How to share a newsletter post to social

After publishing a post, sharing it on social media is one of the most effective ways to reach new readers and build excitement around your content. The AI Social Helper makes this process faster and easier by helping you craft platform-ready posts in your brand voice.

With built-in options to adjust the purpose and tone, the AI Social Helper creates optimized social media content tailored to your goals.

Quick tips to get you started

• AI Social Helper is a part of the Review page of the post flow and only becomes accessible once a post is published.
• You have 30 AI credits per day, per session to generate posts, giving you ample opportunity to optimize each post to your liking. Each time you click Generate, one credit is used.
• To learn how to manage the appearance of your social sharing links, read our guide to updating your post’s social links.
• The AI Social Helper is one of several AI tools available throughout beehiiv. Explore more in our article on using AI in the post editor.
• Social sharing is only available for the web version of your post. 

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How to generate social media posts using AI Social Helper 

1. Create your post in beehiiv. On the Review page of the post flow, when you're ready to send or publish, click Schedule at the bottom.
   
   
   
   
   
   
2. Choose your publishing option. A modal will appear with your scheduling options. Click Publish Now to immediately send your post.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   Pro Tip: If you schedule a post, you can still access the AI Social Helper after it publishes. Go to the post, open the Edit post dropdown menu, and click Share post.
   
   

   

3. Access the AI Social Helper. The AI Social Helper modal will appear with a direct link to your post. Click Copy to copy the link to your clipboard and share it anywhere.
   
   
   
   
   
   
4. Select your social platform. Below your post link, you’ll see sharing options for various social platforms. You must be logged into each platform to post directly.
   
   Supported platforms include:

• • • Facebook
    • X (Twitter)
    • LinkedIn
    • Threads
    • Mastedon
    • Bluesky
      
      
      
      
      
      

5. Try the AI Social Helper tool. Click on the Generate social posts button, which will open customization options for creating your post.
   
   
   
   
   
   
6. Customize your social post. You can tailor your generated post by selecting the following options:
   
   
   

Purpose: Choose the main goal of your post.

Options include:

• • Drive Traffic
  • Repurpose Content
  • Drive Engagement
  • Thought Leadership
  • Personal Branding
  • Newsletter Promotion 

Tone: Match the post to your brand’s voice.

Options include:

• • Professional
  • Casual
  • Excited
  • Informative
  • Humorous
  • Inspirational
  • Educational
  • Conversational

Platform: Select the platform you’re posting to so your post is optimized accordingly.

Supported platforms include:

• • Facebook
  • X (Twitter)
  • LinkedIn
  • Threads
  • Mastedon
  • Bluesky 

7. Generate the social post. After you have made your selections, click Generate to create your social post.
   
   
   
   
   
   
8. Adjust and regenerate if needed. If you want a different result, simply tweak your Purpose, Tone, or Platform and click Generate again. You can also manually edit the generated post to further tailor it to your voice or message.
   
   
   Reminder: You have 30 AI credits per day, per session. Each click on Generate uses one credit.
9. Share your post. Once your social post has been generated, you’ll have two options for sharing:

• • Post directly on the intended platform: Click the Share on button to share directly to the platform you generated the post for.
  • Post manually on a different social media platform: Click Copy to Clipboard to copy and then paste the content into another platform.