Adding Hot Links to Your Twitter Bio

You have 160 characters for your Twitter bio and it's important to make every character count towards sharing information that will be of interest to your target markets.

In addition to this bio, you have one hot link under the designation "web" under "profile" under "settings" (NOT your top nav "profile" button).

A few days ago I noticed that @CathyGoodwin had two hot links in her Twitter bio – one in the "web" slot and one in the bio part. Curious, I thought.

Then I saw someone else with two hot links on a Twitter profile page.

Always looking for new social media opportunities, I went to my Twitter bio to try adding a hot link besides the one in the "web" slot. And to really test this out, I tried the link without the http:// that Twitter use to prompt as needed for the "web" hot link.

Lo and behold! I got a hot link starting with www in my Twitter bio separate from the "web" hot link. Very exciting!

Then I revised my bio copy so that the two hot links would not be next to each other (too confusing).

Here is what my bio says now in exactly 160 characters:

Social media marketer whose company coaches clients on effectively using social media; blog at www.MillerMosaicSocialMediaMarketing.com & more info at



Followed by the "web" hot link:

http://www.MillerMosaicPowerMarketing.com

(You can see how this looks on the screen at http://twitter.com/ZimblerMiller)

As I'm usually torn as to which one URL to include in my Twitter bio, I'm very pleased by this ability to include more than one URL.

Go ahead and try it for your own Twitter bio if you have more than one URL you'd like to share. And if you don't yet have a blog or a website, be sure to use that "web" hot link for your Facebook Page, your LinkedIn profile, or another suitable social media presence.

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