Customize your LinkedIn Profile URL in 6 Quick Steps (in less than 5 minutes)

How to Customize Your LinkedIn Profile URL

One quick thing you can do on your LinkedIn profile for better personal branding is to customize your profile URL. When you created your LinkedIn account, your profile was assigned a long line of numbers after the www.linkedin.com/in/358212934….. But this is not easy for anyone to remember (including you!), and won’t look as professional as a custom URL that includes your name.

So here is how to change your link in 6 quick steps that take less than 5 mintues:

Step #1: Go to the top menu navigation bar, hover over Profile, and then click on Edit Profile (shown below):

LinkedIn Custom URL Step 1

Step #2: Click on the Edit button by your profile link (shown below):

LinkedIn Edit Profile Step 3

(You’ll notice that I already changed my URL, but your link will be in this same spot with all of those numbers instead of a name.)

Step #3: Scroll down on the next screen to the “Your Public Profile URL” box

Step #4: Click on Customize your public profile URL (shown below):

LinkedIn Set Custom URL Step 4

Step #5: Get rid of all those numbers and then enter your name

Step #6: Click on Set Custom URL button (shown below):

LinkedIn Set Custom URL Step 5 and 6

And you’re done! Now you’ll have a much more professional link to share in your emails, business cards, and posts.

While you’re here, consider adding a View My Profile badge to your website to make it easier for people to find you on LinkedIn.

Just click on the Create a Profile Badge text in the “Your Public Profile URL” box (shown in Step #4 above), choose which badge you want to add to your site, and then copy and paste the code to your website.

This is one of those times where spending just a few minutes can make a big difference on making a good first impression! Let me know if you have any questions.

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