Why you need a professional LinkedIn profile photo.

Why do you need a professional LinkedIn profile photo? We get asked this all the time, and it really frustrates us. It is like asking why you need a smart business suit or why you need to look presentable when you meet with new clients or go for a job interview. Your LinkedIn profile photo is the first thing people will look at when they visit your LinkedIn profile page. For this reason, it is very important to look professional. If you get a friend to capture your LinkedIn profile photo or do the worst thing possible and use a selfie, then you will send out all the wrong first impressions. You will look like you are not really bothered about looking professional, and therefore, potential clients and employers will get that impression.

People can spend hours writing their LinkedIn profile text, posting articles, leaving positive comments and linking up with people to show how many connections they have but this is not the first impression people will get when visiting your LinkedIn profile page. This is why you need a professional LinkedIn profile photo as it is the first thing potential clients and employers will look at when they visit your LinkedIn profile page, and if you make a bad first impression with a poor LinkedIn profile photo, it is very hard if not impossible to recover from that. Remember your LinkedIn profile page and your LinkedIn profile photo are your business shopfront, and if you were walking down the high street and you walked past a shop with a hand-painted shop sign and a cheap-looking exterior, would this make you want to purchase their products or would you keep on walking until you found a shop with a professionally designed shop front?

If you have any further questions about why you need a professional LinkedIn profile photo, please contact us.