Run LinkedIn Ads

Connect LinkedIn Ads in Ads, let Buildy build a campaign, set a daily budget, and publish. LinkedIn bills the ad spend.

Buildy builds LinkedIn Sponsored Content campaigns and publishes them to your LinkedIn ad account. LinkedIn bills the ad spend to that account.

Before you start

  • A paid Buildy plan.
  • An active ad account in LinkedIn Campaign Manager, with billing set up.
  • Admin access to a LinkedIn Company Page. Your ads post as that Page.

Steps

  1. Open Ads. In Ad network, choose LinkedIn.
  2. Click Connect ad accounts (or Manage connections), then choose LinkedIn Ads in the side panel. Then click Connect, sign in to LinkedIn, then pick your Ad account and Organization.
  3. Click New Campaign. Enter a Campaign Name and pick an Objective.
  4. Click Generate with Buildy. Buildy picks the audience and budget, builds draft ad sets and ads, and tells you what it chose in chat. Or click Build Step-by-Step.
  5. Review the drafts. Each ad set needs a Daily budget (USD) of at least $10. Click the pencil icon to edit.
  6. Click Publish, pick the ads, tick the box to confirm they spend your LinkedIn budget, and click Publish.

The ads run when LinkedIn approves them.

Use Manage connections and choose the platform to change its account or conversion tracking later. Close the panel to return to your campaigns.

Good to know

  • Published campaigns, ad sets and ads are locked. To change one, make a new draft.
  • Click Pause on the campaign to stop spend, or Resume to restart. Click Sync for the latest LinkedIn status.
  • If you disconnect or switch ad accounts, live campaigns keep running. Manage them in LinkedIn Campaign Manager.

Common problems

"No LinkedIn ad accounts found for this login"

Create an ad account in Campaign Manager, then click Disconnect and Connect again.

"No LinkedIn Company Pages found"

Get admin access to your Company Page on LinkedIn, then disconnect and connect again.

"Campaign isn't ready to publish"

The message says what to fix, such as a daily budget under $10. Fix it and publish again.

"Needs an image before it can publish."

Open the ad and add an image with Upload or Library.

"LinkedIn access was revoked"

Click Reconnect on the LinkedIn Ads card.

Still stuck? Our support assistant can look into it with you.Last updated 2026-10-27