Connect a LinkedIn account
Step-by-step: how to authorize a sender and finish account setup.
A sender is the LinkedIn account that sends invites and messages on your behalf. You connect senders once; Funkel uses them across every campaign you assign them to.
Connect your first sender
- Open Settings → Platform Accounts.
- Click + Connect LinkedIn.
- A new tab opens with a secure authorization page. Sign in with the LinkedIn account you want to send from.
- Approve the connection. The tab closes automatically and the account appears in Platform Accounts as connected.
What gets stored
Funkel stores enough to send on your behalf: your LinkedIn name, public ID, and an authorization token. We never store your LinkedIn password. The token is held server-side; you can revoke it anytime by removing the account.
Sender states
- Pending, authorization started but not finished. Click reconnect to resume.
- Connected, ready to send.
- Disconnected. Funkel lost the session (you signed out of LinkedIn elsewhere, or LinkedIn invalidated the token). Reconnect to bring it back.
Common gotchas
- Use the same browser profile you signed into LinkedIn with, pop-up blockers and aggressive privacy extensions sometimes break the auth flow.
- If you have a LinkedIn Sales Navigator seat, connect that account so Funkel can use Sales Navigator search and InMail where applicable.
- Don’t share a single LinkedIn account across team members. Each operator should connect their own.