Your LinkedIn headline isn't a job title.
Most people default to their job title as their LinkedIn headline. Here's why that's costing them, and what to use instead.
Practical posts on profile optimization, personal branding, and the strategy questions most LinkedIn advice skips. Written for people who want to understand the why, not just the what.
Most people default to their job title as their LinkedIn headline. Here's why that's costing them, and what to use instead.
Engagement
My invitation to join the 30-day trust score recovery challenge. The rules, the tracking, and how we can teach the algorithm together.
Engagement
How I'm measuring my 30-day trust score recovery plan: the spreadsheet, the anecdotal patterns, and the success metrics I'm aiming for.
Engagement
My 30-day plan to recover reach and engagement on LinkedIn. Five concrete rules, the constraints behind each one, and where I'm struggling to follow them.
Algorithm
My impressions tanked after LinkedIn's June 2025 update. Here's why I'm following new rules to rebuild — even though the bias problem is real.
Bias & Equity
Originally shared on LinkedIn as an unattributed experiment, this post by Jane Evans hits something the algorithm hides: women, POC, and DEI voices are being quietly silenced.
Algorithm
LinkedIn has a 'trust score' nobody talks about. Turns out mine is in trouble. Here's what I've been doing wrong and the 30-day experiment to fix it.
Why LinkedIn
Founders keep telling me LinkedIn doesn't work for their business. It does. They just aren't showing up for it.
Bias & Equity
Cindy Gallop, Jane Evans, Stephen McGinnis, and Matt Lawton ran an experiment. The numbers were startling. Here's what it tells us about the algorithm.
Bias & Equity
The bias is real. The 'goodbye cruel world' posts are piling up. The question is whether leaving actually helps — or just makes it worse.
Bias & Equity
Two women posted. One told a joke, the other shared strategy. Guess which one LinkedIn prioritized.
Profile Strategy
LinkedIn recommendations are social proof. Most people are happy to write one. You just have to ask.
Why LinkedIn
Everyone checks your LinkedIn before they engage with you. They just don't admit it. Here's why your profile has to be ready for the people you'll never know are looking.
Engagement
Tired of junk in your LinkedIn feed? You can train the algorithm. Three strategic moves to remove distractions and surface the content you actually want.
Algorithm
LinkedIn quietly changed its algorithm. Here's what shifted, who it hurts most, and what you can do about it.
Security
LinkedIn encourages you to share more personal information than is safe. Here's exactly what to remove from your profile right now to protect yourself.
Engagement
Most LinkedIn engagement advice is recycled from other platforms. Here's what actually works on LinkedIn, and what to ignore.
Real Talk
I never set out to be a LinkedIn expert. I just wanted a profile that actually worked. After six months of figuring it out the hard way, here's what changed.
Why LinkedIn
You can skip Instagram. You can quit Twitter. But LinkedIn isn't optional. And most people are still using it wrong.