Branding Yourself On Linked In with Customizable Backgrounds

Published on
November 10, 2014
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Megan Malone
megan@vicimediainc.com

Megan Malone is a Founding Partner with Vici, and leads our Operations division.  Megan has both a radio and digital marketing background working for the Philadelphia Eagles, Beasley Broadcast Group, and Cox Media Group. In her career she has helped plan and implement thousands of digital media campaigns.   She holds a certification from Disney Institute’s People Management, Google Analytics, and was awarded the top 10 advertisers in Louisville from the American Advertisers Federation.  In her free time Megan is relaxing in Phoenix, Arizona with her husband Dave and toddler Zoey.

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What was once only available to premium members of Linked In has now reached the masses: customizable backgrounds, similar to Facebook, Twitter, and Google+. Give your profile a professional punch by uploading your own in a few easy steps

Step 1: Create a 1400 x 425 background that is under 4 MB in .jpg, .png, or .gif. You'll notice that parts of the image, once uploaded, are visible while other parts are blocked with your Linked In profile information. You will want to make sure the most valuable information is in the left and right gutters of the image, as well as the upper quarter of the image. Ours was made in GIMP. Canva is another free online source. Here's how ours turned out (scaled down for this blog post)

LinkedIn Header



Step 2: Log into Linked I

Step 3: On the headers Click on Profile, then Edit profil

Step 4: Click “Edit Background

Step 5: Upload your pictur

And voila! You are now professionally branded! Here's what the finished product looks like on my profile

megs profile





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