How does Earlybird find posts that are gaining traction?+
Every post that comes down your feed is read and scored as you scroll past it. A raw engagement number on its own means very little. A thousand reactions is extraordinary in the first hour and unremarkable after a week, so what gets scored is the relationship between engagement and time: how much a post has earned, how fast it earned it, and how far into its life it is. A post is continually analysed from the first minutes after it is published through to the long tail days later.
Why does a post drop off the board?+
Because it stopped generating sufficient engagement to qualify. A post is re-scored on every reading, against the bar for the age it is now. A post that arrives hot and then flattens out is measured against a higher bar each time it is seen, and eventually fails it, at which point it drops out from the board. That ensures the board stays current at all times. It's deliberately unsentimental: the board is meant to be short and current, not an archive of posts.
Does Earlybird only look at posts in my own feed?+
Your feed is the main source, and it is the one that makes Earlybird effortless, because you're scrolling anyway. But Earlybird also analyses posts from popular creators, the accounts that reliably produce the conversations worth being early to, so a post can reach your board even when LinkedIn has not served it to you.
What's the difference between Standard and Pro?+
Standard gives you the essence of the product: the Discover board, swipe files, creator tracking and the full analytics suite for your posts, your comments and your follower growth. Pro adds AI drafting for comments and posts, powered by your own AI clone. It studies your LinkedIn profile, posts and comments to learn who you are, what you write about and how you write, and it gets sharper the more you use it. It drafts a comment on the viral post, or a full post from your idea, in your voice for you to edit and post. If you're commenting every day, Pro will exponentially increase your engagement and visibility on LinkedIn.
What's included in the free trial?+
Everything, including AI drafting for comments and posts and your own AI clone, for 7 days. You don't need a credit card. We only ask for payment details once the trial ends, so you can try the full product and then pick the plan that suits you.
Can I change my plan later?+
Yes, at any time in Settings. Upgrades apply straight away, and you pay only the difference for the rest of your billing period. Downgrades apply when your current period ends, so you never lose time you've paid for.
Does Earlybird post or comment for me?+
No. It never posts, comments, likes, follows or sends anything on your behalf. Earlybird will draft comments and posts for you, in your voice, but they're always in draft form. Nothing gets posted to LinkedIn unless you've done it yourself.
Will the AI sound like me?+
Yes. Earlybird builds an AI clone from your LinkedIn profile and the posts and comments you've written: who you are, what you write about and how you write. It keeps learning as you draft with it, so every draft sounds more like you than the last, and comments are written against the specific post you're looking at. You can add standing notes, like things you never want said, writing styles to avoid, ideal comment length and Earlybird will obey.
How is Earlybird's AI different from ChatGPT?+
ChatGPT is a general assistant that knows what you've told it. Earlybird is built for LinkedIn. It learns from your profile, your posts and comments, and which of them got the most traction, and it sees the post you're on, so every draft is about that post and sounds like you. No copying, pasting or explaining.
Is Earlybird safe to use with my LinkedIn account?+
Earlybird doesn't automate anything on LinkedIn. It never posts, comments, likes, follows, connects or messages anyone on your behalf, which is the kind of activity LinkedIn's rules are there to stop. It reads the pages you're already looking at. It also keeps your own figures up to date while you have LinkedIn open to keep your own data complete. It never asks for your LinkedIn password, and nothing from your login is sent to us or anyone else. Everything you publish, you publish yourself.
Which devices does Earlybird work on?+
Earlybird is a desktop Chrome extension, so it runs on any Mac or Windows computer with Chrome (or a Chromium browser like Edge or Brave). It doesn't work on mobile, since mobile browsers don't support Chrome extensions. Your plan covers you, not one machine, so install it on every computer you use LinkedIn on at no extra cost.