Publishes to LinkedIn profiles todayThe LinkedIn post scheduler for people who post as themselves
Personal profiles are where LinkedIn actually happens — the founder's take, the consultant's teardown, the ghostwritten essay that reads like the client wrote it. Nimply plans, drafts, and schedules that work: text, images, video, and PDF document carousels, every post approved by you before it ships.
Free plan · No credit card · Official LinkedIn API
01 — Formats
Every LinkedIn format that earns attention
LinkedIn rewards substance, and each format carries it differently. Nimply schedules all four post types a personal profile can publish — so your calendar can hold a text essay on Monday, a carousel on Wednesday, and a video on Friday without touching three different tools.
Text posts
Plain text is still the workhorse of LinkedIn — an argument, a story, a lesson learned. Write up to 3,000 characters, save hooks you reuse as hashtag sets, and keep drafts in the queue until they're ready.
Image posts
A single chart or a multi-image sequence — attach up to 20 images per post, imported from Canva, Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, or generated with the built-in AI image tool.
Video posts
Upload video directly so it plays natively in the feed rather than as an external link. Schedule it like any other post.
PDF document carousels
The swipeable document post is LinkedIn's most underrated format — a mini-presentation readers page through in the feed. Upload your own PDF, or have the Carousel Designer agent build one from an outline.
Visibility control
Choose who sees each post — Public for reach, Connections-only when it's meant for your network.
02 — Workflow
From idea to published, on rails
The whole system runs on one rule: nothing publishes without your sign-off. Here's how a post moves through it.
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Connect your profile
Link your LinkedIn personal profile through the official LinkedIn API — a standard OAuth sign-in, no password sharing, no browser extensions. Nimply publishes to personal profiles today; company Pages aren't supported.
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Draft the post
Write it yourself, ask the AI assistant for a first pass, or let the LinkedIn Ghostwriter agent draft from a topic in your voice. Pull visuals from your media library or import straight from Canva, Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive. AI runs cost transparent per-run credits — no surprise metering.
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Approve it
Every draft can route through an approval step before it's allowed near the calendar. That's a hard rail, not a setting we hope you find: agents never publish directly. If a ghostwritten draft doesn't sound like you, you edit or reject it — nothing ships unseen.
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Schedule and forget
Pick an exact date and time on the drag-and-drop calendar, or drop the post into your queue and let it fill your next open slot. Nimply auto-publishes at the scheduled moment and keeps your published history in one place.
03 — AI workforce
Two agents built for LinkedIn
Schedulers help you publish; they don't help you write. This is where Nimply parts ways with the Buffers and Hootsuites: you can hire AI agents that do the production work, while the approval rail keeps your name safe.
LinkedIn Ghostwriter
Drafts in your voice. You approve.
Feed it topics and your past writing, and the Ghostwriter agent produces post drafts that sound like you — not like an AI doing an impression of a thought leader. Drafts land in your approval queue, where you edit, approve, or reject. It never posts on its own, and you can pause it at any time.
Meet the LinkedIn GhostwriterCarousel Designer
Outline in, PDF carousel out.
Document carousels take real design time — which is why most people post one and quit. The Carousel Designer turns an outline into a designed, consistent PDF deck, rendered deterministically so every slide follows your layout. Review it, then schedule it as a document post.
Meet the Carousel Designer04 — Field notes
A cadence that actually works on LinkedIn
The people who win on LinkedIn are rarely the ones posting the most. Posts here have a long shelf life — a good one keeps surfacing for days — so two to four strong posts a week comfortably beats a daily stream of filler. If you're scheduling LinkedIn posts in a weekly batch, that's only three or four drafts per sitting.
Mix your formats deliberately. A useful weekly shape: one text post with a clear opinion or story, one document carousel that goes deep on a process or teardown, and one lighter post — a question, an observation, a behind-the-scenes note. Carousels do the heavy lifting for saves and profile visits; text posts start conversations.
And treat scheduling as half the job. LinkedIn reach compounds on early replies, so the highest-leverage fifteen minutes of your week is the window right after a post goes live, answering comments as yourself. Schedule the publishing; keep the conversation human. That split — machine handles logistics, you handle judgment — is the entire philosophy behind how our agents work too.
05 — Keep reading
Go deeper on LinkedIn
Guide
How to schedule LinkedIn posts
The native scheduler, its limits, and when a tool earns its keep.
Templates
LinkedIn post templates
Proven post structures to start from instead of a blank composer.
AI agent
LinkedIn Ghostwriter
An agent that learns your voice and drafts posts you approve.
AI agent
Carousel Designer
Turns an outline into a designed, on-brand PDF carousel.
For founders
Social media for founders
Founder-led content without founder-led hours.
For ghostwriters
Nimply for ghostwriters
Manage several client voices with workspaces and approvals.
LinkedIn scheduling, answered
Does LinkedIn have a built-in post scheduler?
Yes — LinkedIn's composer has a clock icon that lets you schedule a post up to three months ahead, and it's free. What it doesn't give you is a calendar view of everything queued, AI drafting help, an approval step, PDF carousel scheduling, or one place that also covers your other platforms. That's the gap a tool like Nimply fills.
Does Nimply publish to LinkedIn company Pages?
Not yet — Nimply publishes to LinkedIn personal profiles today. For most founders, consultants, and ghostwriters that's the feed that matters: personal posts are where LinkedIn audiences actually engage. If your workflow is Pages-first, we're not the right fit for that part yet.
Can I schedule LinkedIn posts for free?
Yes. Nimply has a free plan with no credit card required, and paid plans are flat-priced rather than per-channel, so connecting LinkedIn alongside your other profiles doesn't multiply the bill.
Do scheduled posts get less reach on LinkedIn?
There's no evidence the publishing method itself is penalized — schedulers using the official API publish the same post a human would. Reach on LinkedIn tracks how people respond in the first hours. Our honest advice: schedule the post, but be reachable when it goes live so you can answer early comments.
Can I automate my LinkedIn posts with AI?
You can automate the drafting, not the judgment. The LinkedIn Ghostwriter agent turns topics into drafts written in your voice, and the Carousel Designer produces PDF carousels — but agents in Nimply never publish directly. Every draft goes through approval before it's scheduled, so nothing appears under your name that you haven't read.
Can I schedule PDF document carousels?
Yes. Document posts — the swipeable PDF carousels — are among the most engaging formats on LinkedIn, and Nimply schedules them like any other post. You can upload your own PDF or have the Carousel Designer agent generate one from an outline.
What is the 5-3-2 rule on LinkedIn?
It's a content-mix heuristic: for every ten posts, share five pieces of relevant content from others, three of your own, and two personal, human posts. Treat it as a reminder to vary your content rather than a law — on today's LinkedIn, original perspective and personal stories tend to outperform shared links.
How often should I post on LinkedIn?
For most people, two to four posts a week is the sweet spot — enough to stay visible without diluting quality. Posting several times a day rarely helps on LinkedIn; posts have a long shelf life and can keep circulating for days. Consistency over months beats intensity over weeks, which is exactly what a queue is for.
Show up on LinkedIn every week — without living there
Connect your profile, batch a week of posts with an AI ghostwriter on the rails, and approve everything before it ships. Free plan, flat pricing, official API.