We created recommended posts for those moments when you want your team to share news on behalf of the company, or when someone in your team needs a little help getting started with their own post(s) – and for ghostwriters and marketers.
Recommend a post
Recommend post is a publishing option inside the content editor. It allows you to send a post to others, so they can publish it as is, have it as a starting point for feedback or tweak the tone, perspective or post type to make it their own.
Start by writing an idea or a post.
Click the arrow next to the Publish button and select Recommend post.
Then click Add members to choose who you want to recommend it to. You can select multiple members, your team, other teams, or people with ghost role or team leaders.
Then add a description: What should the user do with the post, is it an idea or should they post as is? You choose the information necessary to be a team player.
Add also recommended publishing time and topic tag to show the recommended post in the users dashboard, under "Up next".
Navigate to recommended posts page (NEW)
When you send or receive a recommended post, it will show up in the Recommended posts page. This space is designed to help you easily navigate through posts recommended to you and get a nice overview of posts you have recommended to others.
Recommended post panels - Under "My posts" tab
Left sidepanel – List of posts that has been recommended to you (and by who)
In the left sidepanel you'll find a list of all posts recommended to you, and by who.
You can delete, edit, ask for feedback, schedule or publish them directly from here.
When you publish or delete the post it will be removed from My posts, as it has been "used". The sender will see the status of the post in Sent posts.
Middle panel – Post preview
Clicking a post in Recommended posts opens a preview in the middle panel. Here, you can:
Read the recommended post
See the attached image or media
Click see more to view the full post content
At the bottom of the preview, you’ll also see standard LinkedIn-style interaction buttons. These buttons mimic the real LinkedIn experience, giving you a sense of how the post will look and feel once it’s published.
Right side panel - status and about the recommended post
In the right side panel you'll see the current status of the recommended post. If it says "Sent" you basically didn't do anything to the post.
This is also what the member recommending you the post sees. It's especially nifty if you have sent it to "Ask for feedback" in Collaborate page (then you'll have to go there to publish it or collaborate on it), or if you've scheduled the post.
Then there is the "About this recommended post" panel: Which the sender writes you a description what they recommend you doing with the post. Add a photo? Edit it to sound like you? Anything else?
Here you can also see if there is a recommended publishing date and time for the post and what topic tag to assign the post once you publish.
Buttons and actions in "My posts"
In "My posts" there are 5 action buttons:
Edit post: If you want to edit the text or the type of post and upload media or documents etc. then you have to click this button. Then you'll be sent to the content editor to do all the changes you want. When you're happy, click the Save button in the content editor and you will be redirected to the post in Collaborate page – and the post will be updated with your changes.
Publish/Publish now: This contains the same options as from the content editor (except recommend post 🤭). Publish directly, schedule ahead of time or ask for feedback if you want to do some edits to your recommend post.
Reject post: Tell the sender you're not going to post the recommended post by clicking the reject post button.
Recommended post panels - Under "Sent posts" tab
Left sidepanel – List of posts that you have recommended to others as yourself or a business page
In the left sidepanel you'll find a list of all posts you have recommended to others, as yourself or a business page.
Middle panel – Post preview
Clicking a post in the list opens a preview in the middle panel. Here, you can:
Read the recommended post and see who you've sent it to
See the attached image or media
Click see more to view the full post content
Right side panel - status and about the recommended post
If you have recommended the post to many you will see a full status list on each person.
You’ll see if they’ve been Sent, are in Feedback, Scheduled, Published, or Rejected.
Blue "Published" label - the post was used and published by the recipient
Red "Rejected" label - the post was deleted by the recipient
Orange "Sent" label - the post was received but not yet acted upon
Purple "Feedback" label - the post can also be found in collaborate for feedback
You can also edit "About this recommended post" individually per person by clicking the pen.
