Integrations overview
Which accounts to connect for your goal, how connecting works, what AIM is allowed to do, and how to disconnect.
An integration connects one of your accounts to AIM, so your agents can publish to it, prepare ads in it, or read results from it. You find them all under Integrations.
Which ones to connect #
Connect at least one place to post. Add the rest as your goals need them.
| If you want to… | Connect |
|---|---|
| Publish posts | Facebook Pages, Instagram, LinkedIn profile, LinkedIn company page, X |
| Run ads on Facebook and Instagram | Facebook Pages and Instagram with paid ads ticked, plus the Meta Pixel |
| Run search ads | Google Ads |
| Run ads elsewhere | TikTok Ads, Pinterest Ads, Reddit Ads |
| Measure what visitors do on your site | Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager |
| See which searches bring visitors | Google Search Console |
| Publish articles on your own website | Website blog |
A good first set #
- Local business: Facebook Pages, Instagram, Google Analytics.
- Online shop: Instagram, Facebook Pages with paid ads, Meta Pixel, Google Analytics.
- Business-to-business: LinkedIn company page, Google Analytics, Google Search Console.
- Publishing articles: Google Search Console and Website blog.
How connecting works #
- Open Integrations and choose the account.
- Read What you allow and How AIM uses it.
- Select Connect. You are sent to the platform's own sign-in and permission screen.
- Approve the permissions. Leave every permission ticked, or parts of AIM will not work.
- Back in AIM, choose which Page, profile, property, or ad account to use, if you have more than one.
AIM never sees or stores your password. You sign in on the platform, and the platform gives AIM permission to act for you.
You need the Owner, Admin, or Marketer role in AIM, and enough access on the platform itself, usually admin of the Page or ad account. Each guide says exactly what is needed.
Posts and paid ads are separate #
For Facebook and Instagram, AIM asks for posting permissions by default. Paid ads need extra permissions, which Meta asks for only when you tick paid ads before connecting. You can add them later by ticking the box and signing in again.
What AIM does on your accounts #
- It publishes posts you approved, or that your autonomy level allows.
- It publishes ads only after you approve them, or inside your budget if you turn on autopilot. An approved ad goes live and can spend straight away, and you can pause it from the integration's Ads tab.
- It reads results, so reports and suggestions use real numbers.
- It does not delete your posts, change your account settings, or message your followers.
Each integration page lists the agents that use it and keeps a record of everything they did there. For what AIM reads from Google and why, see why AIM asks for Google permissions.
Keeping a connection healthy #
Platforms sometimes end a connection: after a password change, a change to your role on the Page, or simply after a long time. The integration then shows that it needs attention, and posts for that channel wait instead of failing silently.
To fix it, open the integration and connect again. Your content and settings are kept.
Refresh insights reads the latest numbers without waiting for the next scheduled reading.
Disconnecting #
Open the integration and select Disconnect. The agents stop using that account immediately. Nothing on the platform itself is deleted: your posts, ads, and data stay where they are. To remove AIM's permission on the platform's side as well, use the platform's own list of connected apps.
Trouble connecting? #
See Troubleshooting, or the guide for that integration.