How to Connect a LinkedIn Account or Company Page

Step by step

1. 1

   Open the connections area in SocialKit

   Sign in to SocialKit and navigate to your workspace settings. Look for the accounts or connected profiles section — as of June 2026 this is where all 11 supported platforms are listed with an option to add each one. The exact label may vary with UI updates, but it is the area that shows which accounts are live and which still need connecting.

   Tip: If you manage both a personal profile and a Company Page, you can connect both as separate accounts within your plan's account allowance. Solo includes 15 social accounts; Team includes 30.

2. 2

   Click "Connect" next to LinkedIn

   Select LinkedIn from the platform list. SocialKit will initiate LinkedIn's official OAuth authorization flow — you will be redirected to LinkedIn's own site momentarily. Nothing is stored on SocialKit's side until you approve permissions; the redirect is just opening the handshake.

   Tip: If you are already signed in to the wrong LinkedIn account in your browser, log out first or open a private/incognito window before clicking Connect — otherwise you may authorize the wrong profile.

3. 3

   Sign in and approve LinkedIn's permission screen

   On LinkedIn's authorization page, sign in to the account you want to schedule for (if not already signed in) and review the list of requested permissions. As of June 2026 these typically include reading your basic profile data and the ability to post on your behalf. Approve all requested scopes — denying any of them can prevent publishing from working later.

   Tip: LinkedIn's permission screen occasionally shows the requesting app's name rather than "SocialKit" depending on how the integration is registered. This is normal; the redirect URL will still be linkedin.com.

4. 4

   Select the entity you want to schedule for

   After approving, LinkedIn returns you to SocialKit, which will show the accounts it detected: your personal profile, and any Company Pages for which you hold admin rights. Choose the one you want to connect — or connect them individually in separate steps if you need both. For Company Pages you will only see pages where you have at least Content Admin status, as of June 2026.

   Tip: A Company Page that does not appear here almost always means your LinkedIn account is not listed as a Super Admin or Content Admin on that Page. Have the Page owner update your role in LinkedIn's Page settings, then retry the connection.

5. 5

   Confirm the connection and verify the account details

   Back on the SocialKit connections screen, the newly linked account should appear as active. Check that the displayed name, handle, and profile image match the profile or Page you intended — this quick sanity check catches a wrong-account selection before you schedule anything important.

6. 6

   Schedule a low-stakes test post

   Compose a short draft in the SocialKit creator — something like "Testing scheduling" — pick a time two or three minutes in the future, and confirm the schedule. Company Page connections auto-publish at the chosen time with no further action; personal-profile auto-publish is functional as of June 2026 but more restricted (see the note below), so the post may appear at the scheduled time or, depending on current API scope, prompt you — SocialKit shows which before you schedule.

   Tip: If the test post does not appear and SocialKit shows a publish error, the most common cause is an expired token (reconnect the account) or missing permissions on a Company Page. Reconnecting takes under a minute.

Best practices

• Always connect under an account that has two-factor authentication enabled — a compromised LinkedIn login can revoke your SocialKit connection mid-campaign.
• If you switch LinkedIn passwords or LinkedIn prompts a security verification, reconnect the account in SocialKit the same day; LinkedIn tokens tied to changed credentials typically expire quickly.
• For Company Pages, the team member who holds Super Admin rights should complete the connection, then grant teammates scheduling access through SocialKit's workspace permissions rather than each person connecting their own LinkedIn copy.
• Check the connected account's handle in SocialKit before your first live post — it takes five seconds and prevents publishing to the wrong profile, which cannot be undone from a scheduler.
• LinkedIn is primarily a weekday platform. Use the best-time data at /best-time-to-post/linkedin as a starting point for your slot choices, then adjust based on your own analytics after a few weeks of posts.
• After connecting, schedule at least one post type you plan to use regularly (text, image, or video) during the trial so you know SocialKit handles it before you commit to a paid plan.

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