Live stream to LinkedIn

« To Live streaming: Overview

Schedule a live stream to LinkedIn to reach a broader audience. You can also schedule a live stream for later or stream to a LinkedIn Live Event.

Who: Hosts
Plan: Grow, Webinar, and Business
Device: Computer browser

Before you start

To live stream to a LinkedIn page or profile, you must:

Note that you can only stream to one LinkedIn account or page at a time, per LinkedIn's policy.

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Set up the live stream connection to your LinkedIn profile or page

You only need to set up the live stream connection to LinkedIn once. Follow these steps to go live on your LinkedIn profile or page. 

  1. Join a studio session as the host or producer.
  2. In the side bar on the right, select Stream.
    Or, click the justheplus.svg Manage live stream in the top right corner of the screen.
  3. At the bottom of the live stream panel, click + Add destination.
  4. Select linkedin.svg LinkedIn.
  5. In the Connect your LinkedIn account pop-up, choose LinkedIn profile or LinkedIn page.
  6. In the new window, sign in to your LinkedIn account.
  7. Click Allow.
  8. On the Choose your LinkedIn profile page, choose your LinkedIn account. 
  9. Click Done.

Stream to scheduled LinkedIn Live Event

Per LinkedIn's policy, you can only stream to existing LinkedIn Live Events. Spontaneous live streams are not supported.

You can create and stream to a LinkedIn Live Event by following the steps below.

  1. Set up the connection with LinkedIn and Riverside by following the steps above.
  2. Schedule a live stream to LinkedIn, or create a LinkedIn Live Event on LinkedIn.
  3. At the time of your scheduled stream, join a studio as a host or producer.
  4. In the side bar on the right, select Stream.
    Or, click the justheplus.svg Manage live stream in the top right corner of the screen.
  5. Ensure that LinkedIn is present in the live stream panel with the Connected label under it.
  6. Use the dropdown under the LinkedIn destination to choose the relevant scheduled event to stream to.
  7. Click Go live to start the stream.
  8. Click View next to LinkedIn in the live stream panel to open the event on LinkedIn.

Icon.svg Good to know

  • Livestream event titles for LinkedIn must be under 75 characters.
  • LinkedIn does not allow editing a LinkedIn Live Event, so changes made on Riverside after the event is live will not appear on LinkedIn. If you need to edit a LinkedIn Live Event, create a new event.
  • LinkedIn Live Events are limited to 4 hours per stream. This limit is set by LinkedIn and cannot be extended or changed in Riverside.

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