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LinkedIn lead generation agency ten firms, three motions, compared

A LinkedIn lead generation agency turns LinkedIn into meetings for your sales team.

In practice it runs one or more of three motions: founder and employee content, LinkedIn Ads, and direct outreach.

This page compares ten firms we checked on their own websites on October 16, 2026, with prices only where they publish them.

It also covers what most agency lists leave out: what LinkedIn's own User Agreement says about automation tools, what LinkedIn charges at minimum, and the questions that separate a pipeline partner from a connection-request machine.

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Reviewed by Dan Keegan, GTM Quest · October 16, 2026 · 42 sources linked below

The three LinkedIn motionswhat an agency can run for you

  1. 01Founder and employee contentORGANICPOSTS · COMMENTS · NEWSLETTERS
  2. 02LinkedIn AdsPAIDTHOUGHT LEADER ADS · LEAD GEN FORMS
  3. 03OutreachDIRECTSALES NAVIGATOR · INMAIL · MESSAGES
  4. 04One pipeline viewCRMMEETINGS · OPPORTUNITIES · REVENUE

Agencies compared10

$10
minimum daily budget to run a LinkedIn ad campaign, for any ad format
LinkedIn, Campaign budgets ↗
13%
average Lead Gen Form conversion rate, by LinkedIn's own data
LinkedIn Marketing Blog ↗
$99.99
a month per license for Sales Navigator Core, billed monthly (US)
LinkedIn, Sales Navigator plans ↗
95%
of hidden buyers say strong thought leadership makes them more receptive to outreach
Edelman and LinkedIn, 2025 ↗
A card titled LinkedIn lead generation agency, with three labeled columns for content, ads and outreach feeding one pipeline bar.
Three motions on one platform: content earns attention, ads scale it to the right accounts, outreach turns it into conversations. All three should report into one pipeline.

01/ the service

What a LinkedIn lead generation agency does three motions, one pipeline

A LinkedIn lead generation agency uses LinkedIn to create sales conversations with the companies you want to sell to.

The label covers very different businesses, so start by asking which of the three motions an agency actually runs.

Organic content means posts, comments and newsletters from your founder and senior people, written or ghostwritten in their voice.

LinkedIn Ads means paid campaigns in Campaign Manager: Sponsored Content, Thought Leader Ads, Lead Gen Forms and messaging ads.

Outreach means finding people in Sales Navigator and starting conversations through connection requests, InMail and messages.

Most agencies sell one motion.

Content studios rarely touch Campaign Manager.

Ads agencies rarely send a message.

Outreach agencies often work through automation tools that LinkedIn's User Agreement prohibits.

The best results usually come when the three are planned together, because each one makes the others cheaper.

LinkedIn lead generation agency, LinkedIn ads agency, LinkedIn outbound agency: what is the difference?

A B2B LinkedIn ads agency runs paid campaigns and is paid a management fee on top of the media you pay LinkedIn.

A LinkedIn outbound agency runs prospecting from your profile or your team's, usually for a monthly retainer.

A LinkedIn content or ghostwriting agency runs your organic presence.

"LinkedIn lead generation agency" can mean any of these, so read the service list before the case studies.

02/ three motions

Content, ads and outreach compared what you are actually buying

MotionWhat the agency doesWhat LinkedIn chargesLinkedIn rules to knowBest when
Organic and founder-led contentInterviews, ghostwrites and publishes posts from named people; replies to commentsNothing for postingNo bots to create, comment on, like or share postsYour founder or experts have real opinions and buyers on LinkedIn
LinkedIn AdsTargeting, creative, bidding, Lead Gen Forms, retargeting, reportingAuction pricing; $10 a day minimumThought Leader Ads need the author's permissionYou can name your audience by company, title or account list and can fund a test
Outreach (Sales Navigator, InMail, messages)Lists, connection requests, messages, follow-up, booking meetingsSales Navigator from $99.99 a month per licenseInvitation limits apply to every member; no automated messagingYour buyers are reachable by name and your offer survives a direct message

For outbound across email and phone as well as LinkedIn, see our guides to outbound agencies and cold email agencies.

For named target accounts across channels, see ABM agency.

03/ the agencies

LinkedIn lead generation agencies checked October 16, 2026

Ten firms that run LinkedIn for B2B companies: specialist LinkedIn Ads agencies, founder content studios and outreach agencies.

