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๐Ÿš€ Introducing Posts

The better way to communicate directly with your fans

Written by Harry Drake

Posts FAQs


What Posts is

What is a Post?

A Post is an announcement you build and send to your fans. It works like the emails you send today, and it can also live on the web as its own page. You build it in the editor by dragging in blocks: your music, a video, a poll, your tour dates, your merch.

Where does a Post go?

Wherever you choose. Every Post can go to email, to the web, or both. If you send it to email, it lands in your fans' inboxes exactly like your broadcasts do today. If you publish it to the web, it gets its own URL, a page that you can decide which fans can open and share.

What does "publish to the web" actually mean?

It means your Post has a web page with its own address, like any other page on the internet. You can share that link, and your fans can share it too. Anyone you allow to open it can play your music, react, comment, and share it. You decide who that is.

Is Posts a social media platform?

No. There is no feed for fans to scroll, no profiles, no algorithm. A Post is your announcement. It goes to your fans, on a page you own.

Is Posts a fan club app?

No. There is nothing for your fans to download or install. They receive your Post in their inbox like always, and the web version opens in a browser from a link.

Is Posts like Substack or Beehiiv?

In some ways, yes. Like them, Posts publishes the same message to email and the web from one place. The difference is that Posts is built on your Openstage fan data. You can send to any audience, control exactly who sees what, and gate content behind an action. It is built for artists, not newsletters.

Why is it called Posts?

Because a Post is more than an email. It is a piece of content that lives in two places: your fans' inboxes and the web. The name reflects that it does not disappear once it is read.

Do my fans need an account?

Not to receive or read a Post. It arrives in their inbox like always, and the web version opens from a link. Fans do sign in to comment or react, which is how that activity connects to your fan data.


Control and Visibility

How do I make sure the web version is only visible to the people who received the email?

Send the Post to your chosen audience, then in the web settings, set access to email recipients only. Anyone else who finds that URL will not be able to open the page.

Can I send a Post that never appears on the web?

Yes. Choose email only, and it behaves exactly like a broadcast.

Can I publish a Post to the web without emailing it?

Yes. Choose web only, and nothing sends to any inbox.

Does every email I send now become visible to everyone on the web?

No. Nothing is public unless you make it public. You choose the web access setting on every Post.

What happens if someone finds my Post's URL who was not supposed to see it?

The page will not open for them. Access is checked when the page loads, not just when the link is shared.

Does my Post automatically appear in a feed?

No. Appearing in your feed is a separate choice you make when you publish.

Can I control who sees individual blocks inside a Post?

Yes. Any block can be shown to a specific audience, or gated so fans have to take an action to see it. One Post can show different content to different fans.

What is the difference between targeting and gating?

Targeting is choosing who a Post goes to, and who can see what inside it. Gating is locking content behind an action, so a fan has to do something, like sign up, before it opens.


If you just want to send an email

What if I just want to send a regular email?

You can. Build it in the editor, send it to email only, and it does exactly what your broadcasts do today.

Is Posts replacing Broadcasts?

Eventually, yes. For now your existing broadcasts still work exactly as they do today, and Broadcasts remains the tool for SMS and lifecycle flows.

Do I have to use the web version?

No. Web is a choice on every Post, not a requirement.

Will my emails look and work the same as they do now?

They will look better and take less time to build. The editor is block based and connected to your library, so your music, video, and tour dates come in without manual work. Your Brand Kit applies your fonts and colors automatically.


Switching

How easy is it to switch from Broadcasts?

You can send your first Post today. There is no migration and no setup.

Can I clone an existing broadcast to start?

Yes, and it is the fastest way in. Start from something you have already sent, and the workflow will feel familiar.

Do I need to migrate my data?

No. Your fans, your audiences, and your fan data are already there.

What happens to my Subscriber Content?

Any existing Suscriber Content can be migrated to draft Posts, which can be shared with your Subscribers and added to your Posts feed.

How long does it take to send my first Post?

Minutes. Open the editor, drag in your blocks, choose where it goes, and send.


Building a Post

What blocks can I add?

Music, video, audio, images, text, polls, tour dates, merch, and paid content. Everything you need for a release is already in the block menu.

How does the Spotify block work?

Paste a Spotify URL and it pulls in the title, the artwork, and a playable player. No manual setup.

What else can I embed?

YouTube, Spotify & Vimeo blocks can be embedded.

Do audio and video work in the inbox as well as on the web?

Fans click to open in web to view your audio/video content.

What is a Brand Kit?

Your fonts, your colors, your layout, set once and applied to every Post. It is what makes a Post look like your world, not a template. Your Brand Kit also carries across to other parts of Openstage.

Can I preview a Post before it goes out?

Yes. Share a secret draft link with your team and they can review the real thing in a browser. No test sends.

Can I schedule a Post?

Yes. Publish now or schedule it. Edits to the web version go live immediately.


Gating and personalization

How do I gate content behind a sign-up?

Choose the block or the whole Post, set it to unlock on sign-up, and write the message fans see before they sign up. Fans who are already signed in will not see a gate.

Can I gate content behind a pre-save?

Not in the way you might expect. You can show content only to fans who have already pre-saved, by targeting them as an audience. You cannot currently ask a fan to pre-save inside a Post and have the content unlock for them right there.

Can I show different content to different fans in the same Post?

Yes. That is what block-level control is for. One send, and each fan sees what applies to them.

Can I show fans content based on their location?

Yes. Any block can be shown to fans based on their location. Simply create your geo-specific audience segments and assign them to the relevant blockโ€™s gating settings.

Can I gate content for paid subscribers only?

Yes. Set the block or the Post to your paid tier, and only those members will see it.


Fan Data

What data do I get back from a Post?

Views, email opens, web views, clicks, new fans, and earnings, plus every poll answer, reaction, and comment.

How do fan interactions connect to fan profiles?

Every action a signed-in fan takes on a Post is recorded against their profile. So the next time you send something, you know who engaged, what they chose, and who is new.

Can I message the fans who took a specific action on a Post?

Not yet. You can target fans by audience and by the actions in their profile, but you cannot currently build an audience from a single Post's interactions, like everyone who commented on one particular Post.


What Fans see

What can a fan do on a Post that they cannot do in an email?

On the web version they can listen, watch, vote in polls, comment, react, and share. In the inbox, they read it like any email.

Do fans have to sign in to comment or react?

Yes. Signing in is what connects that activity to their fan profile, and it is how a new fan becomes someone you can reach.

What does a fan see if they are not signed in?

Any Post or sections that require a sign-in will show Join/Sign-in to any fans who are signed out or haven't joined your world.

Can fans share a Post?

Yes, if you have made the web version shareable. Every Post has its own link.

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