The Lawyer's Personal Brand · glossary

Headline

The line under your name on a LinkedIn page, shown in search results and beside every comment. It must answer a question: what you do, for whom and where. Tess’s went from a trainee’s title to “Corporate solicitor at Fenwick Rowe · company sales, investments and shareholders’ agreements · Manchester”. File 1.2 · Chapter 2 · see About section

Explained in Chapter 2, Your Page Is Your Front Door, of The Lawyer's Personal Brand.

How it comes up, in Chapter 2
The headline is the line under your name. LinkedIn shows it everywhere: in search results, and beside every comment you leave. Most readers read nothing else, so it must answer their question: what do you do, for whom, and where? Tess's headline gave only her old job title.
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