The other option is to have a neutral banner. So at first glance, people know what you are about. Your banner needs to strengthen the message in your headline. As I was not looking for a horse professional, I nearly clicked away. I thought this person might work at some stables. I visited a profile and the LinkedIn Profile Banner had two horses galloping in a meadow.
Truer than ever in creating first impressions. SOME THOUGHTS ABOUT YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE BANNERĪ picture tells a 1000 words. With this photo you can reinforce your brand’s image. When you view from a mobile device, the head sits in the middle and comes up about 3/4 of the way. Background Image This image appears behind the profile picture. When you view a profile from desktop, the left part (the white in this banner) is covered by the person’s head until about 1/3 up. The LinkedIn Background (banner) below works well on both destop and mobile.
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Update early 2018: YAYYY the image now does SCALE on mobile instead of having the sides chopped off! The image below is still not useful though, as on mobile your pretty face gets pushed up, so leave the middle empty or unimportant. If it looks brilliant on desktop it might still look crap on mobile.The dimensions are 4:1 the recommended size being 1584 x 396px.Instead of adding a picture just cos it is pretty, think about how the image strengthens the message of your profile. Basically, there are 3 things you need to understand about using a LinkedIn Profile Banner. What didn’t change, is that it is widely underused. #144 Weekend reads – we’re going to experience 1.First introduced in 2014 the LinkedIn Profile Banner received a major overhaul in 2017.#145 Weekend reads – are you living inside or outside the “Climate Niche”?.Climate Courage: get ready for wet bulb temperatures aka when it’s ‘too hot to live’.#146 Weekend reads – earth health failing in seven out of eight key measures.Responsive interface design for smartphone and web. LONDON, UK - March 2021: Linkedin business social networking platform logo CV profile inspired by Linkedin style app. Networking Last Friday of the Month Post navigation LinkedIn American business icon logo, vector illustration Valencia, Spain - May 15, 2017: Linkedin icon printed on white paper. If you want to stay in touch, you can find me in lots of places…. Hope this is useful and it’s a quickie blog for me right?Įditorial credit: quka / Shutterstock, Inc. There are other design platforms, but for simple jobs like this, I find fiverr fast and very cost effective. PNG, GIF and JPG are the only acceptable.
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My professional page seems to be impacted, so I’ll be going back to fiverr to get a new banner done. A LinkedIn background banners actual dimension is 1584×396px with a 4:1 aspect ratio and less than 8MB in file size. So take advantage of having an individual look on social media and get taken seriously too.Īnd if you’ve already updated your banner, go and check that it is still OK with the new dimensions. Another point is, for those of us who take it seriously, when you do not have simple things like banners, we presume you’re not that interested in LinkedIn or other social platforms. With 65% of the population visual learners take the chance to tell a visual story on all social media channels and let people know who you are. BUT why be like everyone else and have the same blue banner? The good news with the layout is everyone automatically has a banner – or so it appears. Definitely worth keeping this information handy. If you’re looking for other social media image dimensions across the board, I found this handy reference site – 2017 Social Media Image Size Cheat Sheet by Mainstreethost.
Not only a hairdresser, he seems to be a social media expert for his industry as well. However, I discovered an intriguing blogger when searching for the answer to this question – the Mafia Hairdresser. For all LinkedIn changes, the best place to go for current information is LinkedIn Help (/help), and here’s the link to the page discussing new banner dimensions.
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