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Post the thank-you publicly and tag the person so they see it, feel it, and share it – their reshare carries your gratitude to their entire audience with their endorsement attached.
Category: Thank You Machine
Use this when the thank-you assets are staged and the private send is done – the public post is where gratitude becomes amplification.
Inputs
- The staged social post (native video + story caption) from the Content Factory step
- The person's verified profile handle(s) per platform, from the trigger log
- Access to the brand's social channels (post from the Public Figure page for personal brands)
Steps
- Post the thank-you video natively on the platforms where the person actually lives – their home platform first; a tag they never see amplifies nothing.
- Verify the handle before tagging: right person, right company page. A mis-tag thanks a stranger and embarrasses two people.
- Write the caption as the story, not a shoutout: who, exactly what they did, why it mattered – the video's three beats in text, for everyone scrolling with sound off.
- Tag honestly and sparingly: the person, their company if relevant. No tag-wall audience farming – this is gratitude, not growth-hacking cosplay.
- Work the response window: reply when they comment, answer others, thank the sharers. Comments are the flywheel that tells the algorithm – and the human – this matters.
- The reshare is the win condition: when the person shares it to their own audience, your gratitude travels their network with their endorsement attached. Don't ask for the share; sincere and specific earns it.
- Log the post URLs and early signal (their reaction, comments, reshares) in the trigger log, and hand the post to the Dollar a Day boost step.
Definition of done (QA checklist)
- Posted natively on the person's home platform(s) with the correct profile tagged
- Caption carries the three beats (name, deed, why it mattered)
- Replies and comment threads engaged during the response window
- Post URLs + recipient reaction logged; winner handed to boost-with-dollar-a-day
- Linked back to the definitive article and relevant siblings
- Complies with Blog Posting Guidelines (if it publishes content)
Example(s)
- Worked example to document: a public thank-you tagging Zach Peyton (Superior Fence & Rail) that he reshared to his own network. Example needed – run the Meta-Article Prompt after first real run.
File in the zip: skills/thank-you-machine/tag-the-person-on-social-media.md. Download the Task Library zip.
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