Hi guys and welcome back to my channel. Last week I showed you how to start powering up
your Instagram profile by creating a beautiful branded custom Linktree background in Canva.
So since you asked this week I'm going to show you how to add multiple clickable links
to that Linktree background and customize them using some exciting tools. I'll also be showing
you how to connect your social media platforms with Linktree as well as a Mailchimp email list
to help you get more leads. And finally we're going to be connecting Linktree with WhatsApp.
So if you're ready to make a start let's pop over to Linktree
Last week I showed you how to set up your account on a Linktree and then create a beautiful custom
Linktree background. If you missed the tutorial make sure you check it out.
I'll leave a link in the end screen and in the description box below. To start
adding clickable buttons to your background you'll first need to go over to your Linktree
dashboard , go to the top left-hand corner of your screen and click on the 'Appearance' tab.
You've already set up your profile we covered this in last week's tutorial so scroll right down
until you find the 'Buttons' section. You can now choose from a selection of filled buttons, buttons with
just an outline, buttons with shadows, a soft shadow and so on. Personally I like to keep things
simple so I'm going to select this pill shaped button. Customize the button colour by scrolling
down until you find the Button Colour heading. You can paste a specific colour hex code into
this box here, such as one of your brand colours. Alternatively click your cursor inside this box,
hold this little tiny button down with your cursor and move it around the box. You can also grab hold
of this slider bar and move it up and down the bar here until you find the colour you want.
I'm going to stick with something really simple so i'm going to make my button colour white. You'll
be able to see how your buttons start taking shape by checking the smartphone mock-up on
the right-hand side of your screen. Underneath the buttons section you'll find the 'Fonts'.
By selecting one of these fonts it will change the font not only on the buttons but also on
your Linktree background. Happily I've got one of my brand fonts here so I've selected that.
Once you've done that scroll up again until you find the 'Background' section,
and you want to click on the background colour because that is going to be the colour of the
text on your buttons. So I'm going to be terribly boring I'm going to make the text
black by just pulling that button down like that. Fabulous, now you've done this once you
don't have to keep going through this process for each new button you create. Now let's start adding
your links. Go to the top of your screen again to the top left hand corner and click on the 'Links'
tab. For the sake of this tutorial I've already gone ahead and added a mock link. So to add a new
link all you need to do is, surprise surprise, click on this purple button to add a new link
And this is where you will customize your new link. First of all add a link
title. Try and keep it concise so try and stick to just two or three words.
Underneath click on the little pencil and add the corresponding link to this box.
Now because this is a link to my YouTube video
I'm prompted to make some further choices in this section here. You won't see this
if you link out to a blog post. Underneath this link section you'll find seven little icons and
these are all your link tools. Use the first one if you're linking up to a YouTube video
The second link is what's called a Leap Link. And for a short period of time this will send
all your visitors directly to this link. Now think carefully when you use this. Generally I use it
for the first day when posting a new blog or a video since I want to drive more traffic to it.
To enable a Leap Link click on the purple button and you're prompted to set an end time.
The default setting is 24 hours which for me is absolutely plenty. Click on the next little
icon to set up a Thumbnail image. You have two options: you can upload your own custom thumbnail
from your own device such as your laptop, from Facebook, Instagram or Google Drive.
Or you can choose one of these little icons from tabler icons. I'm going to upload the
thumbnail image I created for my last tutorial. If you're creating in Canva and you're wondering what
size thumbnail image is best you can stick to a regular square template which is 800 x 800 pixels.
Once uploaded you can crop the image by holding your cursor down over one of these corner buttons
and dragging it into place. When you're happy click on 'Save' and then 'Upload'.
And if I look on the right hand side at my smartphone mockup I can see that my thumbnail
image has been applied. The next little icon is to set a Priority Link. Use this to draw
your audience's attention to a specific link, so it might be your latest blog post or video
or podcast even. So just hold your cursor over one of the little animations and see how it works
I think I'm going to choose 'wobble'. And you can see how that works by checking on the
smartphone image on the right hand side of your screen.
The next icon is the Schedule icon, and as you can see you cannot use it at the same time as a
Leap Link. So I'm going to disable the leap link. Click your cursor in the spaces provided
to select your start date and time and your end date and time. The schedule link is particularly
useful if you want a link to appear on your menu for a specific period of time. So you'd
use this if you want to get people to sign up for a webinar that's happening on a specific date. And
you can see when you've set it up the icon turns orange because you scheduled it ahead of time.
Next is the Lock icon. And I honestly can't imagine you'd use this very often. So I'm going
to close that down and click on the final little tool which is your Link Analytics. And since I've
just set this account up for the purpose of this tutorial I can't show you any analytics yet. But
if I pop over to my own Linktree account these are my links here. If I click on the
analytics button for my latest YouTube tutorial it will give me some pretty handy information.
So over the last day or so I've had three clicks on this particular button. My biggest audience
is in the UK, thank you guys. And my audience is viewing my content via their smartphone device.
So analytics gives you a really handy insight into how your links are doing. Next we're going to link
up with your social media platforms and also an email list. First of all we're going to go to the
top left hand corner of the screen and click on the 'Settings' tab. From the left hand menu you're
going to go right down until you find social links and click on that. First of all you want to decide
whether you want these links to appear at the top or the bottom of your screen. And I think I'm
going to add mine to the bottom. The first link to add will be your email address if you want.
Now go ahead and copy and paste links to your social media platforms. I would
choose your top three best performing platforms otherwise it's going to look really cluttered.
And this is what my settings look like. You can see as I hover my mouse over the
smartphone mock-up that each one is clickable. And I think the buttons look quite neat at the bottom
don't you? And now for one of my Nicky Ninja tips! You can set up email list integrations but I'm not
going to do that because I'm going to show you a quick workaround. I'm going to add a new link
from the Links tab, I'm going to click on 'Add New Link'
I'm going to create a title and underneath. And I'm going to copy and paste a link from
my Mailchimp email list into this box right here. And there is my new link, which if I click on it
will take me directly to my Mailchimp sign-up form. For those of you who want to connect a
Linktree with your WhatsApp account go to the Settings tab again, go to social links,
scroll down until you find WhatsApp and click on it. Now here you're prompted to add your
phone number. And this for me is a bit of a problem because I don't like to have my
phone number visible to all and sundry! So again here's a Nicky Ninja tip for you.
So rather than connect using your phone number consider adding a link to a specific chat group.
From your WhatsApp group scroll down and find 'invite via link', copy the link, go back into
Linktree and create a new link and paste that link into the URL space. Add a thumbnail and now people
can safely connect with you on WhatsApp. And this is actually my own bridesmaid WhatsApp group
And that is all there is to creating your own clickable links in Linktree. Thank you so much
for watching as always. Coming up next if you missed last week's tutorial you will find the
link just here. And if you're a Canva fan why not dive into my extensive playlist of Canva
tips and tricks, and that's coming up right here. Thanks again and I will see you next time