, you can too.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Similarly, 6 graphic thumbnails will show across the bottom of your Summary, rather than 2 across as it was until recently. That’s 3x more to entice a reader with visuals complementing your narrative!<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The contact details section is being moved leftward as well, below and under the banner. Be sure your contact details are complete and test the links. Consider using your mobile number to receive texts from prospective clients. <i><o:p></o:p></i></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Also, note the move leftward for the name of your latest educational institution, your current company name, and the number of your connections.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>This is being rolled out really slowly:<o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type=circle><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If your format changed, everyone else you look at on LinkedIn will be in this new format, whether their profile has adjusted yet or not.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo3'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If theirs has not, they will still see your old format.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Skill category headings<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>You may have noticed LinkedIn categorized your skills.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The newly hatched skill categories are:<o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Top 3 Skills (in the top white background) <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Industry Knowledge<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Interpersonal Skills<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Language Skills (if applicable; I don’t have any)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Other Skills<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><img width=643 height=488 style='width:6.6979in;height:5.0833in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D3E69F.905144B0"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><img width=645 height=475 style='width:6.7187in;height:4.9479in' id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D3E69F.905144B0"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>You didn't need to do anything for the skills to be categorized. LinkedIn did this for you. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>But you want to review your skills section and probably make some adjustments, and that is a decision you need to think through. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A few observations: <o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>You cannot rename these group categories at this time. <o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>You cannot reorder the categories either at this time.<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>You cannot move a skill from one category to another at this time. Perhaps someday for all three of these…<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo7'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>But you can easily reorder skills within a category: <o:p></o:p></span></li><ul type=circle><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo7'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>edit your skills section by clicking the blue pencil<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo7'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>using your left mouse button, click and hold it over the 4 small horizontal lines you see associated with the skill<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;margin-left:0in;mso-add-space:auto;mso-list:l2 level2 lfo7'><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>drag it up or down to the right order.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></ul><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><img width=632 height=614 style='width:6.5833in;height:6.3958in' id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image007.jpg@01D3E69F.905144B0"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I reordered several skills within a category. It’s simple and quick to make changes. You should too.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><b><u><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>The upshot<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The changes to these critical sections are worth your time to review and tweak. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The Help Center entries have been updated to reflect these changes.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Thankfully, these changes do not dramatically impact the marketing concepts in my book written for the ABA last year, “<a href="shop.americanbar.org/eBus/Store/ProductDetails.aspx?productId=279426434">LinkedIn Marketing Techniques for Law and Professional Practices</a>,” in which I show you numerous ideas to effectively self-brand yourself, lawyer or not, multipreneur or not, section-by-section on LinkedIn. 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