Affiliate tracking to use with LinkedIn Sales Navigator
LinkedIn Sales Navigator gives you unmatched access to professionals across every industry. When you use it to identify and recruit affiliate partners — consultants, thought leaders, and agency owners — Trackli provides the infrastructure to track their referrals and manage their commissions at scale.
What LinkedIn Sales Navigator does (and doesn't do)
- Provides advanced search filters to find professionals by title, industry, company size, seniority, and geography on LinkedIn
- Delivers lead recommendations based on your ideal partner profile and saved search criteria
- Enables InMail outreach to prospects outside your immediate LinkedIn network
- Offers real-time alerts when target prospects change roles, post content, or engage with relevant topics
- Integrates with major CRMs to sync prospect data and track outreach activity
- Does not generate affiliate referral links or tracking codes
- Does not track clicks, conversions, or revenue from referred traffic
- Does not calculate commissions or manage affiliate payouts
- Does not provide an affiliate portal or partner management dashboard
- Does not integrate with payment processors for transaction tracking
The gap: why you still need tracking
LinkedIn Sales Navigator excels at helping you discover and recruit affiliates, but once a partner says “yes,” you need infrastructure to generate unique referral links, track clicks and conversions, calculate commissions, and manage payouts. That's exactly what Trackli provides.
Attribution
Server-side click and conversion tracking
Analytics
Real-time dashboards for brands and affiliates
Commissions
Automatic calculation on every sale
Multi-processor
Works with Stripe, Paddle, LemonSqueezy, and more
How LinkedIn Sales Navigator + Trackli work together
LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Trackli address different layers of a B2B affiliate strategy. Sales Navigator is your prospecting layer — it gives you access to LinkedIn's professional network with advanced filtering and outreach capabilities to identify and recruit potential affiliates. Trackli is your operational layer — once a professional agrees to become an affiliate, Trackli handles link generation, click tracking, conversion attribution through your payment processor, commission calculations, and payout management. There is no direct API connection between LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Trackli; the workflow involves recruiting partners via LinkedIn and then onboarding them into Trackli through email invitations.
Step-by-step workflow
Define your ideal affiliate profile
Set up saved searches in Sales Navigator targeting consultants, advisors, and professionals who influence buying decisions in your market.
Review lead recommendations
Browse Sales Navigator's suggested leads and filter by industry expertise, seniority, and content engagement.
Send personalized InMails
Reach out to high-potential prospects with tailored messages explaining the mutual benefits of your affiliate program.
Set up your Trackli program
Create your affiliate program in Trackli, configure B2B-appropriate commission structures, and connect your payment processor.
Onboard accepted partners
When a LinkedIn prospect agrees, send them a Trackli invitation where they receive referral links and portal access.
Track professional referrals
Monitor which LinkedIn-recruited affiliates are generating clicks, qualified leads, and conversions in Trackli's dashboard.
Process earned commissions
Trackli automatically calculates commissions based on tracked conversions and processes payouts on your configured schedule.
Why Trackli complements LinkedIn Sales Navigator
- LinkedIn Sales Navigator identifies high-value professionals; Trackli converts them into tracked affiliate partners
- Each LinkedIn-recruited affiliate receives a unique Trackli referral link that works across web, email, and social channels
- Trackli's configurable attribution windows accommodate the longer decision cycles common in B2B referrals
- The branded partner portal gives professional affiliates a polished experience that matches the quality of your LinkedIn outreach
- Automated commission calculations and payouts scale as you recruit more partners through Sales Navigator
Visual workflow
Discovery vs tracking: who does what
LinkedIn Sales Navigator and Trackli are complementary tools. Here's how responsibilities split.