LinkedIn keeps a close eye on how accounts interact with other members. If your invitation volume suddenly jumps (especially after low activity), it can look unnatural and increase the risk of temporary restrictions or warnings. LinkedIn Invitation Ramp-Up helps you grow your invite volume progressively so your activity stays closer to normal human behavior.
Learning Objective
By the end of this tutorial, you’ll know how to find LinkedIn Invitation Ramp-Up in lemlist, configure your daily invitation limit and ramp-up speed, and understand key LinkedIn step limits (including network checks and invite character limits) to reduce restriction risk while scaling outreach.
Why This Matters
Abrupt invitation spikes are a common automation signal. Ramp-Up reduces that risk by starting at a lower daily volume and increasing gradually until you reach your configured daily invitation limit, so you can scale confidently without manual tracking.
Prerequisites
You have a LinkedIn account connected to lemlist.
You have access to your lemlist Settings (account or team, depending on where you manage limits).
Core Lesson — Step-by-Step Workflow
Phase 1: Open your sending limits
Click your workspace/profile area in the bottom-left, then select Settings.
Why: LinkedIn Ramp-Up is managed from your sending limits, not from inside a campaign.
In the left sidebar, open Sending limits, then scroll to Limits for LinkedIn Steps.
Why: This section controls how many LinkedIn actions lemlist can run per 24 hours (including invites).
Phase 2: Configure your invitation ramp-up settings
Set LinkedIn Invite Ramp-Up per day using the – and + buttons.
Why: This is the number of additional invitations lemlist will add each day until you reach your daily invitation limit.
How it works:
Ramp-Up starts invitations at a lower daily volume.
Each day, lemlist increases the number of invitations sent by the amount you set in LinkedIn Invite Ramp-Up per day.
This continues until the Maximum number of LinkedIn invites sent by lemlist in 24h is reached.
Once reached, invitations send normally at your daily limit (no further increases).
Phase 3: Set a safe daily max (your target limit)
Adjust Maximum number of LinkedIn invites sent by lemlist in 24h to your target daily cap.
Why: Ramp-Up “ramps toward” this number—so your cap defines where the gradual increase stops.
Default behavior to know:
Ramp-Up is set up by default.
When a LinkedIn account is newly connected, the starting invitation limit is typically 2 invitations/day by default (unless you change it).
Phase 4: Understand two other LinkedIn limits that impact deliverability and execution
Review (and adjust if needed) Maximum number of LinkedIn network checks made by lemlist in 24h.
Why: A “network check” is when lemlist verifies whether a lead is already part of your LinkedIn connections. This helps lemlist decide which LinkedIn actions can run (for example, certain message steps typically require you to be connected first), and prevents unnecessary actions on leads that are already in your network. Capping this limit helps keep your LinkedIn activity patterns consistent and avoids excessive connection-status lookups.
Set the Character limit for LinkedIn invite steps (only applicable for LinkedIn Premium account).
Why: LinkedIn limits how long your invitation note can be, and LinkedIn Premium can allow a higher limit. This setting lets you align lemlist with the character limit your account supports (for example, choosing 200 vs 300) so your invite notes don’t exceed what LinkedIn will accept.
What happens if you stop sending invitations?
If you pause LinkedIn invitation activity for several days, the ramp-up may reset. This is intentional: when you resume, you’ll ramp up safely again instead of jumping immediately back to a high daily volume.
Best practices
Use a small daily increase on new or inactive accounts (slower is safer).
Avoid frequent limit changes—steady patterns look more natural.
Combine Ramp-Up with realistic working hours to keep activity consistent with human behavior.
Keep network checks reasonable if you’re running connection-dependent steps, especially on high-volume campaigns.
Match your invite note length to your LinkedIn plan (Premium vs non-Premium) to avoid failed or truncated invites.
Practical example (recommended setup)
Daily invite limit (target cap): 20 invites/24h
Ramp-Up per day: +2 invites/day
This means lemlist starts low and increases gradually each day until it reaches 20/day, then stays at 20/day.
Troubleshooting & pitfalls
Issue: “Ramp-Up doesn’t seem to apply, I’m sending fewer invites than expected”
Root cause: Ramp-Up intentionally starts below your daily cap and increases progressively.
Fix:
Check your LinkedIn Invite Ramp-Up per day value and your Maximum number of LinkedIn invites… in 24h.
Give it a few days to climb toward the cap.
Issue: “I paused campaigns and my volume dropped again”
Root cause: Ramp-Up may reset after several days without invitation activity.
Fix:
Resume sending and let Ramp-Up increase gradually again.
Keep increases modest if the account has been inactive.
Issue: “Some LinkedIn message steps are not executing as expected”
Root cause: Some steps depend on connection status; if lemlist can’t check whether a lead is in your network (or you hit the daily cap), execution can be delayed.
Fix:
Review your Maximum number of LinkedIn network checks made by lemlist in 24h and increase it if your workflow requires frequent connection-status verification.
Stagger LinkedIn-heavy campaigns so you’re not exhausting limits early in the day.
Issue: “My invite note fails or seems too long”
Root cause: Your invite note may exceed the character limit supported by your LinkedIn plan.
Fix:
Confirm whether your account is LinkedIn Premium.
Set the correct Character limit for LinkedIn invite steps (e.g., 200 vs 300) and shorten your invite note if needed.
Issue: “I still got LinkedIn warnings/restrictions”
Root cause: Invite volume isn’t the only factor (account history, message quality, acceptance rate, activity patterns, etc.).
Fix:
Lower your daily invite limit and/or Ramp-Up per day.
Stabilize sending patterns (avoid sudden spikes and constant adjustments).
Pause invites temporarily if LinkedIn shows warnings, then restart with a conservative Ramp-Up.
Knowledge Check
Where do you set your daily invitation cap for LinkedIn invites in lemlist?
What does LinkedIn Invite Ramp-Up per day control?
What is a LinkedIn network check, and why might lemlist need to run it?
When does the LinkedIn invite character limit setting matter?
If you stop sending invitations for several days, what happens when you start again?
In short
LinkedIn Invitation Ramp-Up helps you avoid sudden activity spikes, reduce restriction risk, and scale outreach safely. For smoother execution, also make sure your network checks limit and invite character limit match your workflow and LinkedIn plan.