Why should I consider using short links?
Short links are a great way to increase your visibility after someone visits your bio page and clicks one of your links. Instead of linking directly to the url, we redirect the user to a custom branded portal that allows them to view the webpage like normal with an Agent Bio widget that features your headshot, name, tagline, and a link back to your page.
This helps you accomplish a few things:
- Visitors are more likely to click back to your bio page to view more content
- Provides brand exposure and the ability to share resources that you didn't create
- Makes it convenient for your visitors to click on your other links.
Getting started with short links
Follow the instructions below to configure short links for your Agent Bio account. Keep in mind, short links is currently a PRO feature, and is only available for PRO accounts. Learn more about our pricing plans here.
Enabling short links
- Navigate to the Settings page in your admin area.
- Find the "Short Links" settings
- Turn on the switch to enable short links.
- Done!
Now, every time your visitors click one of your links, they'll be redirected to your branded portal that includes the Agent Bio widget.
Notes about short links
Short links rely upon iframes to embed the url of your choosing. A website provider can block iframing by adding a request to their site headers. With that being said, we do respect these site headers and many major sites like YouTube, Zillow, Facebook, Twitter, do not allow iframing.
We automatically check to see if a url can be iframed, and if not we redirect to the originally intended url. You may notice some websites do not load in a portal and this is most likely the reason why.