Is this your LinkedIn Profile?

The other day I had a urgent service need for my business!

I did what I normally do, hunt on #linkedin for the #service I required, I found 3/4 people who carried out what I needed in a location that I was happy with to start my introductions.

I was very surprised, that in my search so many people did not have any contact information on their profile and just relied on receiving a connection request I guess??

You don't have to get your branding on point or even have #branding, but its really important that you are marketing yourself and have at least a email address to be contacted, that way once you receive interest you have that persons information which you can also market too in the medium term...but getting back on topic ??

The best profile I saw had a banner complimenting the LinkedIn picture which had a contact number and email address, another had a similar feel with the added bonus of directing you them to their #facebook page providing more information.

If you are selling a product or service its fundamental that you make it super easy for someone to reach you, at the very least by email.

If your customers are like me (they are ??) they will not wait for you to accept there connection, they would have... a) Ignored your profile and moved on OR... b) sent the connection but already be in the process of agreeing with another business by the time you accept the connection request and respond! ??

So if you are selling services/products I would recommend providing easy access to be contacted fast, the below information may help..

Facebook/Instagram page link - can be contactable via messenger etc.

email address on your profile

Website - if you have, not always important to have a website though

Create a LinkedIn Friendly banner to compliment your profile with your contact info on.

I hope this practical #newsletter has helped, please feel free to share.