Setting up and using beehiiv recommendations

beehiiv recommendations offer a great way to cross-promote with other newsletters and collaborate with fellow creators to grow your communities. By recommending other newsletters and being recommended in return, you unlock new opportunities for collaboration and communication.

We’ll start with some quick tips to get you started, followed by a video tutorial that explains recommendations and how to use them. Finally, we’ll provide detailed instructions on how to create a recommendation and add it to your post.

Quick tips to get you started 


Watch and Learn: Recommendations

Disclaimer: The beehiiv platform has evolved since the filming of this video so parts of the user interface featured in the video will be slightly different than what you see in your account. 

 


How to create a recommendation

  1. From the left panel Dashboard, click Grow > Recommendations.



  2. Click Add recommendation.



  3. Search for the name of the publication.



    Or, you can search by typing # followed by a topic. These topics are based on the tags you selected when setting up your publication.



  4. Share a reason why you are recommending it.



  5. Click Add recommendation.



  6. Once added, you’ll be redirected to your recommendations dashboard, where your recommendations will be displayed. To Edit, Make inactive, or Remove a recommendation, click the three dots icon.


How to add a new recommendation to your post

  1. From the left panel Dashboard, click Start writing, or open a saved post.



  2. Type / to open the post editor. Form the Premium options, select Recommendation.



  3. If you have existing recommendations, they will be listed under the search bar. To add a new recommendation, click Add a recommendation and follow the steps above. Otherwise, select the recommendation you wish to include in your post.



  4. The selected recommendation will auto-populate in your post.


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