LinkedIn Advice Sessions: Turn Your Expertise Into Paid Calls

Your LinkedIn audience can now do more than applaud your career update. They can pay to talk to you.

That sounds useful. It also means your profile is quietly becoming a shop window - and a vague "I help people grow" bio won't cut it anymore.

Your calendar is now the product

On October 15, LinkedIn folded Advice Sessions into a wider creator push that also includes a new dashboard and revenue-sharing tests for video ads. The company says founders on LinkedIn have increased 70%, while more than 80% of its creators publish alongside another job.

Advice Sessions lets experts sell one-to-one video calls from their profiles. Booking, calendar invites and payment happen without sending the buyer through your website, Calendly and three increasingly desperate follow-up emails.

There are catches. According to LinkedIn's current eligibility rules¹, hosting remains invitation-only for Premium Business subscribers in the United States. Customers must also be verified U.S. members.

Hosts can set a price of up to $500 and accept bookings within a 30-day window. Payments run through Stripe, including Apple Pay. LinkedIn doesn't list its own commission, but Stripe processing charges apply, and payouts are held for 30 days. You'll also need recurring availability; random one-off slots aren't supported.

The feed just became a storefront

Selling expert calls isn't new. Intro and Clarity already do it. The difference is distribution. LinkedIn owns the place where a prospect discovers your post, checks your credentials and decides whether you know your stuff.

Now the payment button sits right there.

That can shorten the trip from "good post" to actual revenue. It also changes what useful content does. A sharp breakdown, case study or opinion isn't only chasing reach anymore. It's evidence that your hour is worth buying.

Early testers are leaning into exactly that. LinkedIn consultant Beth Granger positioned her session around specific problems - visibility, networking and business conversations - while commenters praised the feature for putting a fair price on the usual free-advice request. Others asked why access remains limited and how LinkedIn chooses invitees. Fair question. The rollout is still rather velvet-rope.

Don't sell a vague chat

Package one result. "Creator coaching" is fog. "Fix your sponsorship pitch in 45 minutes" is something a buyer can picture - and expense.

Make your profile prove it. Your headline should name the person you help. Your featured work should show receipts: outcomes, examples, useful thinking. No chest-beating required.

Test before rebuilding your business. Open two or three slots, note which questions repeat, then turn the strongest session into an audit, workshop or larger service.

If you aren't invited yet, build the offer anyway. The button is merely checkout. Trust still does the selling.