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Access: Creator opt-in: selected invited members in US/Canada. Published factors: 12 posts and 45,000 impressions in 90 days, 5,000 followers, plus an invitation. Criteria can change. Advertiser discovery has Page/ad-account permissions; DMA-country creators are excluded from Marketplace discovery.

Use it for: Choose topical credibility before follower count.

My take: Discovery can reduce search friction. Fees, rights and deliverables still need a separate agreement.

Announcement date; Help updated about two months before review.

Access: Page permissions required. Text/single-image: awareness or engagement. Video also supports video views. Eligible collaborative, article/newsletter and Live Event posts supported. Documents, polls, celebrations, multi-image posts and reposts excluded.

Use it for: Put an expert's demonstration in front of relevant professionals.

My take: Paid reach does not establish a creator fee. Standard image/video versions have no CTA button; put the link in post copy.

Verification date, not launch. Originally documented in 2023; current objectives and formats checked.

Access: Self-serve is limited to selected accounts with LinkedIn sales support. One publisher video selection per month. The older product page still describes beta and representative-led packages; confirm your route with sales.

Use it for: Reach viewers in the context of an established professional voice.

My take: This placement is different from sponsoring the creator's own post. Self-serve availability does not imply open creator enrollment.

Marketplace announcement, not BrandLink's original launch.

Access: Consultative service; public announcement does not publish a creator application or a rate card.

Use it for: Connect audience strategy with campaign production.

My take: A useful commercial ecosystem to understand, but not a documented open hiring portal for creators.

Announcement date.

Access: New campaign required; single image/video only; dynamic budget optimization enabled. Flexible and regular ads cannot be mixed in that campaign. Help describes an approximately one-week learning phase.

Use it for: Test distinct messages without assembling every version by hand.

My take: A larger test needs enough budget and a clear hypothesis. Sixty-four versions of one weak idea remain weak.

June update; also listed in December 2025 updates. Not first launch.

Access: Supported fields differ: single image ads support introductory copy, headlines, images and variants; message and conversation formats support specified text fields. Review before saving.

Use it for: Generate a starting draft from a clear product message.

My take: Check the product facts before choosing the most fluent wording.

June product update; current Help checked October 13.

Access: Member ad preferences apply. Company, standardized job title and industry are supported; first-name macro is limited to selected ad accounts. Provide sensible fallback copy.

Use it for: Make a specific problem legible to the role seeing the ad.

My take: A job title in the opening line cannot rescue a generic offer.

June update; personalization also appears in December 2025 archive.

Access: Current Help limits Brand Kit to single image ads. Manual setup is possible if the account lacks enough signals for an automated kit.

Use it for: Give AI drafts actual visual and writing constraints.

My take: Define words and claims the brand should avoid, as well as its style.

June update date.

Access: Official Help search excerpts say standalone campaigns ended August 4, with creation capabilities integrated into Campaign Manager. The linked notices returned 404 during review; some older Help still references Accelerate ad sets.

Use it for: Check current Campaign Manager controls instead of following an old standalone walkthrough.

My take: Treat the indexed notice as a documented transition with a retrieval limitation, not proof every Accelerate capability disappeared.

Date from indexed official Help notice; full notice unavailable.

Access: Company Page attached to ad account required. Revenue metrics need Business Manager CRM Sync. Specific CRM compatibility must be checked for your account.

Use it for: Prioritize accounts based on engagement and pipeline context.

My take: An influenced deal is not automatically a deal caused by the ad.

Verification date; established capability, not claimed as a new 2026 launch.

Access: Insight Tag or Conversions API inputs and study requirements apply. CTV conversion lift is beta. Conclusive outcomes are not guaranteed.

Use it for: Ask whether advertising produced additional conversions.

My take: This answers a different question from attributed pipeline.

Campaign-level June update.

Access: Eligible study setup and adequate responses required. Older tests retain their framework; conclusive results are not guaranteed.

