> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.b2bsignals.ai/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Connect LinkedIn > Connect your LinkedIn account as a sender, read its status, set its pace and fix it when it needs to reconnect. Connect your LinkedIn so campaigns send from your own account and replies land in your [Inbox](https://docs.b2bsignals.ai/workspace/inbox.md). A connected account is called a sender. Connecting one sends nothing. Senders are part of Software and the trial. On Free you see "Senders are not in your plan". See [Plans](https://docs.b2bsignals.ai/getting-started/plans.md). ## Connect your account **1. Open Senders** Go to **Settings** › **Senders**. **2. Add a sender** Click **Add a sender** and choose **LinkedIn account**. To add email instead, choose **Email account (Gmail or Outlook)**. ![The Senders page with the Add a sender menu open](https://mintcdn.com/b2-b-signals-llc/u5yYe4FZtFc5vtD_/images/settings/senders-add.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=u5yYe4FZtFc5vtD_\&q=85\&s=3dd757c6cee287d703b9a2a01d8860e6) Add a sender opens a short menu: a LinkedIn account or an email account. **3. Sign in to LinkedIn** Sign in through the LinkedIn window. We never see or store your password. If your browser blocks the window, sign-in opens in the same tab. **4. Check it's connected** You see "Connected." and your account appears in the list, warming up. During sign-up, the **Connect LinkedIn** button does the same thing. Each teammate connects their own account. > [!WARNING] > > LinkedIn can restrict any account that sends outreach. Limits, working hours and automatic pauses lower the chance, but nothing can rule it out. Stay close to the default pace, especially in the first weeks. ## What each status means | Status | What it means | What to do | | - | - | - | | **Connecting** | Sign-in hasn't finished | Finish it, or try again | | **Warming up** | New sender. It sends a little more each day and reaches its full pace in about two weeks. The status shows the date. | Nothing | | **Active** | Sending normally. The line shows its pace and invites a day. | Nothing | | **Needs reconnect** | The sign-in expired. Nothing sends until then, and campaigns that use it wait. Nothing is lost. | Click **Reconnect** | | **Paused by you** | It sends nothing until you resume it | Click **Resume sender** | | **Paused on its own** | We stopped it, and the status shows the reason. Nothing is lost. | Read the reason, then see [below](#after-linkedin-restricts-your-account) | | **Resting** | LinkedIn asked for a break. Invites wait until the time shown. Other steps carry on. | Nothing, it restarts on its own | To see details, click the sender. The panel shows its status, pace, owner and limits. ![The Senders list with an active, a warming up and a needs reconnect sender](https://mintcdn.com/b2-b-signals-llc/u5yYe4FZtFc5vtD_/images/settings/senders-list.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=u5yYe4FZtFc5vtD_\&q=85\&s=fe6b45a09fbafcde389c90192a9c6655) One sender active, one warming up, one waiting to reconnect, with the Reconnect banner above the list. ### Reconnect When a sender needs to reconnect, a banner appears on the **Senders** page and on the **Settings** page. Click **Reconnect** and sign in again. Campaigns pick up where they stopped. ### Replies stopped showing up If we've heard nothing from a sender for a while, the panel says "No news from this sender". Click **Repair connection**, then **Repair**. This takes a few seconds. Nothing is sent and no campaign stops. ### After LinkedIn restricts your account If LinkedIn restricts the account, or it stays offline too long, sending goes on hold and a banner explains why. Sort out the account on LinkedIn first, then click **Resume sending**. Invites restart gently: 5 a day for 3 days, then 10, then 15 in week 2, then your normal limits. ## Set the pace Open the sender and pick a **Pace**. Owners and admins can change any sender. A member can change their own. ![The sender panel with Pace, Owner and More options open](https://mintcdn.com/b2-b-signals-llc/u5yYe4FZtFc5vtD_/images/settings/sender-panel.png?fit=max\&auto=format\&n=u5yYe4FZtFc5vtD_\&q=85\&s=d2c4814dd05bd5482341119f9a80f5ae) A sender's panel: status, the three paces, the owner, and More options with the daily limits. | Pace | Invites a day | Smallest gap between actions | Weekends | | - | - | - | - | | **Safe pace** (recommended) | 8 to 15 | 12 minutes | Paused | | **Balanced** | 12 to 20 | 8 minutes | Paused | | **Custom** | Your own numbers | | | To set your own numbers, open **More options** and change **Invites a day**, **Messages a day**, **InMails a day** or **Profile views a day**. Changing a number switches the pace to **Custom**. Above 40 invites a day we warn you, because LinkedIn restricts accounts much more often at that level. To go back, click **Go back to Safe pace**. Sending hours and team-wide limits are under **Settings** › **Safety**. See [Senders and limits](https://docs.b2bsignals.ai/campaigns/senders-and-limits.md). ## Other sender settings | Setting | What it does | | - | - | | **Owner** | This person gets reply alerts. To change it, click **Change owner**. | | **Inbox shows** | **Only campaign conversations** or **All LinkedIn conversations**. With the second option, everyone in the workspace can see all of this account's conversations, and we import the last 90 days. Only an owner can change this. | If the same LinkedIn is connected in another workspace, its daily limits are shared between them. The panel tells you when that's the case. ## Pause or disconnect * **Pause sender** stops it sending until you click **Resume sender**. Nothing is lost. * **Disconnect…** removes its sign-in. Type the name to confirm. It leaves its campaigns, and its live runs wait instead of sending from another sender. People and history stay. You can connect it again later. ## Send without connecting On a plan that includes sending, you can run campaigns without a connected LinkedIn. Messages wait in [Manual sends](https://docs.b2bsignals.ai/campaigns/manual-sends.md). You copy each one, send it on LinkedIn, then mark it as sent. If you connect later, new messages go through your account. Messages already waiting in **Manual sends** stay there. ## If connecting fails | You see | What to do | | - | - | | "Connecting did not finish. Try again when you are ready." | The window closed or the sign-in stopped partway. Click **Add a sender** again. | | "The sign-in service is not answering. Try again in a moment." | Wait a moment and try again. | | "Senders are not in your plan" | Connecting needs Software or higher. Click **See plans**. | ## Related > [card] [Senders and limits](https://docs.b2bsignals.ai/campaigns/senders-and-limits.md) > > How limits and sending hours work across campaigns. > [card] [Safety pauses](https://docs.b2bsignals.ai/campaigns/safety-pauses.md) > > Why sending stops and how to resume it. > [card] [Manual sends](https://docs.b2bsignals.ai/campaigns/manual-sends.md) > > Send by hand instead. > [card] [Workspace and team](https://docs.b2bsignals.ai/settings/workspace-and-team.md) > > Invite teammates so they connect their own accounts. This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.