Each line is what the firm says on its own site.

If you want LinkedIn as one part of a full go-to-market build, that is what a go-to-market agency like ours does.

UK-based

01

GTM Quest

Our firm

London, UK · Founded 2024 · Dan Keegan, founder

A London go-to-market agency that runs LinkedIn as one part of a pipeline system: ICP and a named account list first, then founder-led content, LinkedIn Ads with Thought Leader Ads and retargeting on accounts in the client's name, and signal-led outbound built in Clay, with messages sent by people, not bots. Works with US and UK teams and reports on meetings and pipeline in the CRM.

Best for: B2B companies with product-market fit that want LinkedIn content, ads and outreach run as one system they own

gtm.questSignal-based selling →ABM agency →
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Services

ICP and positioningFounder-led LinkedIn contentLinkedIn Ads and Thought Leader AdsSignal-led outbound (Clay)CRM and RevOpsFractional GTM leadership

Methods

The Quest System (Neon + Clay + Claude Code)

Published pricing

Scoped and quoted in writing after the discovery call.

02

Kiin

London, UK · Founded 2022 · Phil Ilic, co-founder and CEO

A paid media agency for sales-led B2B SaaS that runs LinkedIn Ads (Thought Leader Ads, company-list ABM, Conversation Ads and lead forms) alongside Google, Meta and Reddit, plus signal-based outbound. It says three of its eight-person team came from LinkedIn Marketing Solutions and that it is a LinkedIn Agency Partner.

Best for: Sales-led B2B SaaS teams that want a published flat fee for LinkedIn Ads management

Visit kiin.co ↗Kiin pricing ↗

Services

LinkedIn AdsThought Leader AdsGoogle, Meta and Reddit AdsGTM outboundFounder content

Methods

Kiin Intelligence (LinkedIn Ads benchmarks)

Published pricing

Kiin publishes $2,500 a month for LinkedIn Ads management, covering up to $10,000 a month in LinkedIn media; LinkedIn plus Google $4,500; full paid media $5,500. Ad spend is separate. It recommends roughly $4,000 a month in media for a full-funnel test. Source ↗

Checked 2026-10-16: Kiin · Kiin, About · Kiin, Pricing

03

Sopro

Brighton, UK (US office in Miami Beach) · Ryan Welmans and Rob Harlow, founders

A fully managed B2B prospecting service running email and LinkedIn outreach, display ad audience sync and gifting, with intent tracking from website visits. Replies, including LinkedIn messages, go straight to the client's team, with a live reporting portal.

Best for: UK and US B2B firms that want LinkedIn outreach as part of hands-off multichannel prospecting

Visit sopro.io ↗Profile in our directory →Sopro pricing ↗

Services

LinkedIn outreachEmail outreachDisplay ad audience syncIntent trackingGiftingReporting portal

Published pricing

Sopro says "pricing starts at around £3K per month", with no minimum contract (the page showed "$3.8K" in an earlier US check). Source ↗

Checked 2026-10-16: Sopro · Sopro pricing · The Sopro Group (Sopro Holdings Ltd, Brighton)

US and international

04

B2Linked

United States (HQ not stated on its site) · AJ Wilcox, founder and CEO

A specialist agency that runs only LinkedIn Ads. It says it has spent over $150M on the platform, has managed 5 of LinkedIn's top 10-spending ad accounts, has audited 800+ accounts and is an official LinkedIn Marketing Partner, and it offers consulting and LinkedIn video packages alongside account management.

Best for: B2B advertisers with meaningful LinkedIn budgets who want a LinkedIn-only specialist

Visit b2linked.com ↗B2Linked pricing ↗

Services

LinkedIn Ads account managementLinkedIn Ads consulting and auditsAd scheduling toolsLinkedIn video content

Published pricing

B2Linked publishes $3,000 a month plus a $1,000 setup fee for budgets under $15,000 a month, and 20% to 6% of spend plus $1,000 setup above that; 3-month contract. Audit $2,000. Source ↗

Checked 2026-10-16: B2Linked · B2Linked pricing

05

Impactable

San Antonio, Texas, US · Justin Rowe, founder and CMO

A LinkedIn-centric B2B agency running full-funnel LinkedIn Ads on its own DemandSense signal platform, plus a content engine (founder or SME interviews turned into posts and amplified with Thought Leader Ads). It says LinkedIn named it to the first cohort of certified agencies and certified it for Conversions API.

Best for: B2B teams that want LinkedIn Ads and Thought Leader Ads run on a signal layer, with a flat fee

Visit impactable.com ↗Impactable pricing ↗Impactable LinkedIn ads agency ↗

Services

LinkedIn AdsThought Leader AdsContent engineConversions API (CAPI)Google and programmaticWebsite visitor ID

Methods

DemandSense

Published pricing

Impactable publishes Core from $3,000 a month (one channel, up to $15,000 a month ad spend), Growth from $4,500, Scale $6,000 to $12,000; Demand Engine $1,750 a month; $1,500 one-time setup. Media is separate. Source ↗

Checked 2026-10-16: Impactable, LinkedIn ads agency · Impactable, Pricing · Impactable, About us · Impactable, Careers (corporate office)

06

Rethoric

San Diego, California, US · Eduardo Mussali, CEO and founder

A LinkedIn content consultancy for technical founders and executive teams, backed by Y Combinator (W21). Monthly interviews, human-written posts approved in one click on its own software, and daily engagement with ICP-filtered accounts.

Best for: Series A and later founders who want founder-led LinkedIn content written in their voice

Visit rethoric.com ↗

Services

Founder-led LinkedIn contentExecutive ghostwritingEngagement and distributionApproval and scheduling software

Published pricing

Not published.

Checked 2026-10-16: Rethoric · Rethoric, About

07

Underdog Ghostwriting

HQ not stated on its site (part of UDG) · Lewis Waldron

An executive ghostwriting agency that writes and publishes LinkedIn posts in a founder's or executive's voice from a weekly 30-minute session, aimed at replies and meetings rather than reach. The client approves every word and keeps the drafts and voice guide.

Best for: Founders and executives who want a published price for done-for-you LinkedIn posting

Visit underdog-ghostwriting.com ↗

Services

LinkedIn ghostwritingExecutive ghostwritingLong-form articles and newslettersCarousels and design

Published pricing

Underdog publishes Presence at $2,500 a month (four LinkedIn posts a week), Authority at $3,500 and Category Voice at $6,500, with no setup fee. Source ↗

Checked 2026-10-16: Underdog Ghostwriting · Underdog, About

08

SalesBread

HQ not stated on its site · Jack Reamer, CEO

A LinkedIn lead generation agency running personalized LinkedIn and email outreach to refined prospect lists. It promises 20+ sales qualified leads a month or your money back, says it never uses AI to write messages, and clients work directly with its CEO.

Best for: Smaller B2B firms selling higher-ticket services that want founder-led, personalized LinkedIn outreach

Visit salesbread.com ↗

Services

LinkedIn outreachEmail outreachList buildingAppointment setting

Published pricing

SalesBread says it charges $3,000 a month plus a one-time setup fee, with no locked-in contracts. Source ↗

Checked 2026-10-16: SalesBread · SalesBread, pricing statement

09

Lead Cookie

HQ not stated on its site (Lightfell Enterprises, LLC)

A B2B outbound agency running tailored LinkedIn and email outreach, which it describes as manual and human-powered. It says it has 14 in-house experts and 800+ campaigns over nine years.

Best for: B2B service firms that want manual LinkedIn and email outreach to a specific market

Visit leadcookie.com ↗

Services

LinkedIn outreachEmail outreachTargeting and researchCampaign optimization

Published pricing

Lead Cookie publishes Core Outbound Campaigns from $1,500 a month and Boutique Outreach Campaigns from $3,700 a month. Source ↗

Checked 2026-10-16: Lead Cookie · Lead Cookie, About · Lead Cookie, Contact

10

Cleverly

Los Angeles, California, US · Nick Verity, CEO; Bruce Merrill, founder

A done-for-you B2B lead generation agency running LinkedIn outreach, cold email and cold calling, with tiered LinkedIn plans and an appointment-setting option. It states it is not affiliated with or endorsed by LinkedIn.

Best for: Small B2B teams wanting a low monthly entry price for done-for-you LinkedIn outreach

Visit cleverly.co ↗

Services

LinkedIn lead generationCold emailCold callingAppointment settingLinkedIn Ads

Published pricing

Cleverly says its LinkedIn lead generation plans range from $397 to $997 a month, with discounts for teams of three or more. Source ↗

Checked 2026-10-16: Cleverly · Cleverly, FAQ · Cleverly, About

Nobody paid to appear here.

