*Boost your LinkedIn engagement with professional carousel posts. * Learn the exact design-to-fullstack workflow to convert Photoshop designs into LinkedIn-ready PDFs that stop the scroll.
In this demonstration, I use Adobe Photoshop to create JPG images. Next, I combine the JPG images into a single PDF using Adobe Acrobat. Finally, I use the LinkedIn post type “Document” to upload multiple pages and create a carousel effect on LinkedIn.
*How to Create LinkedIn Carousel Posts – Hint: Use a PDF | tutorial*
🕒 Video Timestamps
0:00 Intro: Why use LinkedIn Carousels?
0:08 Step 1: Preparing your images in Photoshop
0:21 Step 2: Converting JPEGs to a single PDF
0:41 The “PDF Rule” for LinkedIn Documents
0:54 Step 3: Starting your LinkedIn Post
1:12 Step 4: Using the “Add a Document” feature
1:25 Step 5: Adding titles and previewing the carousel
1:56 Final Result: Testing the scroll and hover effects
2:18 Design Tip: Using arrows and avoiding overlays
Blog Post:
A popular social media post type is the carousel. Carousels are quite easy to create on Facebook and Instagram but not as easy on LinkedIn. In this post, I will explain how to create a carousel post on LinkedIn. It takes a few extra steps to create carousels on LinkedIn, and this is a barrier that makes the carousel post type underutilized. That means the carousel post type is an opportunity for you!
For more LinkedIn tips, check out our LinkedIn posts on the Designer to Fullstack blog:
https://designertofullstack.com/tag/linkedin/