Can subscribers share email content on their social media?

Last Updated: 28/10/2024     Tags: social, media, facebook, twitter, linkedin
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Taguchi has included social sharing functionality that now enables email recipients to share content on the four most popular social networks:

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • Google+
  • LinkedIn

This means you will be able to build momentum on social networks for an email campaign e.g. provide teasers and reminders through Facebook and Twitter for any big event that is coming up, a hot product offer or to encourage fans to subscribe to the email list.

In the content editor, simply click one of the four social media icons ('Thumbs up' for Facebook, 'Tweet bird' for Twitter, "G+" icon for Google+, and β€œin” icon for LinkedIn) to insert a link you want your subscribers to share, e.g., a link to an event or a promotional web page.

For Facebook:

To insert a 'Like' button in your emails, follow these steps:

In the content block you want to add the button to, click on the 'Thumbs Up' icon Enter the "URL" of the page or website you want them to 'like' Press "OK" and the button should appear.

For Twitter:

To insert a 'Tweet' button in your emails, follow these steps:

In the content block you want to add the button to, click on the 'Tweet Bird' icon Enter the "URL" of the page or website you want them to 'tweet' about You can also optionally add a text and "#hashtags" to categorise messages by keywords. If you add several "#hashtags" make sure to seperate them by a "," Press "OK" and the button should appear.

For LinkedIn:

To insert a LinkedIn 'Share' button in your emails, follow these steps:

In the content block you want to add the button to, click on the 'in' icon Enter the URL of the page or website you want them to share Press "OK" and the button should appear.

For Google+:

To insert a Google+ '+1' in your emails, follow these steps:

In the content block you want to add the button to, click on the 'G+' icon Enter the URL of the page or website you want them to '+1' Press "OK" and the button should appear. Note: If you don't enter a URL, the default URL will be the online version of the email.