You were given a random URL that linked to your profile page when you first signed up for LinkedIn. Yes, it included your name... but it also included a bunch of other letters and/or numbers.
If you didn't take the time to personalize your URL at that time, you probably moved on and didn't give it another thought - til now. Yet it only takes a minute to change.
- After you log on to LinkedIn, click on the "Edit My Profile" tab of your profile page.
- Click on "Edit My Public Profile" (on the right of that page)
- At the top of the next page, one of the first things you'll see is your current URL. Click on the word "Edit" to the right of that and type your name in the box.
- Click on the link button for "Set Address"
That's it. You're done. 'Too easy to be true, wasn't it?
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While you're logged on to LinkedIn, let's take a look at your website links...
Do they read "My Website" or "My Blog"? If so, let's fix that now to show the actual name of your website or blog (as you see on the left).
Make sure you're on the "Edit My Profile" tab, and scroll down to the section labeled "Websites".
- Next to "My Website" you'll see a link for "Edit" - click on that
- LinkedIn requires you to log in again before you can proceed, so do that now
- One of the first things you'll see on the next page is something like this:
- In the left column, change "My Website" to "Other" (and do the same for any additional websites)
- Type the name of your website(s) in the middle column (this will be the link that people see)
- Type (or copy and paste) the URL for your website in the right column
- Scroll to the bottom and click on "SAVE CHANGES"
Isn't that easy? I'll bet you haven't spent more than five minutes making those changes and reading this blog post!
I have to give credit where credit is due because I wasn't smart enough to figure this out myself. I learned it a few years ago from an Activerain post by Bobby Carroll. Thanks, Bobby... 'just paying it forward to a new generation of Activerain members.
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