# Schedule LinkedIn posts for profile and page Prepare LinkedIn posts with text, images or a video in Crowdbird and set the time. Your profile or company page sits in the same week view as your other networks. ## What Crowdbird publishes on LinkedIn Text posts, posts with up to 20 images and posts with one video go live on your profile or company page at the time you set. - Text up to 3,000 characters - Up to 20 images or one video - Link preview can be turned off ## LinkedIn next to your other networks Plan LinkedIn in the same week as Instagram, TikTok and your other accounts. The same idea gets its own text on LinkedIn while the other versions stay as they are. - Own text per network and account - First comment up to 1,250 characters - Choose profile or company page ## Fixed times for your LinkedIn week Set fixed times per weekday and new posts take the next free slot. Until your account has enough posts of its own, Crowdbird shows clearly labeled guide times. - Fixed times per weekday - Publish now or schedule ahead - Guide times until your own data is there ## Prepare several posts by CSV Upload text, time, channel and a media link as a CSV. Each row is checked and saved as a draft that you review before scheduling. - Text, time, channel and media link - Each row becomes a draft - Review before you schedule ## Your first scheduled LinkedIn post in three steps ### Connect profile or page Use LinkedIn's official login. Then choose your personal profile or a company page you manage. ### Prepare the post Write the text, add up to 20 images or one video and, if you like, a first comment. ### Set the time Pick your own time or the next free slot in your queue. ## More for scheduling ### [Scheduler](https://crowdbird.ai/en/features/scheduler) Schedule posts for Instagram, TikTok, Facebook and eight more networks. ### [AI assistant](https://crowdbird.ai/en/features/ai-assistant) Rewrite, shorten and translate captions and find hashtags. ### [All platforms](https://crowdbird.ai/en/platforms) Which features are available for which network. ## Schedule LinkedIn posts for a profile or company page Before you schedule LinkedIn posts, decide where they should appear. After LinkedIn's official login you choose your personal profile or a company page you manage. Ceramico Studio (@ceramico.studio) could announce team workshop dates on its company page and show on the owner's profile how a new glaze technique comes together. Crowdbird uses the official interfaces for this. You enter your LinkedIn password only on LinkedIn, never with us. ## What a LinkedIn post in Crowdbird can contain A post can be plain text, contain up to 20 images, or contain one video. You can't combine images and a video in the same post. The text can be up to 3,000 characters, and the first lines decide whether someone taps "more". Documents, PDF carousels and polls can't be scheduled through Crowdbird. If you need one of those, publish it directly on LinkedIn and plan the rest of your week in Crowdbird. ## First comment and link preview You can prepare a first comment of up to 1,250 characters that goes out with the post. Many people use it for a link or an extra detail so the post itself stays short. Still put the main point in the post, because not everyone reads the comments. When your text contains a link, LinkedIn usually builds a preview. You can turn the link preview off per post, for example when you show images and the preview would get in the way. ## One week across all your networks In the [social media scheduler](https://crowdbird.ai/en/features/scheduler) you see LinkedIn next to Instagram, TikTok and your other connected accounts. One idea can run on several networks and still get its own text on LinkedIn. For Ceramico Studio that means a short Reel caption on Instagram and the fuller background story on LinkedIn. The [AI assistant](https://crowdbird.ai/en/features/ai-assistant) can lengthen, shorten or adjust the tone of an existing text for LinkedIn. Check facts, dates and names yourself afterwards. ## Times, queue and import Set fixed times per weekday. New posts take the next free slot, and you can also publish any post right away or schedule it at least two minutes ahead for a time of your own. Once an account has published 20 posts in 90 days, suggested times come from your own results. Before that you see labeled guide times. For many posts at once, use the CSV import with text, time, channel and media link. Each row is saved as a draft that you check before scheduling. ## Common mistakes when scheduling on LinkedIn - Copying an Instagram caption word for word, although more context works better on LinkedIn. - Trying to put images and a video in the same post. Choose one of the two. - Putting the link only in the first comment without saying in the post what it is about. - Scheduling a company page post on your personal profile. Check which account is selected before you schedule. ## Results of your LinkedIn posts For posts you publish through Crowdbird, Crowdbird takes over the numbers LinkedIn provides. Older posts you published directly on LinkedIn are not included. How to read those numbers is explained under [analytics](https://crowdbird.ai/en/features/analytics). ## Questions about the LinkedIn scheduler ### Can I schedule posts for a LinkedIn company page? Yes. After LinkedIn's official login you choose a company page you manage or your personal profile. Each connection is one or the other. You then schedule posts for that page like for any other account, with its own text, images or a video and, if you like, a first comment. ### Can I combine images and a video in one LinkedIn post? No. A LinkedIn post in Crowdbird contains either up to 20 images or one video, not both. Text-only posts work as well. If you want to show images and a video on the same topic, schedule two posts on different days and give each one its own text. ### Can I schedule a first comment on LinkedIn? Yes, you can prepare a first comment of up to 1,250 characters. It goes out together with the scheduled post. Use it for a link or an extra detail, but keep the main point in the post itself, because not every reader opens the comments. ### How long can a LinkedIn post be? The text of a LinkedIn post can be up to 3,000 characters and the first comment up to 1,250. LinkedIn shows only the first lines in the feed before someone taps "more". Put the most important part at the start and check the text in the preview before you schedule it. ### Can I schedule documents or polls on LinkedIn? No, documents, PDF carousels and polls can't be scheduled through Crowdbird. You can schedule text posts, posts with up to 20 images and posts with one video. Publish a document or poll directly on LinkedIn and schedule the rest of your week in Crowdbird. ### Do I have to give Crowdbird my LinkedIn password? No. You connect your profile or company page through LinkedIn's official login and enter your password only there. Crowdbird uses the official interfaces and does not store your password. That way you schedule LinkedIn alongside your other accounts without sharing login details. ### Can I see how my LinkedIn posts perform in Crowdbird? For posts you publish through Crowdbird, Crowdbird takes over the numbers LinkedIn provides. Older posts from LinkedIn itself are not included. Compare posts once a few days have passed, because numbers can still change, and look at the content behind them, not just single figures.