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# Connecting LinkedIn

## Overview

Plera can send LinkedIn connection invites and direct messages as part of your outreach sequences. To use LinkedIn steps, you need to connect your LinkedIn account.

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## Connecting LinkedIn

1. Go to **Settings -> Integrations**
2. Under **LinkedIn**, click **Connect Account**
3. Complete the authorisation flow
4. Your LinkedIn account will appear as an available sender in your workspace

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## What Plera can do via LinkedIn

* **Send connection invites** with a personalized note
* **Send direct messages** to 1st-degree connections
* **Receive and surface replies** from LinkedIn in your unified inbox

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## LinkedIn sending limits

LinkedIn enforces limits on the number of connection invites and messages that can be sent per day. Plera respects these limits automatically:

* Connection invites are throttled to stay within LinkedIn's guidelines
* Direct messages are only sent to 1st-degree connections
* Plera monitors for any LinkedIn warnings and pauses sending if limits are approached

<Warning>
  LinkedIn's limits apply per account. If you're running multiple campaigns with the same LinkedIn account, the daily limit is shared across all of them.
</Warning>

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## LinkedIn-first vs. email-first campaigns

Plera Plays are designed around specific channel strategies:

* **LinkedIn-first** - opens with a connection invite and follows up via email. Best when prospects are highly active on LinkedIn.
* **Email-first** - leads with email and uses LinkedIn as a follow-up channel. Best when you have high email coverage for the source group.

Choose the Play that matches how your source group is most likely to respond.

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## Inbox and replies

All LinkedIn replies from prospects appear in your Plera inbox alongside email replies, giving you a unified view of all outreach conversations.

When a prospect replies on LinkedIn, Plera automatically stops sending further sequence steps to that lead.