How to Optimize Your New LinkedIn Profile (Part 2)

In your Professional Gallery you can share hyperlinks to various media, such as video, images, documents, and presentations. Most media file types are supported by this feature, but they must have a specific URL or web page.  Of course, the best place to send people is your website, but other good sites include You Tube, Google Docs, Scribd, and SlideShare. 

Professional Gallery hyperlinks can be placed in your Summary, Experience, and Education sections. I like this much better than the old applications features, because the hyperlink is displayed right in the applicable profile section. And adding information to your Professional Gallery is fast and easy. 

Go to the top toolbar, scroll over the word “Profile,” and select “Edit Profile.” Go to the specific profile section in 

which you’d like to add media and click the “Add Media” icon. Type or paste the link to your content in the “Add a link” field. 

An image of your content should appear. The Title and Description fields will automatically fill with information from the web page, but you can change or delete this information if you prefer.

Here is an example of how I display various types of media in one of my Experience sections on my LinkedIn profile. The descriptors of my files and links should help get your creative juices flowing as to what you might include in your gallery. 

The Professional Gallery is a great place to include those all-important calls to action on your profile. For more ways to call your readers to action, check out “Best Ways to Use Calls to Action in Your LinkedIn Profile.”

What other ways are you using your Professional Gallery?

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