Adding your Google Ads Certification to LinkedIn can significantly boost your digital marketing profile. This guide shows you exactly how to showcase this valuable Google credential on your LinkedIn profile.
Before we start – Congratulations on earning the Google Ads Search Certification! This professional certification will help you stand out when applying to digital marketing jobs.
You’ll want to add this important certification to your LinkedIn profile and this article will walk you through how to do that.
Step One: Access Your Google Ads Certification
Log on to Skillshop with the Google account you used to take the exam and click on the hamburger menu on the upper left to select “My Activities”.
Once you are on the My Activities page, click on “Certification.”
Step Two: View Your Skillshop Digital Badge
Clicking on the Accredible Digital Badge will bring up a unique page with your completion certificate. This page will allow others to verify that this credential is valid. Copy the URL of this page (you’ll need it in step three).
Step Three: Add Your Google Ads Certification to LinkedIn
Now that you have the link to your certificate page, you can go to your LinkedIn profile and add it to the “Licenses & Certifications” section of your profile.
If you don’t already have a section for “Licenses & Certifications”, just click on “add profile section” at the top of your profile and select it from the resulting list of options.
When adding the certification, you’ll need a few key bits of information:
- Name (of Certification): You can just put “Google Ads Search Certification.”
- Issuing Organization: Google Digital Academy (Skillhop)
- Issue Date: Enter the date you earned the certificate and expiration date (one year).
- Credential ID: Click “Verify Credential” to get the Blockchain ID to add here.
- Credential URL: This is where you will paste the URL of your certificate page from step two.
- Skills: You can associate this certificate with the skill: “Google Ads”
Step Four: Share Your Achievement!
Now that you’ve added your certificate to your profile, you can tell your LinkedIn network about your new achievement!
Good Work Adding Your Google Ads Certification to LinkedIn!
With your Google Ads Certification on LinkedIn, you’ve now enhanced your professional profile. This credential demonstrates your expertise in search advertising and can help you stand out to potential employers and clients looking for Google Ads specialists.