Adding Social Media Icons to Email Templates

What Are Social Media Icons in Email Builder?

The Social Media Icons element lets you add clickable social platform links to your email templates. This feature helps your audience connect with your brand across social networks, boosting engagement and maintaining a professional email design.

Benefits of Using Social Media Icons

Including social icons in your emails offers several advantages:

• Encourages subscribers to follow your brand on social platforms
• Creates consistent branding across email and social channels
• Provides full customization of icon style, color, size, and alignment
• Offers easy updates and reordering of icons
• Automatically adapts to desktop and mobile views

How to Add Social Media Icons to Your Email Template

Follow these steps to include social icons in your email design:

1. Go to Marketing → Emails → Templates from your dashboard
2. Open an existing template or create a new one
3. Click the Add Elements (+) button in the left sidebar
4. Find the Social Media Icons element in the Elements section
5. Drag and drop the element into your email layout, typically in the header or footer area
6. Click on the social icons element to open editing options where you can:
   • Add or remove specific platform icons
   • Insert profile URLs for each social platform
   • Customize icon size, shape, spacing, and color scheme
   • Adjust alignment (left, center, or right)
   • Control padding above and below the icons
7. Use the Visibility tab to set device-based display rules if needed
8. Preview your email on both desktop and mobile to ensure proper display

Frequently Asked Questions

Which social platforms are supported?

You can add icons for major platforms including Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), YouTube, TikTok, and Pinterest.

How do I add a custom social platform icon?

You can duplicate an existing icon and replace both the image and link with your custom platform's logo and URL.

Are the icons mobile-friendly?

Yes, the icons automatically resize and adjust spacing for mobile devices to maintain a clean appearance.