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LinkedIn, X, and Instagram in one place: what would be tracked, the cadence Play 3 publishes on, and a worked example of the numbers.

No account is connected yet — the fixture below shows the shape of the dashboard, not Shepherd's reach.Illustrative
LinkedIn
Illustrative
14,200
followers
+1160 · 30d
Posts, 30d
22
Engagement rate
5.2%

Top post: 24 hours, on average (fixture)

X
Illustrative
6,800
followers
+540 · 30d
Posts, 30d
18
Engagement rate
3.8%

Top post: Underwriting is a data problem (fixture)

Instagram
Illustrative
3,400
followers
+260 · 30d
Posts, 30d
15
Engagement rate
4.6%

Top post: Send us the data center (fixture)

These three cards are a fixture, not Shepherd's data — no LinkedIn, X, or Instagram account is connected (see Integrations, category Social). They show the shape of the dashboard once Play 3 is publishing on a real cadence.

What gets tracked, once an account is connected

Planned
MetricDefinitionSource
Followers, 30-day deltaGrowth per platform, read from each platform's own analytics API.LinkedIn Pages API, X API, Instagram Graph API
Posts published vs. plannedWhat actually went out against the calendar below.Compared to lib/clips.ts CADENCE
Engagement rateLikes, comments, reposts, saves over impressions, per post and per platform.Platform analytics API
Signal-value clips that convertWhether a clip marked high signal_value actually drove more profile-to-broker engagement than a low one, testing the hypothesis in lib/clips.ts.Platform analytics, joined to clip metadata
Engagement to intentA broker who engages with a post should raise their Intent axis automatically. Today that axis is manual (see the engagement-social claim on Plan) until this is wired.Feeds lib/scoring.ts, not built yet
Founder posts to submission spikesJulian's suggestion from our Round 4 call: overlay Justin's posting dates on submission and media-request volume, and watch for the lag. Directional, not causal, but it prices the founder-content bet with Shepherd's own data.Post dates from LinkedIn, submissions from the CRM once wired

Top clips, by signal value

IllustrativePlay 3
ClipPlatformLengthSignal
Two weeks or one day
Your broker sends a risk to eight markets. Seven take two weeks.
LinkedIn75shigh
65% fewer claims
Tenured Procore users have 65% fewer claims. We price on that.
X40shigh
The MGA question
Whose paper? Every broker asked us that for three years.
LinkedIn90smedium
Underwriting is a data problem
We read loss runs with OCR so an underwriter doesn't have to.
X45slow
Data centers
Data centers are the hardest construction class to place right now.
Instagram45shigh

Publishing cadence, first 30 days

Illustrative

Week 1

Mon
Record (60 min, Justin + Mo)
Tue
Edit: 12 to 16 cuts
Wed
LinkedIn clip 1
Thu
X clip 1
Fri
Instagram clip 1

Week 2

Mon
LinkedIn clip 2
Tue
X clip 2
Wed
LinkedIn clip 3
Thu
Instagram clip 2
Fri
X clip 3

Week 3

Mon
LinkedIn clip 4
Tue
X clip 4
Wed
Instagram clip 3
Thu
LinkedIn clip 5
Fri
X clip 5

Week 4

Mon
LinkedIn clip 6
Tue
Instagram clip 4
Wed
X clip 6
Thu
Review: what held the first minute
Fri
Engagement sync into Play 1