Frequently asked questions

You sign up with Sign in with LinkedIn. We never see your password — LinkedIn authenticates you and shares only the limited public fields you authorise (name, headline, photo, country).

From there you land in onboarding where you fill in your self-labels, role, languages, skills, and add projects or paid content. Your profile becomes a public, indexable page at /profile/your-slug.

You can revoke our access any time from your LinkedIn permitted services settings.

Want to leave entirely? You can delete your profile any time from your dashboard settings.

The preview card is the compact version of your profile shown on the home page, Explore, and search results. It's designed to be visually consistent across every profile.

• Photo, name, and short headline
• Row 1–2: up to 3 self-labels + your role chip (role always sits last)
• Row 3: country, plus a Worldwide tag if you work remotely
• Row 4: languages
• Skills below, fitted to a fixed two-line height

Same shape for everyone, so the eye scans cards instead of decoding layouts.

From your dashboard, add a project with a title, summary, cover image, and the role you played. Each project gets its own public page that links back to your profile.

Projects appear as cards on your profile and are indexable on their own — so a search for your work can land directly on the project, not just your profile.

Yes. Every profile has a Contact on LinkedIn button that takes the visitor straight to your LinkedIn profile. We don't host messaging or DMs — the conversation happens where you already are.

LinkedIn is rolling out a native Book a consultation / paid consultancy feature on profiles. When it goes live for your account, the same LinkedIn button on SurfedIn will let visitors book you directly. No extra setup on our side — we're already wired for it.

Three ways: through Google and other search engines (every profile, project, and resource page is public and indexable), through AI assistants that crawl the public web, and through SurfedIn's own Explore and search.

We don't run an algorithm that decides who gets seen. Order is based on what you've filled in and how relevant your tags are to a query — not on engagement or posting activity.

Stop relying on the feed. Publish a public, indexable profile that says exactly what you do — 3 sharp self-labels (e.g. "Fractional CMO", "Brand Designer", "React Freelancer"), your role, the industries and skills you work in, your country and a Worldwide tag if you take remote work.

SurfedIn profiles are real URLs, not posts. Google crawls them. AI search engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity) can read them. So a search like "fractional CMO Belgium" or "React freelancer worldwide" can land buyers directly on you — no login wall, no algorithm gate.

Add projects, case studies and rates. The more your profile answers the buyer's first three questions (Who are you? What have you shipped? What does it cost?), the more it converts.

Two rules: be easy to find, and be easy to buy from. SurfedIn is built for both.

• Clear headline and 3 focused self-labels — no "generalist wearing many hats"
• Day rate, project minimum and retainer indication — buyers self-qualify
• Service packages with fixed prices — remove the "how much?" friction
• Case studies with real outcomes — proof beats copy
• Contact on LinkedIn + LinkedIn Advice Sessions link — conversations happen where you already are

No cold outreach, no bidding wars, no platform commission. Buyers find you through search, jump straight to LinkedIn to talk.

You don't need a content treadmill. You need one page that keeps working — a SurfedIn profile with your positioning, rates, projects, paid content and reviews. It's indexed by Google and readable by AI search, so it earns inbound while you sleep.

Share the same URL everywhere: LinkedIn bio, email signature, proposals, invoices, event intros. One link replaces your portfolio site, rate card PDF, Calendly, and half a dozen "here's what I do" screenshots.

Update the profile when your work changes — not because an algorithm demands a post today.

Position sharply, price openly, prove with work. Consultants and independent experts get hired when a buyer can answer three questions in under a minute: what you do, whether you've done it before, and what it costs.

• 3 self-labels that name the outcome, not the job title
• Day rate + retainer indication — no "let's jump on a call to discuss"
• Packaged offers (audit, sprint, fractional) with fixed scope and price
• Case studies with metrics — revenue moved, time saved, launch shipped
• Contact on LinkedIn + Advice Session link where available

Searches like "independent GTM consultant", "fractional CFO worldwide" or "freelance product designer Berlin" land directly on your profile through Google, AI search and SurfedIn Explore.

The other side of the marketplace: buyers finding talent. Founders, hiring managers, HR, in-house talent teams and headhunters all use SurfedIn the same way — search, shortlist, contact on LinkedIn.

• Search Explore by role, industry, skill, language, country — or Worldwide for remote-only shortlists
• Combine location + Worldwide (e.g. "Belgium + worldwide") to widen a search without losing local candidates
• Read positioning, rates, packages, case studies and reviews upfront — no discovery call required to shortlist
• Contact directly on LinkedIn — no credits, no platform commission, no gatekeeping

Recruiters and headhunters welcome. SurfedIn is a directory, not a gated marketplace — the person you're looking for is one click away on LinkedIn.

No feed, no inbox, no algorithm picking winners. SurfedIn is a directory — it lists, it doesn't intermediate. Your profile is a public page, not a post you have to keep re-publishing.

Read the Manifesto for the why behind it.

You're in control of both sides — your profile on SurfedIn and the LinkedIn permission that lets us sign you in.

1. Delete your profile. Go to your dashboard, open settings, and choose Delete profile. This removes your public page, projects, and associated content from SurfedIn.
2. Revoke LinkedIn access. Open your LinkedIn permitted services settings and remove SurfedIn from the list. We will no longer be able to authenticate you.

Locked out because you revoked LinkedIn access first? Just sign in with LinkedIn again (re-authorise the app) and delete your profile from the dashboard. You own your LinkedIn account — managing access there is your responsibility.