Share It Again: New Social Media Features for Premium and Business Users

Premium and Business users can now re-share posts to social media, using our new Targeted Social Media feature.

February 21, 2017

Artur Piszek

Sharing your posts on social media is a great way to ensure your site or blog gets traffic. Our Publicize feature makes it easy to automatically share your new posts on Facebook, Twitter, and other social media networks.

But what about your previously published posts? For posts that are always relevant or valuable to new readers, you may want to share them again — weeks, months, or even years later.

That’s why we’re excited to introduce a new re-sharing feature for our WordPress.com Premium and Business users. Now, you can share your previously published posts on social networks — with custom messaging for each social network too.

Just go to the Blog Posts section of your site, select Share, and you’ll see the new sharing menu for reposting to your social accounts:

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Then you’re all set!

A brief word on social media strategy:

Make sure your posting schedule and frequency of posts take into account your followers’ needs and expectations. For example: with social media accounts on Facebook and Twitter, we do not recommend sharing the same post over and over — your account should contain a mix of links to your blog, your thoughts, and comments, all spaced apart.

People around the world browse social media 24 hours a day,  so repeating content in distant time zones helps widen your audience, but know that users may not appreciate seeing the same link multiple times.

You can learn more about growing your audience and specific tips for highlighting your archives in Blogging University.
We’re excited about these new features, and we hope you enjoy it.

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  1. David Boles Feb 21st at 3:01 pm

    This is a great feature, but as a Business user, I don’t see it available. Is this only featured in the fancy overlay interface? Does this functionality appear in the original backend Admin area? If so, where?

    Liked by 4 people

  2. Darshan Gajara Feb 21st at 4:58 pm

    Looks good, Also, it had be great if you guys could add a feature to automate this sharing?

    Liked by 3 people

  3. Teslim Opemipo Omipidan Feb 21st at 5:49 pm

    It is nice and useful. I just hope that one day, it will be available to other users too.

    Liked by 4 people

  4. L. Hawkins-Jackson Feb 21st at 5:53 pm

    How do you predict this will affect SEO. I’ve read it’s not good to duplicate content because of peramaters set by google.

    Liked by 2 people

    • artpi Feb 22nd at 9:25 am

      Linking from social media actually helps your site, especially if many profiles publish your content. Even though it may be somewhat duplicating, Google realises that the more people share your post, the better it must be.

      Liked by 3 people

  5. Lekha murali Feb 21st at 8:32 pm

    Thank you, this is a great feature. Every little bit helps.

    Liked by 3 people

  6. christinefaour Feb 21st at 9:32 pm

    This sounds great but how do you have your blog posted to instagram? There is no icon for that.

    Liked by 2 people

  7. Mitch Zeissler Feb 21st at 9:49 pm

    I just tried to use it, but it says I need to “Upgrade to Premium”. ??? I already have Premium, which is due for renewal in the middle of next month… there should be no issue with my using this feature.

    Liked by 1 person

    • artpi Feb 22nd at 9:35 am

      Since we JUST launched this feature, it is possible that your admin panel is not refreshed yet.
      If you close all browser windows and open http://wordpress.com again, the option should be there!
      If not – please contact support, we’re happy to help!

      Liked by 1 person

  8. christinefaour Feb 22nd at 12:23 am

    How can I post my blog to instagram?

    Liked by 1 person

  9. Leo Feb 22nd at 12:42 am

    Would love to see sharing to Facebook and read as instant article

    Liked by 2 people

  10. Epic Chas Gamer Feb 22nd at 6:15 am

    Yippee! You know the “Share” buttons at the end of each post? Could you add the ability to download a .docx file with the post’s content. Thank you.

    Liked by 2 people

  11. Darshan Gajara Feb 22nd at 9:23 am

    Yup, I’m aware of scheduling on publicize. But, I was hoping if you guys could add automation to old posts being shared on social media.

    Liked by 5 people

  12. mirchimasalasite Feb 22nd at 2:01 pm

    The idea is superb… It’s very useful for users.

    Liked by 2 people

  13. -Eugenia Feb 22nd at 4:08 pm

    This is exciting. I love this feature.

    Liked by 3 people

  14. berolahragasilat Feb 23rd at 4:53 am

    This is a great feature.

    Liked by 2 people

  15. corpscanblog Feb 24th at 5:41 am

    Great information.will help to increase business.

    Liked by 2 people

  16. thenitinkhanna Feb 24th at 7:14 am

    Thanks for sharing the information about the new social media feature and it would definitely help doing it.

    Liked by 1 person

  17. folasade12 Feb 24th at 9:40 am

    Great information.will help to increase business.

    Thanks

    Like

  18. deepanilamani Feb 25th at 11:52 pm

    Thank you very much for this new information 🙂 ❤

    Like

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