We list firms whose core offer includes running LinkedIn for clients: content, ads or outreach.

Software tools (automation extensions, schedulers, data platforms) are excluded.

Prices appear only where a firm publishes them on its own website.

Results and rankings quoted on agency sites are their claims, not ours.

04/ LinkedIn Ads

B2B LinkedIn ads for lead generation the formats an agency should use

A B2B LinkedIn ads agency earns its fee by choosing the right format for each stage, not by running every format at once.

These are the pieces, with LinkedIn's own rules for each.

Start with LinkedIn's minimums

LinkedIn's minimum daily budget is $10 for any ad format, and the minimum lifetime budget for a new campaign is $100.

On a given day, actual spend can run up to 100% above the daily budget, but a continuous campaign won't spend more than seven times the daily budget in a week.

$10minimum daily budget per campaign (LinkedIn)

Want the people side of this?

Our guide to B2B video agencies covers the video production that Thought Leader Ads often need.

GTM Quest does not produce video.

A flow diagram showing founder posts amplified by Thought Leader Ads, engaged members retargeted with Lead Gen Forms, and engaged accounts handed to manual Sales Navigator outreach and the CRM.
Founder content earns engagement; Thought Leader Ads put the best posts in front of target accounts; engaged people see a Lead Gen Form or get a personal message; everything lands in the CRM.

05/ LinkedIn's rules

What LinkedIn says about automation from the User Agreement and Help Center

This is the part of LinkedIn outbound most agencies leave out.

Every line below is LinkedIn's own wording or a regulator's, checked today.

QuestionWhat LinkedIn saysSource
Can we use bots to send connection requests or messages?No. Members agree not to "use bots or other unauthorized automated methods to access the Services, add or download contacts, send or redirect messages".LinkedIn User Agreement, section 8.2
Can we scrape profiles into a list?No. Members agree not to use software, scripts, robots, crawlers, browser plugins or add-ons "to scrape or copy the Services, including profiles and other data".User Agreement, section 8.2
Are browser extensions that automate activity allowed?No. LinkedIn does not permit third-party software, including crawlers, bots, browser plug-ins or extensions, "that scrape, modify the appearance of, or automate activity on LinkedIn's website".LinkedIn Help, Prohibited software and extensions
What happens if we use them?Members who use such tools "risk having their accounts restricted or shut down", and the tools may stop working without notice.LinkedIn Help
Can an agency log in as us?Members agree not to use another person's account, "such as sharing log-in credentials or copying cookies".User Agreement, section 8.2
Is there a cap on connection requests?Yes. All members, Basic and Premium, are subject to invitation limits; hitting one typically restricts invitations for about a week, and LinkedIn will not lift it on request.LinkedIn Help, Invitation limit reached
Can we add a note to every request?Basic members can personalize five connection requests a month; Premium members can personalize them without limit.LinkedIn Help
Any other hard limits?A network cap of 30,000 first-degree connections. A withdrawn invitation can't be resent to the same person for up to three weeks.Network size limit; restrictions
Is public profile data free to scrape?Twelve data protection authorities, including the UK ICO, said publicly accessible personal information "is still subject to data protection and privacy laws in most jurisdictions".ICO, joint statement on data scraping (Aug 2023)

LinkedIn does not publish a number for the weekly invitation limit, so be wary of any agency that quotes one as if it were official.

This is not legal advice.

06/ LinkedIn outbound

Manual, signal-led outreach vs automation how LinkedIn outbound agencies differ

Manual, signal-led outreachAutomated sequences
Who gets contactedPeople at accounts showing a reason to buy: engaging with your posts, hiring, a new leaderEveryone matching a Sales Navigator search
How messages are sentBy a person, from the person's own accountBy a cloud tool or browser extension acting on the account
Standing with LinkedInWithin the [User Agreement](https://www.linkedin.com/legal/user-agreement)Prohibited: ["bots or other unauthorized automated methods"](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1341387)
Account riskNormal invitation limits only[Restriction or shutdown](https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1341387) of the account doing the sending
VolumeLimited by how many people are worth a personal messageAs high as the tool allows, until the account is limited

→ Fewer, better-timed conversations from accounts you keep. It is how we run LinkedIn outbound, with signals in Clay. See signal-based selling.

