Create thought leader event ads in Campaign Manager 

Last updated: 4 months ago

Create a thought leader event ad by sponsoring a member's post that promotes your Company Page's LinkedIn Live Event. Thought leader event ads help drive views and registrations to your event. 

Considerations 

The following are things to consider before sponsoring a member's post as a thought leader event ad. 

  • The member's post must be directly linked to a LinkedIn Live Event created by the company on the Company Page. Events created by different companies are not eligible for sponsorship. 
  • Permission from the thought leader is required for sponsorship. 
  • Thought leader event ads can only be used with the brand awareness or engagement objectives using the event ad format. 

Create a thought leader event ad 

To create a thought leader event ad: 

  1. Go to the Set up Ads page in Campaign Manager.  

    • New ad set - If you're creating a new ad set, you'll go to the Set up Ads page after selecting the settings for your ad set.  
  2. Click the Browse existing content button. The Content Library page opens. 

  3. Click LinkedIn members to search for and select member posts that you'd like to sponsor.  

  4. Select the checkbox to the left of the required article or newsletter article. 

    • If you haven’t previously requested permission to sponsor a post from a member, click Request approval to send a sponsorship request to them. 
    • In the Request Approval dialogue, click Send
  5. Once approved by the member, you’ll be notified in Campaign Manager and can sponsor the requested post. Click Add to ad set in the lower-right corner of the page. The Ads in this ad set page opens. 

  6. Click Next to review and launch your ad set. 

  7. Click Launch ad set

    • Optional: Click Save and Exit to save the ad set as a draft. 

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