Let’s look at where to use your new LinkedIn profile photo. We can assume that if you have gone to the expense of commissioning a professional corporate headshot photographer, you will upload your new photo to your LinkedIn profile page. You will know the benefits of looking professional on your LinkedIn page, but there are other business social media platforms on which you can use your new headshot. We will look at these in a minute, but it is important to add here that when you are having your corporate headshot captured, ask the photographer to zoom out a little. This way, you will have other options when using your new headshot. As LinkedIn only gives you a small area to upload, too, you will be able to crop your new headshot to fit the small size required 400 x 400 pixels as it appears in the top left corner, so you are only seeing your head and part of your shoulders.

OK, so where to use your new LinkedIn profile photo on other business social media platforms? Your company website will have ‘about us’ or ‘meet the team’ pages. Here you can use your new LinkedIn profile photo much larger as you have no size restrictions on how it appears. You might also have a small version on the ‘meet the team’ page but then the viewer will be able to click on a member of the team and view a larger corporate headshot along with text about the individual. Also, when you have captured your new LinkedIn profile photo, ask the professional corporate photographer to capture different stances and expressions. Also, get some photos with jackets on and off and formal and casual stances so you can select a corporate headshot to fit in and be consistent with your company’s website page.

Our last idea on where to use your new LinkedIn profile photo is to use it as your Microsoft Teams profile picture. Many people choose to use an avatar, but when it comes to business, people like to look at the person they are talking to. Put a face to the name!

Original corporate headshot for the ‘about us’ website page. 

Cropped photo for use on your LinkedIn profile page.