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How to Share Weekly Social Media Posts to LinkedIn

Sharing Directly to LinkedIn:

Receive your 5 weekly social media posts from your relationship manager on Sunday evenings
Select the posts you would like to share for the week
Each time you want to post, navigate to LinkedIn and select “Start a Post” at the top of your home page – the best time to post is between 10am and 2pm on weekdays
Copy and paste the entire copy, hashtags and link of the post you choose for that day into the text box
Once the link preview has populated, you can delete the link in the copy and the link preview will remain
Select “Post” in the lower right-hand corner
To re-share on your company page, navigate to your published post and select the three dots in the upper right-hand corner and then click “Copy Link to Post”
Go to your company page on the left-hand tool bar and paste that link into your company’s “Start a Post” feature at the top of the page
Repeat for all weekly social media posts

Scheduling through Hootsuite:

Receive your 5 weekly social media posts from your relationship manager on Sunday evenings
Select the posts you would like to share for the week
Go to your Hootsuite account and select the “Create Post” button on the left-hand toolbar
Select the account to post to
Copy and paste the entire copy, hashtags and link of the post you choose for that day into the text box
Once the link preview has populated, you can delete the link in the copy and the link preview will remain
Select “Schedule for Later” in the lower right-hand corner and schedule it for the day and time you wish to post that one - the best time to post is between 10am and 2pm on weekdays
Repeat for all weekly social media posts