This is the blog index page for Love Your LinkedIn Profile by Natalie Berthe. The blog covers LinkedIn strategy, profile optimization, personal branding, and related topics for consultants, executives, and career professionals. Posts are categorized by topic. Subscribers can sign up for an email newsletter to receive new posts and LinkedIn strategy tips.

LinkedIn Logic.

LinkedIn strategy, without the tired, regurgitated nonsense.

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.

Engagement

Join me: how you can improve your LinkedIn trust score too.

My invitation to join the 30-day trust score recovery challenge. The rules, the tracking, and how we can teach the algorithm together.

Apr 15, 2026 2 min read

Engagement

Tracking the results of my LinkedIn trust score experiment.

How I'm measuring my 30-day trust score recovery plan: the spreadsheet, the anecdotal patterns, and the success metrics I'm aiming for.

Mar 29, 2026 2 min read

Engagement

The 5 rules I'm following to rebuild my LinkedIn trust score.

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.

Mar 12, 2026 4 min read

Algorithm

Why I'm rebuilding my LinkedIn trust score.

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.

Feb 23, 2026 3 min read

Bias & Equity

LinkedIn reach is dropping for diverse voices. Here's why it matters.

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.

Feb 6, 2026 3 min read

Algorithm

LinkedIn trust score: why my reach plummeted (and how I plan to fix it).

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.

Jan 20, 2026 4 min read

Why LinkedIn

'LinkedIn doesn't work' is a lie.

Founders keep telling me LinkedIn doesn't work for their business. It does. They just aren't showing up for it.

Jan 2, 2026 3 min read

Bias & Equity

Would LinkedIn treat you differently if you were male and white?

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.

Dec 15, 2025 4 min read

Bias & Equity

LinkedIn isn't working for women. Should we boycott it?

The bias is real. The 'goodbye cruel world' posts are piling up. The question is whether leaving actually helps — or just makes it worse.

Nov 28, 2025 4 min read

Bias & Equity

LinkedIn is basically Instagram now (but still biased).

Two women posted. One told a joke, the other shared strategy. Guess which one LinkedIn prioritized.

Nov 11, 2025 4 min read

Profile Strategy

Why LinkedIn recommendations matter (and how to ask for them).

LinkedIn recommendations are social proof. Most people are happy to write one. You just have to ask.

Oct 25, 2025 2 min read

Why LinkedIn

Everyone lurks. That's why your LinkedIn profile needs to work.

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.

Oct 8, 2025 3 min read

Engagement

Fix your LinkedIn feed: how to train the algorithm in 2025.

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.

Sep 21, 2025 4 min read

Algorithm

Why your LinkedIn reach just tanked.

LinkedIn quietly changed its algorithm. Here's what shifted, who it hurts most, and what you can do about it.

Sep 4, 2025 3 min read

Security

LinkedIn is a goldmine for hackers. Here's how to fix that.

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.

Aug 18, 2025 4 min read

Engagement

Want more LinkedIn engagement? Think conversation, not content.

Most LinkedIn engagement advice is recycled from other platforms. Here's what actually works on LinkedIn, and what to ignore.

Aug 1, 2025 3 min read

Real Talk

How I became a LinkedIn expert by accident.

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.

Jul 15, 2025 3 min read

Why LinkedIn

Why LinkedIn is the one platform you can't ignore in 2025

You can skip Instagram. You can quit Twitter. But LinkedIn isn't optional. And most people are still using it wrong.

Jul 1, 2025 2 min read

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