How to Add Multiple Links on Instagram Bio

In a previous post I showed you all how to create an Instagram website using the application Milkshake but in this post I'm going to show you how to create an Instagram website using Canva.

Before I hop into the tutorial I want to tell you how this page works. At the top we have an animation for the Canva logo, just to draw the eye. And we have a photo background with some information about my YouTube Channel. Then we have a series of six buttons that are color coded to match my color palette. And when you click on the buttons they redirect traffic. So they send you to my YouTube Channel, free resources, book me to speak, hire me on Squarespace, snag an ebook, and my favorite apps and discounts.

So in order to create something like this to work in your Instagram bio, what you need to do is hop into Canva. When you go to Canva and you type into the templates, what you need to look for is a Bio Link website. When you click on enter you're going to see a variety of styles that are available within Canva. Now this is something that a lot of people do not utilize, you can see how I customized this particular template. This is an awesome way for you to drive traffic to various aspects of your business without using another application. For instance, if we liked the look of this particular design, all we need to do is click on the design and use this template. Now here is my biggest piece of advice, this template is already perfectly sized for your cell phone. So when this resizes for a cell phone device it’s going to put everything in a really good place. And people may need to scroll down, if you make the page longer. If you want to get more leverage out of your design without having to scroll, just leave the bottom open, but you can continue to add content. I think if you extend it beyond what the template is already sized for, you may run into issues.

If we wanted to move it so that we had a bit more space at the bottom, all we would need to do is click and drag the elements and drag them up. That just gives us a little bit more space at the bottom to make sure that the text for our buttons doesn't get cut off. So this is how it works as a website. Essentially, what you want to do is to make sure that all of the elements are grouped together that you want to create as a button. You may have to do a bit of ungrouping and regrouping. So here's what I mean, if you go over to the side and we select bestsellers, you'll see that there is no grouping option because these are currently grouped together without the text. So what I would do is ungroup it, and then regroup the entire element. So that way no matter where they click on this image, they're going to get redirected where you want them to go. Now, all of these images are able to be hyperlinked wherever we want them to go. Now again if you want to change the style that's something you'll want to do before you regroup the elements. Once they are grouped, and you click on the element, you can see in the top right hand corner there is a place to link. And all you need to do is to link the element to the URL where you want to redirect traffic.

Once you've done that for all of your buttons then you want to change the name of the design. Otherwise, when people go to your website, what they're going to see when they hover, is the name of the template. And here's an example of what I mean, when you hover over my website, you see @lashondambrown Link in Bio. So that's actually the name of my template. You'll probably want to name this your Instagram handle, you can add Link in Bio or whatever you’d like. When you're done, publish as a website. What's going to happen is you're going to have a few options on the side, you can publish it as a multi page site, a scrolling site, classic navigation or a single page site with a navigation bar, so you choose the option that best fits your needs and it'll show you a quick preview when you click there.

If we go to my design, I believe I have mine set to presentation but you can choose whatever. If we select scrolling and open the site, you'll see the website, and you will be able to click on the designs to go where you want to go. And this would be the link to your website. So here is the final tip. Once you have designed your new Instagram link in bio website using Canva, now we need to customize that link. When you go to my Instagram account, I have lashondabrown.com/gram-fam, I don't have that Canva link so that it looks a lot more appealing in my bio than what is provided directly from Canva. So like I’ve stated in previous videos, there are lots of ways that you can customize your link.

If you have a Squarespace website, here's how I customize mine. When you log into my website on the back end which is built in Squarespace 7.0, you're going to click on Settings, Advanced, URL mappings, and then scroll down till we have space. In order to create this link, I simply put a backslash, exactly what I want the end of the link to look like, a dash, this symbol here, a link to the Instagram website, and then 302 to designate the type of redirect that it is.

This is a system that I use to create branded links within my business. So essentially what I'm saying is, if someone goes to lashondabrown.com/gram-fam, send them to this Canva design temporarily. So if I want to change that to redirect traffic later, all I have to do is erase this link and put in the new link. So this is a very quick and easy way for you to brand that link, so you don't have to worry about what Canva provides on their end. This is a Canva hack that you can use in your business to create a very vibrant, unique link in bio for your Instagram account. You can also use that branded link on any other social media platform that you would like. So if this is something that we haven't tried before, search other templates, bio link website, and give it a try. If you've not signed up for Canva pro, you're going to need it for this template, so make sure you go to lashondabrown.com/canva45 to get access to a free 45 day trial. Subscribe to my channel because I'm going to teach you how to grow your biz without breaking the bank.