Creating a post in Beehiiv
Beehiiv
Demo summary
The creator uses the Beehiiv post editor to draft content and shows the toggle for publishing to email versus web.
Step-by-step
- Open the Beehiiv post editor
- Draft your content within the editor
- Click Next to proceed to publishing settings
- Deselect the web publishing option if you only want an email newsletter
Options
- Publish to both email and web simultaneously
- Publish to email only by deselecting web publishing
Watch out for
- Beehiiv includes a large footer in the email that cannot be removed
- The date is automatically included at the top of the email and cannot be removed
Highlights
“I actually really like the post editor it's very fast feels modern”
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