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Notion offers founders a 3 month free trial in a message from Chris
A message ad from Chris Stone that opens with half of Y Combinator startups running on Notion and offers a free 3 month trial for work and a free 1 month trial for home. It ran 19 days, from August 23 to September 10, 2026, with 20k to 30k impressions.
19
days it ran
20k to 30k
impressions in total
Stopped
last shown September 10, 2026
Selected for: Most seen. Reported 20k to 30k impressions in a 19-day run.
- Advertiser
- Notion
- Format
- LinkedIn message
- Offer
- Free trial, 3 months free for work
- Served in
- EU
- Last checked
- November 7, 2026
Creative breakdown
Hook. Half of Y Combinator startups run on Notion.
Problem. Finding 1 flexible space a young team can shape around how it works.
Offer. A free 3 month trial for work and a free 1 month trial for home use, for up to 100 people per workspace.
Proof. Half of Y Combinator startups run on Notion.
Call to action. A Get Free Trial button.
Idea to test
Analysis
Open a message to founders with how many of their peers use the product, then offer a trial longer than the usual one.
Ad copy
Body
Hey %FIRSTNAME%, Half of Y Combinator startups run on Notion. Founders reach for it early because it's one flexible space they can shape around how their team actually works. We'd be happy to offer you a Free 3 Month Trial for work and a Free 1 Month Trial for home use. You can add up to 100 people to each Notion workspace, so bring your team along! Want to give it a try? Chris @ Notion
Button
Get Free Trial
Not known
- Spend, sends, opens and clicks
- How many trials it started
- Who it was sent to
- Spend, clicks, leads and conversions. No platform publishes them for another company's ads.
Evidence
- Collected through
- The platform's official API
- Impressions
- 20k to 30k impressions in total, over the ad's life. The LinkedIn Ad Library API reports "20k-30k".
- Ran
- Aug 23 to Sep 10, 2026, 19 days
- Notes
- From the November 7, 2026 pull behind the LinkedIn ad examples post on this site.
- Targeting: audience, company, job; excludes location, audience, company.