How to Pick the Right LinkedIn Profile Picture - It only takes 1/10 of a second for someone to draw conclusions about your LinkedIn Profile based on your photo — so how do you win someone over in less than a second?

1. LINKEDIN PROFILE PICTURE
HOW TO CREATE A KICK-ASS
s o c i a l m e d i a f o r l a w f i r m s . c o m

2. Creating Kick-Ass LinkedIn
Profiles is my #1 Goal.
Obsessed with finding the
latest and greatest social
media tools
Samantha Collier
Social Media for Law Firms
@samtaracollier
Hello!

3. FACT
It only takes 1/10 of a
second for someone to
draw conclusions about
you based on your photo
— so how do you win
someone over in less
than a second?

4. HERE’S HOW TO DO IT
LINKEDIN
PROFILE IMAGE
s o c i a l m e d i a f o r l a w f i r m s . c o m

5. Make sure your face takes up
60% of the frame
ONE

6. Choose a photo that looks
like you
TWO

7. Wear what you’d wear
to work
THREE

8. FOUR
Tips for Men: Wear a dark
blue or black dress shirt.
No t-shirts, Hawaiian
shirts, or busy/crazy
patterns

9. FIVE
Tips for Women: Wear
something you feel
comfortable in. No t-shirts or
big/busy patterns. Soft, dark
v-necks look great. Black
always works; avoid white

10. SIX
Your LinkedIn Profile
picture should be 500 x
500 pixels

11. SEVEN
Your LinkedIn picture
must be in a JPEG, PNG
or RGB format

12. EIGHT
Relax. Look
directly at the
camera

13. NINE
Photos should be
professionally done, if
possible (but not
glamour shots)

14. TEN
Don’t use an old photo. There
are few things worse than
meeting someone for the first
time and not recognizing them
because the profile photo is
from 10 years ago (or longer)!

15. ELEVEN
LinkedIn prohibits
pictures of animals, logos
and landscapes for profile
pictures (duh)

16. TWELVE
If you violate LinkedIn’s
profile picture policy 3x,
you won’t be allowed to
upload a picture again.