Use it for: Evaluate changes in familiarity, consideration or favorability.

My take: Read confidence signals alongside the estimated lift.

June methodology/reporting update.

Access: Campaign Manager and creative review required. Supports formats including 9:16, 4:5 and 16:9. Caption for muted viewing.

Use it for: Show one actual product task, then an appropriate next step.

My take: A visible interaction can be stronger evidence than a cinematic claim.

Verification date; established format.

Access: Organic content required. Newsletters support awareness/engagement, not lead generation. Page articles can support lead generation; thought-leader articles use their narrower objectives.

Use it for: Turn a deeper explanation into a distribution asset.

My take: A website article link is not itself a native Newsletter Ad.

Verification date; not a new launch.

Access: US/Canada targeting, English, brand awareness objective and CTV specifications apply. CTV Select requires a managed account with a representative.

Use it for: Extend a brand campaign beyond the LinkedIn feed.

My take: CTV needs a separate production and measurement plan.

Verification date; established format.

Access: Invited collaborators must accept. Access is expanding globally. Eligibility for paid promotion is narrower than organic format support.

Use it for: Share a useful joint product explanation.

My take: Co-authorship does not automatically mean paid sponsorship.

Announcement and expanding global access.

Access: Selected Sales Navigator customers; initial beta in English. Request a demo for access rather than assuming a subscription unlocks it.

Use it for: Find a reason for the next sales conversation.

My take: The seller retains the decision about who to contact and what to send.

Verification date; no original launch date asserted.

Access: AI features associated with Advanced/Advanced Plus plans; exact integration, language and admin settings vary.

Use it for: Prepare a relevant discovery conversation.

My take: A summary should lead back to evidence before influencing an account plan.

Verification date; IQ tools predate 2026.

Access: Product page calls it beta; Help says English only, one lead at a time, up to 50 AI-assisted messages/month, with InMail credits. Admins can disable it.

Use it for: Draft from an actual reason to contact the person.

My take: Edit the draft for relevance before sending.

Verification date; not a 2026 launch claim.

Access: Updates begin in November for existing global Hiring Assistant customers using English, at no additional upgrade cost. Product access is commercial; request terms from sales.

Use it for: Bring candidate evidence into recruiter review.

My take: Announced in September does not mean usable in October.

Announcement date; rollout still ahead as of review.

Access: Peer verification is being tested; workplace-verification requirements are piloted with selected companies. Verified Page admins can address impostor associations. External identity partners include Truecaller and PeerSpot.

Use it for: Separate professional identity signals from unsupported claims.

My take: A badge helps with trust; it is not proof of product expertise.

Announcement; different verification capabilities have different access.

Access: Commercial Premium plan. Gradual public release began August 2025; September 2026 article is an engineering retrospective. Confirm local pricing and account offer.

Use it for: Reduce tool switching for a small business.

My take: Evaluate the one repeated job it improves before buying a bundle.

September 2026 engineering update, not original launch.

Access: Help says unavailable, with replacement tooling planned. This is separate from AI advertising drafts.

Use it for: Avoid instructions that rely on a removed writing control.

My take: Advertising AI and organic writing tools have separate product lifecycles.

Verification date; Help reports updated about three months earlier.

Access: Awareness, engagement and lead generation supported. Company creative is separate from member document posts, which cannot become Thought Leader Ads.

Use it for: Offer a practical guide with a clear reason to download.

My take: Measure lead quality after the form, not just submissions.

Verification date; established format.

Access: Objective and event setup restrictions apply. Check current Event Ads setup and registration requirements.

Use it for: Link the promotion to a useful session and a defined follow-up.

My take: An event view is not an attended session.

March product update.

Access: Announcement says free for first 12 months, in 47 languages, with completion certificates. Verify current course offer.

Use it for: Build practical literacy before automating a campaign.

My take: A course is most useful when applied to one repeated task.

Announcement date.