Testimonials (Portfolio) on LinkedIn
1. LinkedIn Recommendations
LinkedIn
is well known for its business-oriented social network among the
professionals and experts. Due to that, ‘LinkedIn recommendations’ plays
a major role in strengthening your business network by allowing others
to know your unique skills and talents when collaborating with a client.
There are two things you should know about LinkedIn Recommendations:
a) How to request a recommendation?
Go to Profile -> Recommendations -> Request Recommendations
I would suggest you to only send recommendation requests to people you know that could give an in depth commentary about your working ethics.
Don’t send it to 500+ contacts on your list but be selective to whom
you chose. If need to, communicate with the person before you send the
request. This is NOT a popularity contest with the most recommendations
wins. Remember ‘Quality over Quantity‘.
b) How to backup your recommendations periodically?
One of the best
features I love about LinkedIn is the backup facility. Users can backup
profile details along with their client recommendations in .pdf
format (with presentable layout). You can send this file to your
potential clients, especially those who yet to own a LinkedIn account or
unable to access your full professional data. Simply thoughtful!
2. Creative Portfolio Display – LinkedIn Application
Creative Portfolio Display
is an application that allows creative professionals (graphic
designers, photographers etc) to showcase their art work on LinkedIn.
With just a click your contacts can view your complete portfolio and
even rate it! This application is powered by Behance and I had been using it to showcase my facebook page customization work. Go ahead and see how the full Behance portfolio looks like. Maybe you can rate it too since you’re there? 
3. Add Video Testimonial or Portfolio – LinkedIn Profile
Slideshare makes it possible to publish video on Linkedin Profile. It supports .flv, .avi, .wmv and more formats can be found here. You can make it so to display your monthly client video testimonial (refer to point #6 in this post) or a compilation of the work you’ve done with dynamic content that is memorable and shareable.
The procedure is not complicated at all. Just upload your video to SlideShare or do so from your LinkedIn SlideShare
application. Once your video is uploaded, fill up your video details
and wait for the conversion to finish. When it’s done, go to ‘Your Slidespace’ -> ‘Your Presentations’ to check on your video status. Here is a video example I made for my facebook customization work:
