How to Use the LinkedIn Event Inviter

*For a workflow targeting 10–20 event attendees, the full process typically takes around 5–10 minutes total, including sending event invitations and exporting guest data.

Before you start

• Awareness of LinkedIn’s safety limits:
  - The Workflow will not send more than 100 invitations per day.
  - For account safety, spread actions across working hours (weekday 9–5).

Step 1: Choose which connections to invite

You can provide your list of 1st-degree connections in two ways:

1. LinkedIn Leads Lists:
   Choose a saved LinkedIn Leads list you’ve already created in PhantomBuster.
2. A URL:
   • Provide a Google Sheet with LinkedIn profile URLs (make sure it’s shared with “Anyone with the link”).

   • Or upload a CSV file with LinkedIn profile URLs (make sure it’s publicly accessible, and note that CSV upload is only available on paid plans).

     → If you’re using a spreadsheet, the Workflow defaults to the first column (A). To use a different column, enter the column’s header name in the field “Name of column containing profile URLs.”

   • Then, specify the type of guest input: Choose how your spreadsheet or CSV identifies the people you want to invite: 
     - LinkedIn Profile URLs (recommended for best accuracy).
     - Full name (from LinkedIn’s official export).
     - First name & Last name (from LinkedIn’s official export).

Step 2: Connect your LinkedIn account

To let the Workflow act on your behalf:

1. Install the PhantomBuster browser extension and connect your LinkedIn session in one click.
2. If you’re not using Chrome or Firefox, you can retrieve your session cookie manually (see our cookie guide).

Check your browser user agent
Make sure your browser is up to date before connecting your account. 
→ If your Chrome or Firefox version is outdated, your session cookie may expire much more quickly, and you’ll need to reconnect often.

Step 3: Provide your event URL

Paste the LinkedIn Event URL into the Event URL field.

• You must be an admin of the event.

Step 4: Configure behavior

1. Profiles to invite per day
   • Enter the number in the “Number of profiles to invite per day” field.
   • If left empty, the Workflow will default to 100/day (the maximum allowed).
   • Recommended: set a lower number to spread activity safely.
2. When to send invitations
   • Choose whether to send During working hours on weekdays.
   • Or Randomly throughout the day/week.

This Workflow does not include customizable Launch settings. You can’t change the frequency beyond these two options or set a different launch schedule.

Step 5 (Optional): Advanced settings

Advanced settings are available if you want to fine-tune how your Workflow runs, but by default they’re already optimized for most use cases.

We recommend leaving them as they are unless a guide specifically instructs you to change something.

→ For a detailed overview of all advanced options (like execution limits, retries, email notifications, proxies, webhooks, and file management), see our Advanced settings guide.

Launch and results

When you’re ready:

• Toggle the ON/OFF switch to start your Workflow.

Once it finishes:

• You can track progress in the Workflow's dashboard:
  • Leads tab → Shows the status of each lead being processed by the Workflow (e.g., Not invited yet, Invited, Accepted, Follow-up sent, Replied, or Could not invite). From here you can search, filter, and also download your results as a CSV.

  • Report tab → Displays performance metrics of your Outreach campaign, including:

    - Time saved
    - Profiles collected, invites sent, accepted invitations
    - Performance progress over time (visual graph of collected vs. invited vs. accepted)

• The next worker agent (or Phantom) to launch is always visible in the Workflow Dashboard. 
  → Look for the line starting with “Next:” to know what’s coming up in the sequence.

Export and input limits on the Free plan
If you’re on the Free plan or Free trial, some features are limited:
- CSV exports include only the first 10 rows of results.
- CSV download links (for dynamic viewing in Google Sheets or integrations) are not available.
- JSON exports are not available.
- CSV upload as an input method is not supported.
To unlock all features, you’ll need to upgrade to a paid plan.

What you give (Input) and What you get (Output)

This section gives you a detailed breakdown of everything you need to provide to run this Workflow, and everything you’ll receive once it completes.

What you give (Input)

What you get (Output)

Tips and troubleshooting

Common pitfalls

• Forgetting that this Workflow only invites your 1st-degree connections.
• Using the wrong input type/URL → this Workflow only accepts LinkedIn Profile URLs.
• Browser not updated → outdated user agents cause cookies to expire quickly.
• Not being an admin of the event → you won’t be able to invite.
• Setting too high a daily number → stick to 100/day max for safety.
• No custom scheduling → This Workflow doesn’t have Launch settings. You can only choose between the two available options (Weekdays during working hours or Randomly throughout the day and week). It isn’t possible to set other times or frequencies.
• If the Workflow stops working:
  • Errors may not always appear in the Dashboard.
  • To check hidden errors and execution details, open the Logs section from the console page of your Workflow. For step-by-step instructions, see How to Troubleshoot Errors in Workflows.

If you run into issues

• Browse the Fix Issues & Troubleshoot Errors section for solutions to common problems.
• Review our Automation Rate Limits by Platform guide.
• Check our Best Practices for Social Media Automation guide.

Suggested automations

After inviting contacts to your event, you can:

• Grow your guest list further → run LinkedIn Search to Lead Outreach to connect with new people and automatically invite them.
• Engage attendees before the event → use LinkedIn Auto Liker or LinkedIn Auto Commenter to interact with their posts.
• Follow up after the event → send tailored messages with LinkedIn Message Sender.