I shared this tip on my Facebook page a while back (a good reason to like my FB page—extra tips!), but it's useful so I thought I'd put it here to in case you missed it.
Sometimes it's handy to be able to reference a specific tweet on Twitter or status update on Facebook. Of course, if you see something you want to talk about in your stream, you can't just link to "twitter.com" or "facebook.com" and expect people to see what exactly you're referring to. Maybe someone tweeted or said something you would like to save, link to or otherwise reference. For example, I used this technique on my Tell Your Time sales page to highlight the very nice thing Crystal at Money Saving Mom® said (that's a screenshot of her tweet).
How to Grab the URL for a Tweet or Status Update
Simply click the timestamp of any tweet or status update and you'll be taken directly to its own page. Then you can grab its unique URL.
So let's say I'm on Twitter and I see a tweet I want to save, like this one from Andrea at Savings Lifestyle (click any image to enlarge):
When I click on the timestamp, I'm taken to the tweet's own page and I can grab the URL here:
It's the same for Facebook. Just click on the timestamp for any status update or comment.
Clicking on the status update's timestamp brings you here and then you can grab the URL.
Good for Cross-Promotion!
I often use this to cross-promote my stuff. So, if there's a great discussion on my Facebook page, for example, I might copy its URL and tweet it with something like: "Love this convo we're having on Facebook. What do you think? [link]"
I hope that's helpful!
What about you? Do you find yourself doing this as much as I do?
Thanks Amy, this is just what I needed, how did you know?
LOL!
How cool! I did not know that this could be done. Thanks so much!
Great! I am a little slow and just joined Twitter. It is confusing at first!
Aha! I always wondered how to do that! Thank you so much for the easy, simple explanation!
Yes! I love this and actually discovered by accident awhile back when I clicked on it. I have been using it ever since!!
Very awesome tip, Amy!!! I just used it to link to a pic on FB via Twitter.
That's a great tip. I didn't realize I could do that!
Thanks so much for this – you always deliver what I am looking for before I make it to google (are you psychic?)
Great tip! Thanks for sharing. You always share the best stuff.
I totally love the idea. But I just tried to click on a timestamp on facebook and it seems it's not clickable. Did something change once again?
Thank you
Mark
I don't think so…perhaps a temporary hiccup in Facebook? That's my thought. It's working for me…
you are right it's working for me now as well. thanks for the cool tips and advice.
I' tweeting those things now from my fanage can't wait to see the results.
- mark
Amy, this is great. been trying to work this out for weeks! Thank you.
Glad it helped!
Thank you for the good writeup. It in fact was a amusement
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Thank you VERY much!
thank you for sharing all the information, tips, etc. Your site has been so useful to me.
You're welcome, Patty! Glad to hear it and thanks for reading.
Great, and easy, tip…thanks!
I'm curious about something. I have my fanpage linked to my twitter so that whenever I post an update, it creates a tweet of that post automatically. If it's a short post, the tweet looks normal, but when I post long, I only get the first part of the post in the tweet and the rest of the tweet is a link that goes to the specific post on facebook. Is there perhaps a way so that whenever I post on my fanpage and a tweet is generated, that there is a link to the post on facebook in the tweet no matter the character length?
I typically manually enter all my posts and tweets as I find I get better engagement that way, however, you might look at Buffer and see if that does what you want. I hope that helps!
Exactly what I was looking for! I'm a brand new business and brand new to all of this, thanks so much
You're welcome, Sarah. Glad you stopped by!
Thanks for the tip, most useful!
I just LOVE geniuses! Thx!!!!