As a LinkedIn member, you can boost your posts on the LinkedIn feed from both desktop and mobile devices to increase your visibility, grow your followers, and get more website clicks. You can select your budget and target audience to boost key posts, increase visibility to target audiences by selecting from facets including location, language, job title, job function, company industries, and job seniorities.
Important to know
- Boosting a post will turn the post into an ad. See the LinkedIn Ads Agreement for more information.
- Mobile boosting is currently in testing and is gradually being released. You might not have access to it at this time, and some functionality might change over time.
Boost on desktop and mobile
To boost a post on desktop:
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Click the
Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage.
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Click View Profile.
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Scroll down to the Activity section and click on Posts (Selected by default).
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Click Show all posts on the bottom of the Activity section.
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Click Boost on the upper right of a post.
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From the Boost page, you can:
- Select your goal
- Select your budget
- Select target audience
- Add payment details
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Click Boost on the lower right to boost your posts.
To boost on mobile, you must have ad credits for your budget. When you boost a post on mobile, you’ll set your audience, duration, and budget, then review your boost. Ad credits are purchased in the final step of checkout, right before you complete your order. If you don’t have enough in ad credits for your budget, you will need to purchase additional ad credits. Learn more about prepaid ad credits.
To boost a post on mobile:
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Tap the
Me icon at the top of your LinkedIn homepage. -
Tap your profile picture and scroll down to the Activity section.
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Tap Show all at the bottom of the Activity section.
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Tap Boost in the upper right of a post.
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From the Boost page, you can:
- Select your goal
- Select your budget
- Select your target audience
- Add payment details
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Select your payment method and complete the checkout process.
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Tap either Boost or Pay and Boost to boost the post.
After you boost your post as an ad, it will be reviewed before it can be displayed to member accounts in your target audience. We strive to review ads as soon as possible and usually within 24 hours.
You can manage your post after it’s been boosted to:
- Edit the post, audience, or credit card used as the payment method
- View performance metrics
You can also delete the ad if needed.
Learn more