How to create a LinkedIn QR code
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Add your profile
Type your profile name from linkedin.com/in/…, or paste the link to your profile or company page.
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Design it
Add your colours, a logo or photo frame, and text such as “Connect on LinkedIn”.
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Download and test
Scan it with your phone and check the right profile opens, logged in and logged out.
How a LinkedIn QR code works
The code holds your public profile link, linkedin.com/in/yourname. When someone scans it, the LinkedIn app opens on your profile with the Connect or Follow button. If they don’t have the app, the profile opens in the browser.
Type just your profile name, the part after /in/, and we build the link. For a company page, a job post, an event or a newsletter, paste the full link instead.
Get a clean profile link first
LinkedIn gives new profiles a link with random numbers at the end, like linkedin.com/in/asha-rao-7b3a91204. You can change it to something short, such as linkedin.com/in/asharao, under “Edit public profile & URL” on your profile. Do this before printing: a static code keeps the link it was made with, and LinkedIn doesn’t always redirect old profile links.
Where to use a LinkedIn QR code
- Business cards: people connect on the spot instead of losing your card
- Conference badges and lanyards, the fastest way to connect at events
- The last slide of a talk, so the audience can connect with the speaker
- CVs and portfolios, linking to your full experience and recommendations
- Company brochures, booths and recruiting posters, linking to the company page or careers page
- Email signatures and PDF proposals, with the code next to your name
LinkedIn or a contact card?
A LinkedIn code is best when you want to stay in touch professionally: people see your experience and connect, and they get your updates afterwards. A vCard QR code saves your phone number and email straight to their contacts instead. Many people print both on the back of a business card: “Save my number” and “Connect on LinkedIn”.
Tips for more connections
- Use a clear profile photo and headline. That’s what people see first after scanning.
- Set your public profile to visible, so people who aren’t logged in still see your name and headline.
- Add a Follow button for creators: if you post often, switch your profile’s main button to Follow.
- Say what to do in the frame: “Scan to connect” is clearer than a bare code.
- At events, keep the code on your phone’s lock screen or badge, so it’s always one second away.
Static and dynamic codes
This is a static code: free, never expires and works without us, but fixed once printed. A dynamic QR code lets you change where it points at any time, for example to a new company page or job opening, and see how many people scanned at each event.
Print tips
LinkedIn profile links are short, so the code scans well at 2 cm on business cards and badges. On slides, make it at least a fifth of the slide height and leave it on screen long enough for the room to scan. Keep the code dark on a light background, and use LinkedIn blue in the frame, not in the code.