LinkedIn Ads connection

What it does

Connecting LinkedIn Ads lets Nexus read your LinkedIn ad account's campaigns and results, for the performance report, the LinkedIn Ads reports and the ad audits. Each account has its own connection.

Saving the ad account ID is not the same as connecting: the ID tells Nexus which account to read, and the sign-in gives it access.

Set it up

1. Nexus needs the ad account ID from Campaign Manager; give it to your Nexus team if it isn't on file yet.
2. "Connect LinkedIn Ads." Nexus posts a sign-in link in the thread, once. It works for 15 minutes.
3. ✋ Someone who can see the ad account in LinkedIn Campaign Manager opens it and signs in. Nexus reads the account once with the new connection and says in the thread whether it worked.

Use it

• "Refresh the performance report." The LinkedIn Ads numbers come in with the next sync.
• "Reconnect LinkedIn Ads." Use it whenever a sync says the LinkedIn token is invalid, expired or revoked. It's the same flow.

Troubleshooting

• A sync fails with "invalid_grant" or "token is invalid, expired or revoked". The connection has lapsed. Reconnect LinkedIn Ads; nothing needs a ticket.
• Connected, but reading the account fails. The person who signed in can't see that ad account in Campaign Manager. Ask someone with access to open a fresh link, or check the account ID.
• The link expired. Ask again for a fresh one.

Prompts

• "Connect LinkedIn Ads."
• "Reconnect LinkedIn Ads."
• "Refresh the performance report."

Machine twins: /help/linkedin-ads-connection.json · /help/linkedin-ads-connection.md · /help.json · /llms.txt

Reviewed 2026-11-07. In Slack, ask Nexus how do I … and it answers from this guide, with where your company stands.