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Twitter hack: How to add a call-to-action button in a public tweet

And an option to set an auto-filled direct message template.

Rayyan Zahid
4 min readApr 10, 2020

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Adding a call to action (CTA) can increase your conversion rate and boost the users engagement with your Twitter brand. Though the platform doesn’t give much choice to customize a tweet, the simple hack mentioned in this article can increase the range of tools in your belt to market your brand.

What is the feature?

The direct message CTA can be seen in the screenshot below. By pinning it to the top of your profile, one can make it easier for other profiles to engage with you. In this case the tweet is marketing a weekly newsletter.

CTA to sign up for my newsletter on my Twitter accoun

The button leads to the direct message where the user can edit and send an auto-filled message template. This message is customizable.

Auto-filled message template asking for the name and email.

Learn how to do it yourself

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Rayyan Zahid

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