Adding Call To Action (CTA) Buttons in TINT

In this article, we cover:

• How to create a CTA and add it to an individual post
• How to create a CTA without adding it to a post
• How to add an existing CTA to an individual post
• How to remove a CTA from an individual post
• How to edit or delete a CTA
• How to add Smart CTAs via Saved Filters

Have you ever wanted to drive traffic from your TINT embed to a certain action/web page? Or drive some sort of ROI like more purchases or donations? Our custom Call To Action (CTA) buttons make it possible to do just that! You can easily add a button to individual posts in the TINT Editor. You can even apply global CTAs across entire connections. Please note that not all of the TINT themes support CTA buttons.

How to create a new CTA and add it to an individual post

1. Go into your TINT board which takes you into the TINT editor
2. Find the post that you want to put a CTA on and click on the megaphone
3. A pop up menu will appear on the right hand side.  Click on "+ Create a new CTA"
4. Fill in the Title, Text Button and Link URL (all of these need to be filled in to save)
5. Click on Save
6. Then CTA you have just created will appear but it will be unticked
7. Click the CTA so it has a tick next to it
8. Click cancel or the X to close the CTA menu
9. Now your CTA label will be on your post

How to create a CTA without adding it to a post

1. Go into your TINT board which takes you into the TINT editor
2. Click on Manage CTAs in the content panel
3. A pop up menu will appear on the right hand side.  Click on "+ Create a new CTA"
4. Fill in the Title, Text Button and Link URL (all of these need to be filled in to save)
5. Click on Save
6. Then CTA you have just created will appear but it will be unticked
7. Click the CTA so it has a tick next to it
8. Click cancel or the X to close the CTA menu
9. Now your CTA will be ready for any time you want to add it to a post

How to add an existing CTA to an individual post

1. Go into your TINT board which takes you into the TINT editor
2. Find the post that you want to put a CTA on and click on the megaphone
3. A pop up menu will appear on the right hand side
4. Find the CTA that you want to apply
5. Click the CTA so it has a tick next to it
6. Click cancel or the X to close the CTA menu
7. Now your CTA label will be on your post

How to remove a CTA from an individual post

1. Go into your TINT board which takes you into the TINT editor
2. Find the post that you want remove the CTA from and click on the megaphone
3. A pop up menu will appear on the right hand side
4. Click untick the CTA that's ticked
5. Click cancel or the X to close the CTA menu
6. Now your CTA label will be removed from your post

How to edit or delete a CTA

1. Go into your TINT board which takes you into the TINT editor
2. Click on Manage CTAs in the content panel
3. A pop up menu will appear on the right hand side. 
4. Click the CTA on that you want to edit or delete
5. For editing, just change what you need to 
6. Click on Save
7. For deleting, click the Delete CTA
8. A pop-up will appear saying "This CTA is currently applied to x posts. Are you sure you want to permanently delete this CTA and remove it from all posts?" and the options with be No, keep CTA or Yes, delete CTA
9. Click cancel or the X to close the CTA menu

How to add Smart CTAs via Saved Filters

1. Go into your TINT board which takes you into the TINT editor
2. Click on Manage CTAs in the content panel
3. A pop up menu will appear on the right hand side. 
4. Fill in the Title, Text Button and Link URL and apply the Saved Filter
5. Click on Save
6. The CTA should be highlighted with the amount of posts it's been applied (how many posts are in that filter)
7. Click cancel or the X to close the CTA menu

If you run into any issues creating CTA buttons in TINT please don’t hesitate to contact Technical Support at support@tintup.com.