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LinkedIn Profile Cheat Sheet

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Jill Chitty
Jill Chitty

This document provides a cheat sheet for completing all areas of a LinkedIn profile, with character limits for each field. It details the header, profile picture, contact info, experience, and other areas sections. Users are encouraged to use the cheat sheet to systematically fill out their profile from top to bottom.

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border If you’re not sure where to start to begin making the most of your LinkedIn Profile here’s a cheat sheet of each area of your LinkedIn Profile. The Cheat Sheet will take the guesswork out of writing your profile. It shares how many characters or keystrokes each field allows. Letters, numbers, punctuation, and spaces count towards character count. Workyourwaydown thissheetandyou’llfindyouhaveacompletedprofilebytheendofit! TheHeader: Header Background: 1400 px by 425 px [Use platforms like Canva or PowerPoint to create image and position text] Profile Picture: Keep it professional Name: First name 20, last name 40 Professional Headline: 120-character limit. Vanity URL: 29 characters [after ‘www.linkedin.com/in/'] Summary: 2,000-character limit. ContactInfo: Website Anchor Text: 30 maximum characters. Website URL: 256 maximum characters. Phone number: 25 maximum characters. Only your 1st degree connections can see this information. IM (Instant message): 25 maximum characters. [Only your 1st degree connections can see this information.] Address: 1000 maximum characters. Only your 1st degree connections can see this information. © Jill Chitty CHEAT SHEET FOR YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE
Experience: Company Name: 100 maximum characters. Job Title: 100 characters. Position Description:200 minimum and 2000 maximum characters. Share the experiences that make you great at what you do today! OtherAreas: Recommendations: 3,000-character limit. Personal Interests: 1,000 Characters Skills & Endorsements: You may add up to 50 skills using 61 characters per skill. LinkedIn Publisher Post Headline: 100 maximum characters. LinkedIn Publisher Post Body: 40,000 characters. Home Page: In your LinkedIn status bar update you can use up to 700 characters unless you want to update your Twitter status at the same time. Twitter updates are limited to 140 characters. If you go over the 140-character limit, only the first 140 characters will be visible on Twitter. If you don’t have an All-Star Profile yet you have now got a framework to work through your Profile from top to bottom. There's no excuse! ABOUT JILL CHITTY Jill has been creating, developing, and selling businesses since 2002 and in her search for great results in her marketing she stumbled across LinkedIn. It has exponentially grown her business and she now helps her clients build six-figure revenues through LinkedIn campaigns. Want that for your business? You can book a call with her at grow@jillchitty.co.uk © Jill Chitty

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LinkedIn Profile Cheat Sheet

  • 1. border If you’re not sure where to start to begin making the most of your LinkedIn Profile here’s a cheat sheet of each area of your LinkedIn Profile. The Cheat Sheet will take the guesswork out of writing your profile. It shares how many characters or keystrokes each field allows. Letters, numbers, punctuation, and spaces count towards character count. Workyourwaydown thissheetandyou’llfindyouhaveacompletedprofilebytheendofit! TheHeader: Header Background: 1400 px by 425 px [Use platforms like Canva or PowerPoint to create image and position text] Profile Picture: Keep it professional Name: First name 20, last name 40 Professional Headline: 120-character limit. Vanity URL: 29 characters [after ‘www.linkedin.com/in/'] Summary: 2,000-character limit. ContactInfo: Website Anchor Text: 30 maximum characters. Website URL: 256 maximum characters. Phone number: 25 maximum characters. Only your 1st degree connections can see this information. IM (Instant message): 25 maximum characters. [Only your 1st degree connections can see this information.] Address: 1000 maximum characters. Only your 1st degree connections can see this information. © Jill Chitty CHEAT SHEET FOR YOUR LINKEDIN PROFILE
  • 2. Experience: Company Name: 100 maximum characters. Job Title: 100 characters. Position Description:200 minimum and 2000 maximum characters. Share the experiences that make you great at what you do today! OtherAreas: Recommendations: 3,000-character limit. Personal Interests: 1,000 Characters Skills & Endorsements: You may add up to 50 skills using 61 characters per skill. LinkedIn Publisher Post Headline: 100 maximum characters. LinkedIn Publisher Post Body: 40,000 characters. Home Page: In your LinkedIn status bar update you can use up to 700 characters unless you want to update your Twitter status at the same time. Twitter updates are limited to 140 characters. If you go over the 140-character limit, only the first 140 characters will be visible on Twitter. If you don’t have an All-Star Profile yet you have now got a framework to work through your Profile from top to bottom. There's no excuse! ABOUT JILL CHITTY Jill has been creating, developing, and selling businesses since 2002 and in her search for great results in her marketing she stumbled across LinkedIn. It has exponentially grown her business and she now helps her clients build six-figure revenues through LinkedIn campaigns. Want that for your business? You can book a call with her at grow@jillchitty.co.uk © Jill Chitty