3 acronyms to give your LinkedIn more L-U-V

Whether you want a stronger presence LinkedIn for your career or for your company, here are three quick story-mining hacks to help you punch up your profile or business page.

They can also be used to help spark any content creation or storytelling effort.

These tips were shared recently by acronym fan and Thunder11 Senior Partner Marco Greenberg in a Ragan webinar titled “Creating the Narrative to Amplify Your Profile and Your Company’s Profile.”

1. Try a little L-U-V. “You don’t want your LinkedIn to just be a social media resume,” says Greenberg in the session. “Instead, give people something refreshing.”

For example, “artist Charles Hearn’s LinkedIn profile features a beautiful montage” Greenberg says. “It’s such a surprising, creative LinkedIn cover photo.”

Similarly, Mike Schmidt at The New York Times simply leads his LinkedIn with “Hello! My name is Mike Schmidt, thanks for visiting.”

“Both are approachable, intriguing and human,” Greenberg says. His advice for creating a more human profile is to “give your page some love,” spelled L-U-V: