LinkedIn Profile Evaluator
This new Racket Publishing subscriber benefit helps authors discern serious LinkedIn profiles from bogus ones.
Whether you've written a book or have announced plans to do so, one thing is becoming increasingly likely: bad actors will target you. Depending on your reach, expect quite a few unsolicited emails from folks offering their—er—services.
The Racket Publishing Author Spam Assessment Tool provides assistance to your inbox. It does not, however, help you evaluate LinkedIn profiles.
I decided to change that.
The Solution
Authors looking to separate the wheat from the chaff on the increasingly spammy professional social network will benefit from The Racket Publishing LinkedIn Profile Assessor. Here's a quick overview of how it works.
I saved my LinkedIn profile as a PDF and uploaded it. The second image displays its results. Turns out that I'm not a scammer or spammer. (Phew. I wasn't sure.)
Technically, you can use it on any LinkedIn profile. It works best, however, for current and prospective authors. I trained the tool on author-related connection requests. I'm talking about sketchy people hawking their book promotion and marketing services.