Connect a LinkedIn Account to the Archive

This article walks through all the different ways to connect a LinkedIn Account to the Archive. Whether you are a system admin, customer, or connecting multiple pages.

Prerequisites and Critical Information

• The Connect LinkedIn button and Connection Flow must be enabled by the Social Media Archive (formerly ArchiveSocial) Customer Experience team
  • Please contact Support to request this be enabled should you not see the Connect LinkedIn button in your archive
• Every user posting to a LinkedIn Company Page must follow the connection flow(s) below to ensure their authored posts are captured
• LinkedIn does not backtrack to capture past records
• LinkedIn records and Pages can take several hours to populate in the archive, sometimes up to a few days or only after a new post is made to the account
• LinkedIn does not allow for dummy/fake Profiles. Your Profile must reflect your true identity.
• Using a third-party application (such as Hootsuite, Buffer, and Sprout Social) to schedule and post to a LinkedIn Page is not supported by our compliance partner, Erado. Posts made through third-party tools are not guaranteed to be captured in the archive. 

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Connect as an Account Owner: Initial Steps

Account Owners are emailed a custom link from support@archivesocial.com that takes them to a unique account connection portal, as shown below. The title of the email is ArchiveSocial Action Required: Archive your Social Media.

1. Open your email inbox
2. Locate the email titled "ArchiveSocial Action Required: Archive Your Social Media"
3. Open the ArchiveSocial email
4. Click the Connect LinkedIn button to start the connection flow:
   

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Connect as a System Admin: Initial Steps

1. Log in to your Archive
2. Click Configure
   
3. Click Connect Accounts next to the Account Owner whose LinkedIn you want to connect
   
4. Click the Connect LinkedIn button
   

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All Users: Connection Flow

1. Sign into your LinkedIn Profile account in the pop-up window
   
2. Click the Allow button on the Zix prompt
   
   
   Note: Social Media Archiving (formerly, ArchiveSocial) works with a third-party compliance partner called Zix to archive LinkedIn. To view the Zix application terms, click the terms link in the pop-up window or review the Zix Privacy Policy.

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Connect to All Company LinkedIn Pages

1. Enable both checkboxes under the "Company pages connection settings" heading
   
   • Autodetect company pages managed by User Name: When enabled, this setting automatically searches for all company pages that are managed by the user
   • Archive autodetected company pages managed by User Name: When enabled, this setting allows any company pages that have been autodetected by the user to be archived
     
     Note: Do not check the box for your Personal Account.
2. Click the Finish button
   

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Connect to Certain Company LinkedIn Pages

1. Under the "Company pages connection settings" heading, click the checkbox to enable Autodetect company pages managed by User Name
   
   • After 1 day, the LinkedIn Pages you manage will be detected
   • Account Owners: From your personalized connection link, use the click here link to add LinkedIn company pages
     
2. Sign in to your LinkedIn account, accept permissions, and then select the Company Pages you would like to archive from the screen
   
3. Click the Finish button
   

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Financial Customers: Connect a LinkedIn Profile Account

1. Under the "Personal Account" heading, check the box to Archive your Personal Page:
   
2. Click the Finish button:
   

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Financial Customers: Connect a LinkedIn Profile and Company LinkedIn Pages

1. Follow the steps above for Financial customers connecting only a LinkedIn Profile account
2. Choose either Connecting all LinkedIn Company Pages you Admin or Connecting only certain LinkedIn Company Pages you Admin
3. Click Finish
   

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