# Creating a LinkedIn account
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**Creating a LinkedIn App and OAuth credentials**

1. Navigate to your **LinkedIn Developer Network** page and log in with your LinkedIn account credentials. 

1. Navigate to the **My Apps** page and choose **Create Application** to create a new LinkedIn App.

1. Enter the following details into the app registration form:
   + **Company Name** – Select an existing company or create a new company.
   + **Name** – Enter the application name.
   + **Description** – Enter the application description.
   + **Application Logo** – Select an image file as your application logo.
   + **Application Use** – Select the use of your application.
   + **Website URL** – Enter the websiute URL that contains detailed information about your application.
   + **Business Email** – Enter your business email address.
   + **Business Phone** – Enter your business phone number.
   + **LinkedIn API Terms of Use** – Read and agree.

1. Upon completion of the app registration form, choose **Submit**.

   You will be redirected to the **Authentication** page, where the Authentication Keys (Client ID and Client Secret) and other relevant details will be displayed.

1. If your web application requires access to the user's email address from their LinkedIn account, select the `r_emailaddress` permission. Additionally, you can specify Authorized Redirect URLs for your LinkedIn application. 

**Creating a page in LinkedIn account**

1. Navigate to [LinkedIn Developer Products](https://developer.linkedin.com/).

1. At the upper-right corner of the **LinkedIn Developer Products** page, select **My apps**.

1. At the upper-right corner of the **My apps** page, select **Create app**.

1. On the **Create an app** page, enter your app name in the **App name** field.

1. In the **LinkedIn Page** field, enter your company page name or URL.
**Note**  
If you don’t have a LinkedIn Page, you can create one by selecting **Create a new LinkedIn**. 

1. In the **Privacy policy URL** field, enter your privacy policy URL.

1. Choose **Upload a logo** to upload an image that is to be displayed to users when they authorize with your app.

1. In the **Legal agreement** section, select **I have read and agree to these terms**.

1. Choose **Create app**. 

   Your new app will be created and will be available under the **My apps** tab.

**Publishing campaign ads in LinkedIn**

1. Log in to **Campaign Manager**. 

1. Select an existing **Campaign Group**, or choose **Create** to create a new one.

1. Select your objective.

1. Select your group, budget, and schedule.

1. Build your target audience.

1. Select your ad format.

1. Select your budget and schedule.

1. Set up your ad(s).

1. Review and Launch.