LinkedIn Background Tips for Coaches
Not having a current LinkedIn background banner image (that wide image behind your profile photo) gives visitors the impression that your profile is dated, inactive, or that you simply don’t care about it.
A recruiter surprised me once, telling me that missing the basics on your profile are red flags. Like having profile picture can mean the person is not smart enough to update it. Woah! That’s bad for your image.
See this post for LinkedIn Profile Background Images for Coaches – Design Ideas and Examples
I definitely look up people on social media, especially LinkedIn.
I would imagine that a potential coaching client who is checking you out, wanting to see if you’re a real pro, and your LinkedIn profile looks dated or incomplete, your credibility takes a hit.
Yes, it’s a little work, and you can get wrapped up in the right image, and pulled into making other updates, as well as getting sucked into other social notifications and find hours go by as you get side-tracked.
Maybe you’ve got a background image, but it doesn’t look right.
- Maybe you’ve used the banner from your website but it doesn’t fit right.
- Perhaps the words on there and it’s too small on mobile
- Maybe LinkedIn changed since last you checked and things look off.
In the below video, I mess around with my LinkedIn background photo so you can see how to make it fit and look good.
I talk about …
- See how to mix an image and text cleanly, readably
- Considerations for mobile viewing, which I put at 50% of your users, and growing
- Some things to avoid on your background photo
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