Must Have Blog Resource: Direct Links For Facebook Posts

It's been awhile since I've brought you one of my must have blog resource articles.  Well, this one will definitely come in handy!  

As a blogger, you are often asked to provide direct URL links to things you have shared on social media. It's fairly straightforward how to obtain a URL for a tweet or an Instagram photo.  But how many times have you been frustrated in trying to find an actual direct URL for an individual status update on Facebook?  

No worries, the solution is VERY easy.  There are two methods I use:  obtaining it directly from your Facebook post OR through Hoot Suite.  

If you are in Facebook, go to your page or the status update you want to obtain a URL for.  Each status update has a title that consists of the individual or page title and the date of the post.  Look at the status update and across the top of it, look for this title.  Below the page title or person's name, in light gray font, is the date of the post (see the photo below).  Hover over this; it's a clickable link and once clicked, should open up that status update alone on the screen.  Copy and paste the URL that is now in your web browser.  

If you are working within Hoot Suite, you will need to go to your "Streams" window (see photo below) and click on the tab of your Facebook profile or page.  Within that will usually appear three columns (status updates, events, and messages.....this may be different if you have customized this stream).  Find the status update you want in the "updates" column and click on the date/time below the page name (see second photo below).  This will open into a new window.  Copy the URL address from your browser.

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