LinkedIn now Adds Ratings & Reviews to User Profiles

New Update:?On LinkedIn, you can now be rated and reviewed on the services you provide and also have those reviews displayed on your profile.

You can see Reviews in a new section on your profile that has the services listings option enabled.

If you have the Service page enabled on your profile, you will receive an email from LinkedIn that reads:

“We’re excited to share that you can now receive and view reviews as a service provider on LinkedIn. To see reviews you’ve received from past clients or, to manage your reviews, go to your Service Page. If you haven’t received any reviews on your Service Page, be sure to start growing reviews by sending out review invites.”

LinkedIn reviews can only send on an invite-only basis. The aim of this is to protect you from being attacked by a negative review.

To prevent your profile from spamming contacts with review invitations, you will have 20 invite credits. This limit builts to encourage people to think carefully about whom they are sending invites.

If you haven’t yet created a services page on your LinkedIn profile, Create a page now and showcase your services. It is the perfect time to do it. See instructions in the next section below.

How to Create A Services Page on LinkedIn

Follow the steps below to create a Service page:

• Click the profile icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage
• Click the?Open to?the button
• Select?Providing services
• Click the?Continue?button after reviewing?How it works
• Complete the Service Page setup information
• Click the?Next?button
• Preview the information that will appear on your Service Page
• Click the?Make changes?button to adjust your Service Page or click the?Publish?button to make your Service Page viewable by members

Once you create a Service page, you can invite 20 past clients to write a review. The clients must be first-degree connections.

Here’s how to invite clients to review your service:

• Click the profile icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage
• Click the?View Profile?button
• Click the?Providing services?module at the top of your profile
• Click the?Invite to review?the button
• Select a service category
• Click the?Next?button
• Click the checkbox next to the relevant past client(s)
• Click the?Invite?button