Singer-songwriter Matt Henshaw used his profile to launch a career comeback. He proves no matter what your dream - it’s all about how you put yourself out there.
What’s your dream? Picture yourself where you want to be and let LinkedIn help you get there.
39. I logged back on
THOUGHT
If this works for office stuff, why can’t it work for music?
40. I checked out other people’s profiles and then used the interactive guide to
update my own one.
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41. I realised how easy it was to tailor it to music to showcase my skills.
42. I wanted to get across my passion and most of all…my personality
43. Funnily enough most of my endorsements were already for signing and
songwriting.
44. When I updated my profile more and more endorsements started coming in from
people I already knew.
It was a massive CONFIDENCE BOOST
45. Keeping my profile UP TO DATE was a sure-fire way of making sure people took
me seriously and saw me as a professional.
Not just another lad with a guitar.
46. I did a search
Amazingly I found loads of relevant people…
JOURNALISTS AGENTS PR MARKETING
47. Then one day I got the message…
you’ve got a new connection
48. That one connection opened up a whole new range of people
Triggered a fresh network of possibilities.
49. What was most amazing was that instead of sending out speculative messages to
find opportunities…
50. suddenly, opportunities were coming to me!
My profile was like a MAGNET and all because I’d added a bit more detail.
51. Just adding a bit more about yourself in the summary and adding a profile picture
makes it much easier for people to find you.
52. It turns out if you have a complete profile, you’re 40 times more likely to receive
opportunities.
53. And it meant people contacted me with relevant and meaningful jobs in mind…
54. …Be it a gig or festival or just helping put stuff together in the recording studio.