Why content first?

In the 2025 Edelman and LinkedIn study of 1,934 business decision makers, 71% of "hidden buyers" said they have little or no interaction with sales teams, and 95% said strong thought leadership makes them more receptive to sales and marketing outreach.

Note that LinkedIn co-produced the study.

07/ what it costs

LinkedIn lead generation agency pricing platform costs and agency fees

You pay twice: LinkedIn for media or seats, and the agency for the work.

These are the published numbers, checked on each firm's own site today.

ItemWhat it costsWhat you getSource
LinkedIn Ads media$10 a day minimum per campaign; $100 minimum lifetime budget for a new campaignAuction-priced clicks, impressions, sends or leadsLinkedIn
Sales Navigator Core$99.99 a month per license, or $959.88 a year50 InMails a month, advanced search filtersLinkedIn
Sales Navigator Advanced$179.99 a month per license, or $1,679.88 a yearTeam features, Account IQ and Lead IQLinkedIn
LinkedIn Ads agency (flat fee)Kiin: $2,500 a month, covering up to $10,000 of LinkedIn mediaStrategy, campaigns, copy, creative direction, reportingKiin pricing
LinkedIn Ads agency (flat fee)Impactable: Core from $3,000 a month, up to $15,000 a month ad spend; Demand Engine (content plus Thought Leader Ads) $1,750 a month, plus a $1,500 setupFull-funnel ads; or a content engine amplified with Thought Leader AdsImpactable pricing
LinkedIn Ads agency (fee or % of spend)B2Linked: $3,000 a month plus $1,000 setup under $15,000 a month spend; 20% to 6% of spend above it; 3-month contractAccount management and its own scheduling toolsB2Linked pricing
LinkedIn content (ghostwriting) agencyUnderdog: $2,500 a month (four posts a week), $3,500 or $6,500 for higher tiers; no setup feePosts written and published in a founder's voiceUnderdog Ghostwriting
LinkedIn outreach agencySalesBread: $3,000 a month plus a one-time setup feeLinkedIn and email outreach; says it never uses AI to write messagesSalesBread
LinkedIn outreach agencyLead Cookie: from $1,500 a month (Core) or $3,700 a month (Boutique)LinkedIn and email outreach; describes it as manualLead Cookie
LinkedIn outreach agencyCleverly: $397 to $997 a monthLinkedIn lead generation plans; team discountsCleverly FAQ
Multichannel outreach (email plus LinkedIn)Sopro: "pricing starts at around £3K per month", no minimum contractManaged email and LinkedIn outreachSopro pricing
GTM QuestScoped and quoted in writing after a callFees, media and tools as separate linesNot applicable

Budget for both sides. Kiin, for example, says a genuine full-funnel LinkedIn test needs roughly $4,000 a month in media on top of its fee.

A low monthly price for outreach usually means a tool doing the sending, so ask how messages go out (see LinkedIn's rules).

A bar chart of LinkedIn members by region: Europe, Middle East and Africa 430 million plus, Asia Pacific 410 million plus, North America 290 million plus, South and Central America 226 million plus.
Members, in millions, as published by LinkedIn. North America (US and Canada) is 290M+; the UK sits inside Europe, Middle East and Africa (430M+). Source: LinkedIn Pressroom, About us.

08/ reach

How big is the audience? and why it is not the point

LinkedIn reports more than 1.3 billion members, with 290 million-plus in North America and 430 million-plus across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Those are member counts, not active buyers.

For lead generation the number that matters is how many people at your target accounts you can reach, and how often.

For example, a list of 2,000 named accounts is a small audience on a network that size, which is why targeting and creative matter more than budget size.

09/ choosing

Which LinkedIn motion should you start with? pick your situation

What is true of your company today?

Content first

Start with founder-led content

If your founder or experts can say specific, useful things about your market, content is the cheapest motion and makes the other two work better.

  • ✓ Regular interviews with the founder
  • ✓ Posts approved before publishing
  • ✓ Track who engages, by account

Risk: a ghostwriter who makes your founder sound like everyone else.

10/ before you sign

How to judge a LinkedIn lead generation agency eight questions to ask

01

Which motions do you actually run?

Content, ads, outreach, or all three.

Ask for an example of each from a company like yours.

02

How are messages sent?

By a person, or by software?

