I recently joined LinkedIn, a network of professionals.
Something you may want to do, if you have a LinkedIn account (it's free!) is to add a button in your webpage or blog to make it easier for people to see your LinkedIn profile.
Here's how to find the button and code to paste into your site.
1. Go to your Profile page in LinkedIn
2. Click "My Profile"
3. Click on "Edit Public Profile Settings" (on the top right of the page)
4. Click "Promote your profile with customized buttons"
5. Pick a button, copy the code
or easier yet: http://www.linkedin.com/profile?promoteProfile=
Also, make sure your profile is not set to Private. Make it viewable to the world.
For users of Blogger, where to place the button.
In Blogger, you have to go to the Layout tab, click on "Add a Gadget" and add an "HTML/JavaScript" section where you paste the code. Title section is not mandatory.
Saturday, May 30, 2009
How to add a LinkedIn button to your profile page
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If I had to say customize the LinkedIn badge to say "Connect with Me on LinkedIn" instead of the customary "View my Profile on LinkedIn", do I have an option on LinkedIn or otherwise to do it?
ReplyDeleteYou could but you would have to create and use your own button. The code used here comes from LinkedIn and includes a link to one of their graphic buttons.
ReplyDeleteYou can customize the text in some buttons. Look in the html code next to the buttons. Where it says "View FIRSTNAME LASTNAME's profile" you can substitute the text with "View my LinkedIn profile"
ReplyDeleteCan you add this kind of button to an Outlook signature or do you have to stick with a hyperlink?
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