> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://tinkeringwithideas.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Repost Substack Notes to Other Social Platforms - URL: https://tinkeringwithideas.io/repost-substack-notes/ - Published: 2025-03-12T15:15:40.000Z - Updated: 2026-03-13T10:08:01.000Z - Description: Get more mileage out of your content. - Author: Anna Burgess Yang - Tags: Automation, Substack ❗ ****Note:** Shortly after I published this post, this automation stopped working. In Zapier, I'm getting the message: **This RSS reader has been blocked from accessing Open RSS feeds and is flooding the Open RSS server with too many requests at one time. This hogs resources and makes Open RSS feed slow for other users.* Sad face. I'm trying to figure out a workaround... When Substack first released [Substack Notes](https://substack.com/notes?ref=tinkeringwithideas.io), I was intrigued. But I quickly abandoned the task of posting to Notes because it was *one more* social feed to manage. Not only that, but Notes doesn't work with any of the social media scheduling tools. Which is par for the course with Substack as a platform overall — it doesn't integrate with other products. But a few months ago, I decided to give Substack Notes another try. I was *really* surprised by its impact on my subscribers. Since I started posting to Notes (just restacking quotes from my published articles), my subscriber count has grown – substantially. ![A chart showing my subscriber increase in Substack](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/03/Screenshot-2025-03-12-at-9.10.39-AM.png) My subscriber increase in Substack over the past few months Seeing the benefits, I wondered how I could re-post my Notes on other social platforms, *without* copying and pasting. The answer is really simple: use an RSS feed to send the text of Substack Notes to a social media scheduling tool. ![Screenshot of the Zapier setup](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/03/tinkering-with-ideas-zapier-image-repost-substack-notes.png) ## Step 1: Create an RSS feed I used [Open RSS](https://openrss.org/?ref=tinkeringwithideas.io) to create an RSS feed for Substack Notes. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/03/tinkering-with-ideas-repost-substack-notes---Step-1.png) For Substack, the feed is **https://openrss.com/substack.com/@yoursubstackusername.** You can confirm it's working because you'll see the feed in Open RSS. Copy the URL, because you'll need it in the next step. ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/03/tinkering-with-ideas-repost-substack-notes---Step-2.png) ## **Step 2: Set up a Zap based on the RSS feed** Next, you'll set up an automation in [Zapier](https://try.zapier.com/annabyang?ref=tinkeringwithideas.io) *\[affiliate link\]* based on the RSS feed. (I use RSS feeds quite a bit in Zapier, like [sending newly published content](https://tinkeringwithideas.io/save-published-content-buffer-zapier/) to my social media scheduling tool.) ![Zapier step showing RSS by Zapier](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/03/tinkering-with-ideas-repost-substack-notes---Step-3.png) The app for this Zap is **RSS by Zapier,** and the trigger is **New Item in Feed.** ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/03/tinkering-with-ideas-repost-substack-notes---Step-4.png) On the **Configure** tab, you'll enter the "Feed URL" from Open RSS. You don't need to do anything else on the Configure screen. ![Screenshot of the RSS configuration in Zapier](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/03/tinkering-with-ideas-repost-substack-notes---Step-5.png) ## Step 3: Send the text from the RSS feed to your social media scheduling tool Next, you'll send the text of your Substack Note to whatever social media scheduling tool you use (I use Buffer). You'll select whatever social media scheduling tool you use as the App, and then you'll create an item to schedule as a post. In Buffer, I use "Create Idea." ![Screenshot of the Setup for Buffer in Zapier](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/03/tinkering-with-ideas-repost-substack-notes---Step-6.png) On the configuration screen, you'll see fields that are specific to whatever tool you use. For example, Buffer lets me add a "Title" to the item (I use "Repurpose from Substack Notes" so I know that the item came from this automation.) ![Screenshot of Configure in Zapier](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/03/tinkering-with-ideas-repost-substack-notes---Step-7.png) You'll add the "Text" of the social media post **from your prior step.** In Zapier, you'll click on the (+) in the field and you'll see the data from your RSS feed. You can select either the "Title" or the "Description" (they're the same) – either of these are the text from your Substack Note. ![Screenshot of adding text to Zapier](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/03/tinkering-with-ideas-repost-substack-notes---Step-8.png) You can see in this screenshot that my "Text" has been added with the text of my RSS step. Buffer also has additional fields for "Tags" and a "Group." I have a group set up for Bluesky, since that's where I re-share my Substack Notes. I'll schedule it to publish later. I *could* publish the Note directly to the queue of one of my social media channels. But each social media channel has it's own character limit. So instead, I publish to the "Create Idea" space in Buffer so that I can edit it and make sure it's the right length before publishing. ![Screenshot of configuration of the Buffer app in Zapier](https://storage.ghost.io/c/c6/8b/c68b9f37-94e3-4c3c-ae12-39470811de24/content/images/2025/03/tinkering-with-ideas-repost-substack-notes---Step-9.png) There's a bit of a delay between Substack Notes and Open RSS. It's not too long, but it's not instant (just in case you notice that your published Notes don't show up in your social media scheduling tool right away). I love this automation because I get more use out of my content from Substack Notes, without any additional work. ## Additional resources: - [I Publish on Substack, Ghost, and Kit. Here's Why](https://blog.annabyang.com/publish-substack-ghost-kit/?ref=tinkeringwithideas.io). - [Automatically Add Substack Subscribers to Kit](https://tinkeringwithideas.io/automatically-add-substack-subscribers-to-kit/) - [Technology Skills for the Next Generation](https://www.workbetter.media/p/technology-skills-next-generation?ref=tinkeringwithideas.io) --- 💡 Want more ideas? Check out my [newsletter](https://newsletter.annabyang.com/?ref=tinkeringwithideas.io). --- *I created the screenshots in this tutorial using Scribe – it's one of my favorite tools. You can check out Scribe* [*here*](https://get.scribehow.com/lp-1/?via=anna-burgess-yang&ref=tinkeringwithideas.io) *\[affiliate link\].*