LinkedIn prohibits bots and unauthorized automation.

Get the answer in writing.

03

Will you need our login?

The User Agreement bars sharing log-in credentials or copying cookies.

Ask how they work without them.

04

Who owns the ad account and data?

The ad account, Page, audiences and lead data should be in your company's name, with the agency added as a user.

05

How do you pick who to target?

A named account list and the signals that move an account up it, not just job titles and industries.

06

What do you report?

Meetings held, opportunities and pipeline from your CRM.

Clicks, impressions and connection acceptance rates are not outcomes.

07

Who writes in our founder's voice?

A named writer, an interview process, and the founder approving every post before it goes out.

08

What does it cost all-in?

Agency fee, LinkedIn media, Sales Navigator seats and tools, as separate lines.

And the notice period.

11/ walk away

Red flags in a LinkedIn agency proposal what we would question

"Thousands of connection requests a month"

Every member is subject to invitation limits.

Volume promises usually mean automation on your account.

A browser extension or "cloud" tool on your profile

LinkedIn says members using such tools risk restriction or shutdown.

The account at risk is yours, not the agency's.

Scraped contact lists

Twelve regulators, including the ICO, say public personal data is still covered by data protection law.

Ask where every list comes from.

Engagement pods and fake likes

The User Agreement bars bots that like, comment or share to "drive inauthentic engagement".

Reporting stops at cost per lead

A cheap Lead Gen Form lead nobody calls is not pipeline.

Ask how leads reach sales and what happens next.

The ad account is in the agency's name

You lose the history, audiences and learning when you leave.

Keep accounts in your company's name.

12/ GTM Quest

How GTM Quest runs LinkedIn content, ads and outreach as one system

We are a GTM agency, not a LinkedIn tool shop.

LinkedIn is one part of a pipeline system we build on Neon Postgres, Clay and Claude Code, and run with you or hand over.

  1. 01

    ICP and account list

    Which companies, which people, which problem. A named account list before any post is written or any ad is bought.

    WEEK 1
  2. 02

    Founder content

    Monthly interviews, posts in your founder's voice, approved before publishing. We track which accounts engage.

    WEEK 2 ON
  3. 03

    LinkedIn Ads on the list

    Thought Leader Ads on the posts that earn engagement, retargeting with proof, Lead Gen Forms where they fit. Accounts in your name.

    WEEK 3 ON
  4. 04

    Signals in Clay

    Post and ad engagement, hiring, new leaders and site visits, scored against your closed-won deals and stored in Postgres.

    WEEKS 2 TO 4
  5. 05

    Manual outreach

    Your team messages engaged people from their own accounts, with the context attached. No bots, no shared logins.

    WEEKLY
  6. 06

    Measured on pipeline

    Meetings, opportunities and pipeline by motion and by signal, reviewed with sales. What does not convert gets cut.

    MONTHLY

For LinkedIn as part of a named-account program, see our ABM agency page.

If you want a senior lead to own the plan, talk to a GTM consultant, or find a fractional marketing leader on fractional.quest.

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13/ questions

LinkedIn lead generation agencies FAQ

What B2B teams ask before they hire a LinkedIn agency for content, ads or outreach.

It runs one or more of three motions on LinkedIn: founder and employee content, LinkedIn Ads, and outreach through Sales Navigator and messages, aimed at booking meetings.

See what a LinkedIn lead generation agency does.

It depends on the motion: Kiin, Impactable and B2Linked for LinkedIn Ads, Rethoric and Underdog for founder content, SalesBread, Lead Cookie and Sopro for outreach, or GTM Quest for all three in one system.

See the agencies.

Published fees run from Cleverly's $397 to $997 a month for outreach to $2,500 to $3,000 a month for LinkedIn Ads management at Kiin, Impactable and B2Linked, plus media.

See pricing.

LinkedIn's minimum is $10 a day per campaign for any ad format, and $100 as a lifetime budget for a new campaign.

A useful test usually needs far more.

An agency that runs your paid campaigns in Campaign Manager: targeting, creative, Thought Leader Ads, Lead Gen Forms, retargeting and reporting, for a management fee on top of media.

See B2B LinkedIn ads.

An agency that prospects on LinkedIn for you: Sales Navigator lists, connection requests, messages and follow-up until a meeting is booked.

Ask how messages are sent; see manual vs automation.

Yes.

