1. Headline
LinkedIn gives you 220 characters, and they travel with your name into search results, invites and every comment thread. Spend them on who you help and what changes for them. Put your job title second.
Guide + free LinkedIn profile generator
How to create a LinkedIn profile a stranger understands at a glance.
Start with a draft. Give the generator a few sentences, a web page or your CV, and name the person the profile has to convince. It writes a headline, an About section, experience bullets, a skills list and a custom URL. Every line stays editable, and the guide underneath covers what to check before you publish.
Have a profile already? Run the free LinkedIn profile review for a score out of 100 and a rewrite of each section.
How to create a LinkedIn profile, one section at a time
2. About
Write as “I”. Visitors see roughly the opening two lines before “see more”, so lead with the problem you solve. Follow with proof, then say who should get in touch. The limit is 2,600 characters, and most people need far fewer.
3. Experience
For each role, list a handful of things that were different because you were there. Open each line with a verb and close it with a figure when you have a real one. Leave the job description out.
4. Skills
Pick the terms your reader would type into search, and put the three that match your headline first. A focused list of a dozen or so does more than fifty loosely related ones.
5. Custom URL
Swap the address LinkedIn generated, with its string of random characters, for your name. It takes a minute, and it looks better on a CV, in an email signature and when someone forwards your profile.
6. Photo, banner and Featured
No generator can do these for you. Use a recent head-and-shoulders photo, a banner with one line about your work, and two or three pinned items that prove the claims in your headline.
The profile is the page people land on when they click your name under a comment. Someone who has noticed you on a few of their posts will open it to find out who you are. The headline and the first lines of About have to answer that at once.
After you publish, paste the link into the free LinkedIn profile review. It scores ten sections for the reader you name and shows what still needs work. Then choose who should see the profile with the ICP report generator, and plan how to show up for them with the warm-first outreach strategy.
Questions about creating a LinkedIn profile
What do I need before I create a LinkedIn profile?
Four things. A recent photo of your face. The roles you have held, with rough dates. Two or three results you can describe honestly, with numbers where you have them. And one sentence about who the profile is for. That last item matters most, because every other section is written to that reader.
What should I type in to get a useful draft?
Be concrete. Give your current role, the kind of customer or employer you want to reach (“finance managers at restaurant groups” is better than “businesses”), a few results with figures, and one detail that makes you different, such as a side project or an unusual career path. Thin input gives a thin draft.
Does the generator make up facts about me?
It is instructed not to. The draft should use only the companies, dates and figures you supplied, and leave a number out when you gave none. It is still an AI model, so read every line before you publish and remove anything you could not defend in an interview or a sales call.
Will people be able to tell it was written by AI?
They will if you publish it untouched. Give the draft ten minutes. Rewrite the opening line of About the way you would say it out loud, trade one bullet for a story only you could tell, and delete any phrase you would never use in conversation. After that it reads as yours.
How is this different from asking a general chatbot?
Three ways. It will not start without a named reader, which stops the bland profile that tries to please everyone. It knows LinkedIn’s fields and their limits, so the output arrives already split into headline, About, experience, skills and URL. And you edit the result in place, with live character counts, before copying or saving it.
What if my headline runs past 220 characters?
The counter above the headline box turns red once you pass the limit. Cut the weakest segment first. That is usually a credential at the end, such as years of experience or a former employer, or a second description of your audience.
How many drafts can I make, and are they saved?
You get three free drafts a day from one connection, with no account. Your latest draft, including your edits, is kept in your own browser for seven days so a refresh does not lose it. Choosing “Start again” clears it and lets you try different input or a different reader.
What should I do after the profile is live?
First, check it. Paste the link into the LinkedIn profile review for a score on each of ten sections. Then give people a reason to visit. Commenting on the posts of people you want to know is the simplest one, because your name and headline sit under every comment. Icebreakly can draft those comments in your voice for the leads you choose.
Is the generator part of the paid Icebreakly product?
No. It is a free tool that stands on its own. Icebreakly itself does not write or edit profiles. It monitors the LinkedIn leads you pick, comments on their new posts in your voice, and tracks how familiar each lead has become.