This week on Good Girls Get Rich, Karen talks about the importance of a thoughtful LinkedIn Summary.
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Episode Spotlights:
- So many people skip over the summary; that’s what makes LinkedIn different than a resume (3:20)
- Google indexes your summary (3:50)
- Your summary is part of your digital brand online (4:35)
- Karen’s secret tip to writing a summary: take your smartphone and talk into it for 2-3 minutes (in first person); What is your passion? Who do you love helping? What are your clients’ results? (5:46)
- What are people searching for? Are those keywords in your summary? (8:32)
- Infuse your keywords into your transcribed audio file (9:39)
- Karen lists her specialties at the end, which are her keywords (10:00)
- Make your summary about you, but talk to your ideal client (12:22)
- Are your first few lines powerful? Do they make you want to click the “read more”? (14:24)
- Do you have a call to action at the end?
- Make sure your personality is still in your profile (16:10)
- Use ALL 2,000 characters that are available (17:00)
- Make it easy to read – make it look like a sales page (17:17)
Resources Mentioned In This Episode:
- Solo show every week – tell Karen what you want me to talk about!
- Good Girls Get Rich Episode 18: Why I’m So Hot On LinkedIn And Why You Should Be Too
- Good Girls Get Rich Episode 24: How Your Ideal Client Avatar Affects Your Bank Account
- Good Girls Get Rich Episode 37: Geek Out On Social Media With Stacey Harris
- Interested in having Karen host a LinkedIn Lounge at your next event? Email her here.
- Rev.com – $1 per minute to transcribe your recording
- Connect with me on LinkedIn!
- See if Karen will be in your area – she would love to meet you!
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