Understanding Leaderboard Point Values

Andre Larsen
Andre Larsen
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Leaderboards are great resources to assign value to how you share content and connect with other people on social media. To get the most from Leaderboards, it's essential to understand the actions behind Leaderboards and what drives your score.

This article lists actions available to assign points on a Leaderboard. Click here to learn how to customize a Leaderboard’s point system.

🔹 This is available on the Teams and Enterprise plans.

🔸 This feature is accessible to Admin.

Leaderboard actions

Points are available for actions taken within a Workspace. We honor points with decimals to the tenths place, so you could potentially earn partial points for certain actions, depending on how Admins customize the Leaderboard.

Scoring Presets

Point presets can quickly assign points and launch campaigns that boost your program’s engagement. Presets are as follows:

  • Restore to Default: Resets all point values to the default numbers.
  • Set All to Zero: Sets all point values to zero.
  • Sharing Focused: Applies points to share actions only.
  • Twitter Focused: Applies only Twitter-specific points.
  • LinkedIn Focused: Applies only LinkedIn-specific points.
  • Invite a Colleague: Applies points for invitation actions only.
  • Relaunch & Refresh: Designed for reactivating users. This preset applies points for actions that re-engage users.
  • Connect & Share: Designed for new users. This preset applies points for actions that new users take to become familiar with the Workspace.
  • User Generated Content (UGC): Designed to encourage your team to share content with your team. This preset applies points to users posting content and others engaging with their posts.

Leaderboard point categories

Leaderboard Points are distributed based on four categories:

EveryoneSocial points

EveryoneSocial points are available for actions taken within a Workspace.

This section has three sub-sections with the following actions:

Posting

“Posting” organizes points for actions related to someone following the process to post content to a Group. 

  • Shareable post: You published a post that can be shared on your team’s social networks.
  • Shareable photo post: Your photo or video post was published and can be shared to your team's social networks.
  • Shareable branded post: You published an internal post that can be shared to your team's social networks and is considered branded.
  • Non-shareable photo post: You published an internal photo post that can be shared to your team's social networks, but it is not considered branded.
  • Non-shareable post: You published an internal post that can not be shared.

Actions

“Actions” organizes points for actions taken within a Workspace, unrelated to posting and sharing.

Teammates

“Teammates” organizes points for actions your colleagues take that relate to your work.

  • Successfully signed up from your invite: A colleague accepted and created a profile.
  • Shared your post: A colleague shared an internal post you published.
  • Liked your post: A colleague clicked the heart icon to like your post.
  • Followed you: A colleague clicked the follow option to see your content in their feed.

LinkedIn Points

LinkedIn points are available for actions taken in your Workspace and on LinkedIn.

  • Connect a Linkedin account: You authenticated a LinkedIn account in profile settings.
  • Share a branded post: You shared a post to LinkedIn that is considered branded. 
  • Share a non-branded post: You shared a post to LinkedIn that is not considered branded.
  • Branded click: A LinkedIn share, considered branded, received a click.
  • Non-branded click: A LinkedIn share, that is not considered branded, received a click.
  • Branded engagement: A LinkedIn share, considered branded, received an engagement.
  • Non-branded engagement: A LinkedIn share, that is not considered branded, received an engagement.
  • Branded comment: A LinkedIn share, considered branded, received a comment.
  • Non-branded comment: A LinkedIn share, that is not considered branded, received a comment.
  • Branded like: A LinkedIn share, that is considered branded, received a like.
  • Non-branded like: A LinkedIn share, that is not considered branded, received a like.

Twitter Points

Twitter points are available for actions taken in your Workspace and on Twitter.

  • Connect a Twitter account: You authenticated a Twitter account in profile settings.
  • Share a branded post: You share a post to Twitter that is considered branded.
  • Share a non-branded post: You share a post to Twitter that is not considered branded.
  • Branded click: A Twitter share, that is considered branded, received a click.
  • Non-branded click: A Twitter share, that is not considered branded, received a click.
  • Branded engagement: A Twitter share, considered branded, received an engagement.
  • Non-branded engagement: A Twitter share, that is not considered branded, received an engagement.
  • Branded retweet: A Twitter share, that is considered branded, was retweeted.
  • Non-branded retweet: A Twitter share, that is not considered branded, was retweeted.
  • Branded like: A Twitter share, that is considered branded, received a like.
  • Non-branded like: A Twitter share, that is not considered branded, received a like.

Facebook Points

Facebook points are available for actions taken in your Workspace and on Facebook.

  • Branded share: A Facebook share, considered branded, was reshared on the Facebook platform.
  • Non-branded share: A Facebook share, that is not considered branded, was reshared on the Facebook platform.
  • Branded click: A Facebook share, considered branded, received a like.
  • Non-branded click: A Facebook share, that is not considered branded, received a like.

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