Using Bitly

Making sure your content is shareable is one of the most important parts of using social media.  Think about it – you take the time to craft a meaningful, relevant blog post, and it is frustrating when you see little traction.

Using Bitly is an effective tool to ensure your blog posts can be easily shared, especially on Twitter.  Since you only have 140 characters to work with, you don’t want to use them all on your blog URL.

Bitly shortens the links so that you have more room to add engaging context to your tweets.

Remember, you will also be required to share your bitly stats in your Personal Branding Project.

If you haven’t already signed up for a bitly account as directed in your weekly packets, sign up here and follow the directions.  (I would use either the email you have designated for your blog or the Twitter account you use with your blog).

Also, be sure that you are sharing the SPECIFIC post, not your home page.

Looking forward to reading your blog posts!

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