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Insert a Social Follow or Social Share block into an email

Article: 000039845
Updated: July 18, 2025

Make it easy for contacts to follow you on social media or share your email on their social media pages

When creating your email, you can insert a Social Follow block to make it easy for your contacts to access your social media profiles and follow you, or insert a Social Share block so your contacts can share your email on their social media pages! 

 


Add a Social Follow block

 

 

Help grow your social media following by linking to your social media profiles in your emails and encouraging your contacts to follow you on Facebook, Instagram, X (formerly known as Twitter), LinkedIn, Pinterest, YouTube, Snapchat, TikTok, Google My Business, Email, and Web! You can choose which social media icons you want to include and customize their look to match the rest of your email.

To add a Social Follow block:

  1. If your template doesn’t already include a social block, drag-and-drop, or click-and-stick, the Social Follow block into your email. Use the guidelines to help you find the right place.

    Drag Social Follow Block Into Email Template
     
  2. Click on the Social Follow block.
  3. Click Edit from the toolbar.
  4. In the Social Icon Styles section, use the drop-down to choose a shape for the social icons.
  5. Select a style for the social icons.

    Edit Social Icon Styles for Social Follow Block
     
  6. Click to expand the Social Pages section.
  7. Choose the networks that you want to display in your email. Click the drop-down to change one of the listed networks to a different one, or click Add Network to add additional social networks to your email. 
  8. Click the X next to any network you want to remove. 

    Choose Social Networks to Display in Email
     
  9. For each social network, enter the URL for your social media profile. Once you add the links to your pages, they'll automatically be saved for you when you insert social icons in future campaigns.
    Light Bulb IconDid you know? You can also save your social profile links in your account settings and they'll automatically populate any time you add a Social Follow block to your emails! Note, if you change the profile URLs when editing the Social Follow block in your email draft, they'll be updated in your account settings as well.
  10. (Optional) Change the order in which the icons appear in your email by clicking the stacked dots and dragging them up or down to a new location.

    Enter links for Social Account pages

  11. (Optional) From the toolbar, select a size for your social icons.
  12. (Optional) Use the arrows to adjust the spacing between the social icons.
  13. (Optional) Change the alignment of the social icons.
  14. (Optional) Add or remove the horizontal and vertical padding around the Social Follow block.

    Enter links for Social Account pages

 

When you’re done, simply click outside of the Social Follow block to continue editing your email. 

Light Bulb IconTip: Before sending your email, don't forget to preview and test it to make sure the links to your social profiles are working properly!



Add a Social Share block


With the Social Share block, you can give your contacts the option to share your email with their followers on their social media pages, including Facebook, X (formerly known as Twitter), LinkedIn, and Pinterest, as well as through an email.

To add a Social Share block:

  1. Drag-and-drop, or click-and-stick, the Social Share block into your email. Use the guidelines to help you find the right place.

    Drag Social Share Block Into Email Template
     
  2. Click on the Social Share block. 
  3. Click Edit from the toolbar.
  4. (Optional) In the Social Share Styles section, choose a color for the Social Share buttons in your email and adjust the radius if you want to make the buttons rounded. Click "Restore Defaults" to undo your changes.

    Edit Social Share Block Style
     
  5. Click to expand the Social Share Networks section.
  6. By default, the Social Share block includes buttons to share your email on Facebook, X, and LinkedIn. Click Add Network to add a button for an additional social network, or click the drop-down of an existing network to replace it with a different option.
  7. Click the X next to any network you want to remove. 

    Choose Social Share Networks to Display in Email
     
  8. (Optional) Update the text that displays on each button. 
  9. (Optional) Change the order in which the buttons appear in your email by clicking the stacked dots and dragging them up or down to a new location.

    Update Social Share Block Text and Position

  10. (Optional) Change the alignment of the buttons.
  11. (Optional) Add or remove the horizontal and vertical padding around the Social Share block.

    Update Social Share Block Text and Position

 

When you’re done, simply click outside of the Social Share block to continue editing your email.

Exclamation Point IconImportant: The Social Share buttons don't work when previewing or sending a test email. If you want to go through the flow that your contacts will see, copy your email, and send the copy to your email address.

 

When contacts click on the Share buttons in your email, they’re prompted to log into their social media accounts, where they can share your email in a post to their feed. The post automatically includes your subject line and the permanent URL for your email, but your contacts can customize it for their audience.

Clicks on the Share buttons are tracked in your email's click reporting, so you can see which of your contacts are the most socially engaged.
 

Example Facebook PostExample LinkedIn PostExample X Post
Sample Facebook Post with Permanent URL for EmailSample LinkedIn Post with Permanent URL for EmailSample Tweet with Permanent URL for Email

To see the full-sized image, right-click on an image to open it in a new tab.
 

Light Bulb IconTip: Once you send your email, share it through a social post to extend the reach of your message and help build your list by reaching people who aren’t yet your contacts!

 


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