LinkedIn's User Agreement bars "bots or other unauthorized automated methods" to add contacts or send messages, and members using such tools risk restriction or shutdown.

See LinkedIn's rules.

LinkedIn applies invitation limits to all members but does not publish the number; hitting it usually blocks invitations for about a week.

Basic members can personalize five requests a month.

Ads that promote a member's own post, such as your founder's, with their permission.

The post must be public and the author's profile must show their full name (LinkedIn Help).

LinkedIn says its average Lead Gen Form conversion rate is 13%.

Sync leads to your CRM promptly, because LinkedIn deletes lead data after 90 days.

Core is $99.99 a month per license, or $959.88 a year; Advanced is $179.99 a month, or $1,679.88 a year.

LinkedIn's own FAQ on the same page still quotes Core from $119.99, so check the price at checkout.

Keep the founder's voice and the sending in-house where you can; hire for ads management and the system around it.

Either way, keep the ad account, Page and data in your company's name.

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Content, ads, outreach. One LinkedIn system that sales can use.

A 15-minute call, a written next step, and LinkedIn run inside the rules, on accounts and data you own. We run it with you or hand it over.

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14/ related

Keep exploring

gtm.quest

GTM Quest

The GTM agency behind this page: strategy, systems and pipeline.

gtm.quest

Outbound agencies

Email, LinkedIn and phone outbound, compared.

gtm.quest

Signal-based selling

Who to contact and when, from buying signals.

gtm.quest

ABM agency UK

Account-based marketing for named target accounts.

gtm.quest

B2B video agencies

Video for Thought Leader Ads and founder content.

gtm.quest

Cold email agencies

The email side of outbound, with deliverability rules.

gtm.quest

Demand generation agencies

Create the demand LinkedIn outreach converts.

gtm.quest

What is a go-to-market agency?

How a full GTM partner differs from a channel agency.

15/ sources

Every source on this page

Each figure above links to one of these. All were opened and checked on October 16, 2026.

  1. LinkedIn Marketing Solutions, Campaign budgets for your LinkedIn Adsbusiness.linkedin.com
  2. LinkedIn Marketing Blog, How to use LinkedIn Lead Gen Forms (Aug 2025)linkedin.com
  3. LinkedIn Sales Navigator, Compare plans and pricingbusiness.linkedin.com
  4. Edelman, The rise of the hidden buyer (2025 Edelman-LinkedIn B2B Thought Leadership Impact Report)edelman.com
  5. LinkedIn Help, Prohibited software and extensionslinkedin.com
  6. LinkedIn Marketing Solutions Help, Thought Leader Adslinkedin.com
  7. LinkedIn Help, Invitation limit reachedlinkedin.com
  8. LinkedIn Marketing Solutions Help, Campaign and ad set budgetslinkedin.com
  9. LinkedIn Help, Sponsored Messaging adslinkedin.com
  10. LinkedIn Marketing Solutions, Message Adsbusiness.linkedin.com
  11. LinkedIn Marketing Solutions Help, Sponsored Messaging in the EEA and Switzerlandlinkedin.com
  12. LinkedIn Marketing Solutions, How much do LinkedIn ads cost?business.linkedin.com
  13. LinkedIn, User Agreement (section 8.2, Don'ts)linkedin.com
  14. LinkedIn Help, Network size limitlinkedin.com
  15. LinkedIn Help, Types of restrictions for sending invitationslinkedin.com
  16. ICO and 11 other authorities, Joint statement on data scraping and the protection of privacy (Aug 2023)ico.org.uk
  17. Kiin, Pricingkiin.co
  18. Impactable, Pricingimpactable.com
  19. B2Linked, Pricingb2linked.com
  20. Underdog Ghostwriting, Home (pricing tiers)underdog-ghostwriting.com
  21. SalesBread, Omnichannel marketing services (pricing statement)salesbread.com
  22. Lead Cookie, Home (campaign pricing)leadcookie.com
  23. Cleverly, FAQ (pricing)cleverly.co
  24. Sopro, Pricingsopro.io
  25. LinkedIn Pressroom, About us (statistics)news.linkedin.com
  26. fractional.questfractional.quest
  27. Kiinkiin.co
  28. Kiin, Aboutkiin.co
  29. Soprosopro.io
  30. The Sopro Group (Sopro Holdings Ltd, Brighton)foundershub.co.uk
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