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Using the LinkedIn ‘Post Comment’ and ‘Comment Article’ Activities in GaggleAMP

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Michelle Brammer

LinkedIn is an immensely powerful network to share content and discuss different topics, and the network becomes infinitely more useful when users are contributing by way of comments on a post or article. This provides an outlet to share perspectives, ideas, personal experiences, and recommendations. When using the ‘Post Comment’ and ‘Comment Article’ activities, it helps you to direct your Members to different links on the LinkedIn network in which their Comments could be helpful.

Let’s take a look at how to create these activities for your Members and how they differ in use.

Creating a LinkedIn ‘Post Comment’ Activity

A LinkedIn ‘Post Comment’ activity allows the Member to write the comment in the GaggleAMP platform and it is added as a comment directly on a live post. It looks and feels just like native engagement on a post on the LinkedIn network. Use this activity when you want a Member to comment on a post that is active on LinkedIn. Choose ‘Comment Article’ if you want to comment on a LinkedIn article.

Note: Here’s a great article on LinkedIn that helps you understand the difference between a LinkedIn post and a LinkedIn article.

Desktop

From the Manager view under ‘Home’ or ‘Activities,’ click ‘New Activity’ in the upper right corner. Scroll down to the ‘LinkedIn’ section and locate the ‘Post Comment’ activity and click ‘Create.’

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A pop-up will appear in which you can add the details of the LinkedIn post you want your Members to interact with.

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When creating the activity, there are a number of items you can include. While not all fields are mandatory, they can be helpful.

 

  • Link (required): This is the URL for the LinkedIn post that you want your team Members to comment on.

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  • Instructions: Any instructions or helpful information your Members need to know should appear here. This will appear alongside the request to comment on content in your Member’s activity feed.
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  • Send to Member Groups:If you would like the activity to be sent to all Members in your Gaggle, leave this field blank. However, if you would like to position this activity to only specific Member Groups, you can choose which Member Groups will receive this activity here. An example of a Member Group might be Executive Leadership, Sales Teams, Product Managers, or many others.
  • Post to Channels: Like the Member Groups, you can choose to only post this activity to specific Channels. 
    1. If you leave this field blank, all Members in your program will receive this activity.
    2. If you select specific Channels, only Members of those channels will receive this activity. 
    3. If you select both ‘Send to Member Groups’ and ‘Post to Channels,’ for a Member to see the activity, they need to be in both the Member Group and the Channel.
  • Start/End Time: Choose the Start and End date based on when you want your activity to be completed. For the start time, if you do not select a date, it will be an activity that is available to your Members within a few minutes. Likewise, the end time is when the activity ends. The activity will expire at that time and no longer be displayed on the Member's activity listing.
    Note: The ‘Start’ and ‘End’ times are based on the configured time zone of the manager creating the activity at the time of creation. Other Managers and Members will see these times converted in their configured time zones.
  • Points: Each activity can be assigned a point value that contributes to the leaderboard and rewards (should you use rewards). 
  • Campaign: If you leverage grouping your activities into Campaigns, use the drop-down menu to select the campaign that this activity supports. The LinkedIn ‘Post Comment’ activity can be featured and enabling this will position the post at the top of the Members activities feed.

Example:

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Interacting With a LinkedIn ‘Post Comment’ Activity as a Member

Once a LinkedIn ‘Post Comment’ activity is live, it will appear in the Member activities feed located under ‘Activities’ - ‘Things to do’. Should the Member choose to do this activity, they simply click ‘Click to Comment.’

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Once ‘Click to Comment’ has been clicked, a slide-over will appear from the right side of the platform where the Member can provide their comment on the post.


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In the slide-over, the Member can also choose to schedule the activity. By activating the ‘Schedule Activity’ toggle, a Member can choose the default schedule date and time, or they can set their own date and time. If the Member does not activate the toggle to schedule the activity, the comment will post within a few moments.


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Once the Member has posted their comment, you’ll see the comment they enter appears as a comment on the linked post on LinkedIn.

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Creating a LinkedIn ‘Comment Article’ Activity

Desktop

From the Manager view on your dashboard under ‘Home’ or ‘Activities,’ click ‘New Activity’ in the upper right corner. Scroll down to the ‘LinkedIn’ section, locate the ‘Comment Article’ activity, and click ‘Create.’

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A pop-up will appear in which you can add the details of the LinkedIn article you want your Members to interact with.

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When creating the activity, there are a number of items you can include. While not all fields are mandatory, they can be helpful.

  • Link (required): This is the URL for the LinkedIn article that you want your Members to comment on.

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  • Description: Any instructions or helpful information your Members need to know should appear here. This will appear alongside the request to comment on your Member’s activity feed content.
  • Send to Member Groups:If you would like the activity to be sent to all Members in your Gaggle, leave this field blank. However, if you would like to position this activity to only specific Member Groups, you can choose which Member Groups will receive this activity here. An example of a Member Group might be Executive Leadership, Sales Teams, Product Managers, or many others.
  • Post to Channels: Like the Member Groups, you can choose to only post this activity to specific Channels. 
    1. If you leave this field blank, all Members in your program will receive this activity.
    2. If you select specific Channels, only Members of those Channels will receive this activity. 
    3. If you select both ‘Send to Member Groups’ and ‘Post to Channels,’ for a Member to see the activity, they need to be in both the Member Group and the Channel.
  • Start/End Time: Choose the Start and End date based on when you want your activity to be completed. For the start time, if you do not select a date, it will be an activity that is available to your Members within a few minutes. Likewise, the end time is when the activity ends. The activity will expire at that time and no longer be displayed on the Member's activity listing.
    Note: The ‘Start’ and ‘End’ times are based on the configured time zone of the manager creating the activity at the time of creation. Other Managers and Members will see these times converted in their configured time zones.
  • Points: Each activity can be assigned a point value that contributes to the leaderboard and rewards (should you use rewards). 
  • Campaign: If you leverage grouping your activities into Campaigns, use the drop-down menu to select the campaign that this activity supports. The LinkedIn ‘Comment Article’ activity can be featured and enabling this will position the post at the top of the Members activities feed. 

Example:

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Interacting With a LinkedIn ‘Comment Article’ Activity as a Member

Once a LinkedIn ‘Comment Article’ activity is active, it will appear in the Member activities feed located under ‘Activities’ - ‘Things to do’. Should the Member choose to do this activity, they simply click ‘Comment on LinkedIn.’


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Once ‘Comment on LinkedIn’ has been clicked, the Member will be directed to the Linkedin article where it is expected the Member will add their comment. It is important to note that the Member will receive the points associated with this activity at the time the ‘Comment on LinkedIn’ button is clicked, but it is up to the Member to complete the activity by actually leaving a comment on the Linkedin article.

Mobile

From the Mobile home screen, a Member can simply click ‘Comment on LinkedIn’ from their activities under ‘My Feed’ to interact with the post. This will then open the LinkedIn article for the Member to leave their comment. Like the desktop interaction, the Member will receive the points associated with this activity at the time the ‘Comment on LinkedIn’ button is clicked, but it is up to the Member to complete the activity by actually leaving a comment on the Linkedin article.


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Still have questions? Contact your Customer Success Manager or Submit a Support Ticket and we’d be happy to help!

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