Comments on: LinkedIn training tip – Your Professional Headline should be a marketing phrase, not your job title

By: Patrick O’Malley

Patrick O’Malley — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:28:05 +0000

Kiran,

It has to be personalized, but it could be Operations Manager with the best IT firm in Boston

By: Kiran

Kiran — Mon, 12 Dec 2011 18:03:28 +0000

Hi Patrick,

Very good article..I was trying to update my headline..when i got this article..can you please help me out put up my headline..I was working as an Operations Manager in an IT firm and looking forwrd to picking up a job ASAP..

By: Jessica Holbrook

Jessica Holbrook — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 16:02:24 +0000

I’m looking at rewriting mine and found this article when searching. Thanks!

By: Patrick O’Malley

Patrick O’Malley — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 14:48:17 +0000

CJ, write up the story. Give real examples. Put it in a blog. I’ll link to it. People need help.

By: C Johnson

C Johnson — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 02:46:20 +0000

I totally agree with you about the importance of personal branding. My branding statement came into being when a networking contact introduced me to a friend by saying that I was great at translating data into useful information (I’m a statistician). It evolved over time into its current form, which I use to this day as my LinkedIn tagline. When another networking contact heard about a job opportunity at her place of employment, she immediately thought of me and was able to share my branding statement – word for word – with the hiring manager. As a result, I was put in direct contact with the internal recruiter and was hired, starting the job 3 weeks later.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 10:56:24 +0000

great line

By: Harshul Shah

Harshul Shah — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:00:24 +0000

Excellent Article!
In fact, I changed my profile headline after reading this article.
I made something like this:
“Leading Offshore Software & Social App development ventures with dribbling success for customers including renown brands”

Your suggestion will be highly appreciated!

Thanks once again!

By: Patrick O’Malley

Patrick O’Malley — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 01:24:08 +0000

Thanks, LMS

By: LMS

LMS — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 23:27:20 +0000

Thanks for the pointers, Patrick. A very useful article.

By: Patrick O’Malley

Patrick O’Malley — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 21:10:01 +0000

Alejandro,

It shows up everywhere – in the search results, in the list of your friend’s Connections, in LinkedIn Q&A, in Groups, and almost everywhere else.