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The 8 best URL shorteners for engagement and tracking in 2022

Sprout Social

Since the beginning of the World Wide Web, Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) have been one of the primary methods for jumping from one webpage to another. Unfortunately, URLs become long and complex as subdomains, subdirectories and tracking codes are added. As social media grew in popularity, lengthy URLs began to present a problem.

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Understanding Twitter verification in 2020

Sprout Social

If you’re active on Twitter, you’ve probably noticed a blue checkmark associated with various accounts. Being verified on Twitter is somewhat of a status symbol as it indicates that a profile is authentic. The significance of Twitter verification. Before we go any farther, let’s recap on the significance of Twitter verification.

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The Wrap, Newser and Content Aggregation: How Much Attribution is.

Adam Sherk

Home About Contact PR Publishing SEO Social Media Subscribe Adam Sherk The Wrap, Newser and Content Aggregation: How Much Attribution is Enough? To me the real question is: when one site aggregates another’s content, how much attribution is enough? Personally I think aggregated stories should always include an inline attribution link.

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Hootsuite Hacks: 19 Tricks and Features You Probably Didn’t Know About

Hootsuite

Polish your posts with vanity URLs. Hootsuite’s free link shortener, Owly , makes any URL you post look sweet, short, and a lot more trustworthy. Ok, I’ll bite: what are URL shorteners? ). That said, if you want to put in the elbow grease and level up your branding, Hootsuite also supports vanity URLs.

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130+ TikTok Bio Ideas You Can Steal Right Now

Hootsuite

Just like on Instagram and Twitter , Good TikTok bios should give users a glimpse into who you are or what you do, but with a Salt Bae sprinkle of creativity. If you have 1,000 followers or more, you can add a link to your TikTok bio by tapping edit profile and then adding the URL to the website field. Tip: Shorten URLs with Ow.ly

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Social Media Tools, Apps, Resources and Plugins

Harp Interactive

Twitter Tools: tagwalk. Provides a snapshot of your Twitter account including your latest tweets, who you talk to, your links, mentioned by, interests, stats and more. Taweet (beta) is a social calendar and event promotion application for Twitter. Taweet adds a whole new dimension to your Twitter experience: the future.

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7 Ways to Use Social Media to Create Buzz-Worthy Events

Convince & Convert

Actively promote the event hashtag and invite users to share their content on Twitter and Instagram. Use Pitchengine to create multi-media enabled press releases, and send the URL for the release to any and all “maybes” on your list. Create a Twitter list of all attendees, and update it each time a new person registers.

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