Advice Sessions is a new feature that lets you offer paid one-on-one video calls directly from your LinkedIn profile. You can handle bookings, payments, and the call itself without leaving the platform.
The all-in-one nature of this is the detail worth appreciating. For freelancers, consultants, and solopreneurs, the most important change is that LinkedIn now handles booking, payment, and video calls inside a single platform. That removes the Calendly-plus-Stripe-plus-Zoom stack that has been standard for paid consulting workflows since 2020.
If you have ever tried to set up a paid consultation workflow from scratch, you know exactly how much friction that stack creates.
Who It Is Designed For
For coaches, consultants, and creators who already field cold DMs asking for “a quick chat,” this removes the friction of pointing people to a third-party platform for payment and calls.
LinkedIn’s own senior product manager Nils Albertsen framed the intention clearly — “We have built tools for founders at all phases of their small business growth journey. For entrepreneurs and individual experts, Advice Sessions allows you to leverage what you already know and get paid for that expertise.”
The feature speaks directly to the growing population of independent professionals — coaches, career advisors, marketing consultants, legal professionals, financial experts, and domain specialists across every industry — who have built genuine expertise and a LinkedIn following but lacked a native way to convert that visibility into direct income.
What Else LinkedIn Announced Alongside Advice Sessions
Advice Sessions was the headline but it was not the only announcement on May 12. LinkedIn announced four new product launches, headlined by Advice Sessions. The broader package of tools reflects a platform making a deliberate push to serve the solopreneur and founder economy more comprehensively.
LinkedIn cited internal data showing that founder growth in the United States grew roughly 70 percent year over year, with 69 percent of users saying it has never been easier to start a company. That data gives clear context for why LinkedIn is investing in tools that serve independent professionals rather than just job seekers and corporate recruiters.
Who Can Access It Right Now
Advice Sessions are currently available to Premium Business subscribers in the United States. The geographic and subscription limitations mean this is not yet universally accessible but the rollout trajectory suggests broader availability is the direction of travel rather than a permanent restriction.
For US-based Premium Business subscribers, the practical setup process involves auditing your profile to ensure your headline, banner, and About section clearly signal the expertise area you want people to pay to access, then activating the Advice Sessions feature and setting your hourly rate.
