How Do I Add A Link To A Social Media Post (New)

Owned by Kat Harlton
Last updated: Jan 28, 2020
2 min read

This Article Is For:

  • All users who have a SoCast account (Login & Password)
  • All users who have access to the 'SRM' feature
  • This is applicable to all SoCast Themes

These are the instructions for creating and sending out a social media post through the SoCast publishing tool with text and a link only

Step-by-step guide

  1. Log in to: admin.socastsrm.com
  2. Click on Social > Social Posts > Monitoring
  3. Click on 'Add Social Post'
  5. Click the ‘Compose’ button
  6. At the top of the compose window, it will display a message reminding you which account/station you are in
  7. To compose a post select which social network(s) you want to post too.



  8. Add text of post

  9. To add a link, click on the ‘Add URL’ container

  10. Once URL is provided, it will display:

    1. An image

    2. Title description

    3. A brief summary

    4. A list of tags pulled based on article content that you can choose to add to your post




  11. All social posting options have their own collapsible containers (i.e. add a picture, add a link, add a tag, target audience, schedule post)
  12. Expanding a container reveals options
  13. User can cancel an option by clicking the close button that collapses the container.
  14. When the container is collapsed, it will reset all settings within the container so when it’s next opened, it will be blank.
  15. Click the Post button or schedule a post for later.