Hi everyone and welcome back to my channel. Before I dive into today's tutorial I just want
to ask you two quick questions: (1) does your business sell services as opposed to products?
And (2) if it does would you like to increase your click-through rate on Instagram and make
more sales? If you answered 'yes' to either of those questions
then keep watching. It's hard enough as it is to get people clicking on that all important
'link in the bio' so the last thing you want to do is then present them with a boring menu of links
that don't inspire them to get clicking. Those are potential clients you've just lost.
So first of all today I'm going to help you set up an account with Linktree. I know it's
not a new tool but it's come a long way since I first did a tutorial about it 3 years ago. There
are some really exciting new features. And after that I'm going to show you how to design your own
uniquely branded and eye-catching Linktree background on which to add your clickable links
It's all done and just a few clicks of a button.
So if you're ready to get started let's pop over to Linktree
So I'm currently on Linktree and this is the URL you need to type into your browsers because
Linktree are currently offering a 1-month free trial of the Pro account. So you want to click on
this link and then you want to go ahead and add in all your credentials to set up your account
Next you'll want to tell Linktree a little bit more about yourself
Now sign up for your free Pro account
You'll see right at the top here that your free Pro account for 1 month has been applied
Now click this purple link to go over to your Linktree dashboard.
Before you do anything you'll need to verify your account so please do check your emails
Once verified you can click the link to continue. And once you've verified
your account you'll be taken to your Linktree dashboard. All your tools and settings are in
the top LH side of your dashboard. In the top RH corner of your dashboard you'll find your unique
Linktree link. And this is mine. We'll come back to this very shortly. Underneath the link you'll
find a mock-up of what your Linktree set-up will look like on your smartphone and at the minute
we have absolutely nothing. So we're going to change that now by altering the appearance. To
do that you'll want to go to the top LH corner of your dashboard and click on the 'Appearance' tab
Start by building your Linktree profile by adding a profile photo. This can be a logo or a personal
photo it's entirely up to you what you use. So all you do is you click on 'Pick an image' and you'll
see here you're prompted to upload an image from either your own device, your computer, Facebook,
Instagram or Google Drive. And underneath you'll see that you can also pick an image directly from
Canva. So just click on the button and it will magically beam you up onto your Canva desktop
I've decided that I want to add my logo as a profile photo, so I'm just going to go
to the LH side toolbar, scroll down until I see the 'Logos' tab and select my logo.
I just need to increase the size so that it fills the page
And all I need to do now is click on 'Publish'
And as if by magic there is my logo. And K've done all of this without having to
leave my Linktree dashboard! Now you can go ahead and add a Profile Title,
just to explain a little bit more about yourself, and a few words in terms of a Bio. Great! And you
can see on the RH side in your little mock-up that your Linktree account is starting to take shape.
Now for the fun part. You're going to create your beautiful branded Linktree background,
so let's hop back over to Canva. Place your cursor in the search bar at the top and type "Linktree"
Next you're going to select 'Linktree background'.
Of course you can use one of these lovely templates but the idea here is you're going
to create something unique to you with your own branding. So click on the blank template.
There are two things to remember here. As with most social media templates there are areas
which are visible on a laptop and areas which are visible only on a smartphone.
To help you out and save you a lot of guesswork I've created a Linktree background guide for you.
I'll leave a link to this template with some instructions for use
in the description box below. You don't need to join my email list to get this template
but if you think that I've provided you with some value you might consider donating to my coffee
fund. It really does help me provide much better tutorials! The pink area within the grey frame
on the outside is the area which is visible on a desktop device. The area within the white frame,
this is the coloured area here, is the area which is viewable on a smartphone. What
you're going to do is you're going to download this guide as a PNG image to your local device
Next you're going to upload it again by clicking on 'Upload media'. Once uploaded you want to click
on it once to bring it up onto your template. Now grab the corner buttons
with your cursor and drag the template out to fit the page. Next click on 'Add page'
and that will create a blank fresh page. And now you can start designing your background
You can use brand photos
Click on the 'Background' tab in the LH side menu
and select a background from many of these categories such as landscapes, patterns,
Gradients, abstract patterns and so on. Scroll down until you find something you really like.
Once you've finished your design scroll up to the first page
select the guide, and you're going to drag it carefully over the top
of your design. Next go to the 'Transparency' button, click on it, drag the button along the
slider bar and reduce the transparency so you can see your design underneath.
So this is the area that's going to be viewable on desktop, so that's my entire photograph,
and this is the area that's going to be viewable on smartphone. And you'll want to pay particular
attention to this section since this is where all the buttons and information will go.
So try not to make this section too busy or too colourful. If there's too much going on it will
look really cluttered and overwhelming once you've uploaded it to Linktree.
Remember that in design sometimes less is definitely more. I'm happy with that so I'm going
to select the guide that I dragged over the top, click on delete. I'm going to name my template
and then go back into Linktree. Now still under the Appearance tab you're going to scroll down
past theme section (and by the way you are more than welcome to use any of these themes here).
But carry on scrolling until you come to Custom Appearance. Now select
'Image' and you're given 3 options. You can upload an image from your own device, from Facebook,
Instagram or Google Drive. You can choose from a selection of beautiful photographs from Unsplash.
Or you can 'Design with Canva' and that's the button we're going to click. If your Linktree
background doesn't automatically appear go to the LH side toolbar, scroll down until you can find
the tab that says 'All your designs', click on it and select your Linktree background.
Now all you need to do is go to the top RH corner of your Canva toolbar and click on 'Publish'.
And Canva will whisk me magically back over to my Linktree dashboard.
And there you can see it has been uploaded as your background image in your smartphone mockup.
And to save a bit of time I'm going to click over to my own Linktree dashboard so that you
can see what your profile will look like once you start populating it with clickable links
And this is my own dashboard. As you can see on the RH side on my smartphone mockup I've
got my background photo loaded up, I've got my logo, my profile name and a little bit of Bio.
And here are my clickable links. If you'd like to know how to set up these clickable links
and add your thumbnail images and then even add clickable links underneath to your social
media profiles, and to your email addresses just leave me a 'YES!' in the comments box below.
And now for the final and most important step, you're going to copy your unique Linktree link
Click over to your Instagram account, click on 'Edit Profile'
and paste that link into this website box right here. Once done just click on 'Submit'
Click the link in your bio and have a look at your beautiful branded
Linktree background where you'll be adding all your clickable links
That's it and now you're all ready to start powering up your Instagram account
and increasing your click-through rate. Coming up next why not learn how to create those beautiful
carousel posts in Instagram, you'll find it in my tutorial right here.
Alternatively you can watch my entire playlist of Canva tips and tricks right here
thank you so much for watching again and I will see you next time xox