how to use bitly for social media tracking
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How to Use
For Social Media Tracking
Open www.bitly.com
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Click on Sign-up
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Create a Free Account
You can opt to sign up using the
following:
Twit ter
Creat ing an account in Bit ly
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Create a Free Account
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In this tutorial, click on Sign Up With Facebook
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Click on Okay
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Click on Okay one more time
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Then, click on Create New Bitly Account
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Click on
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This is the Bitly Dashboard
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URLs that have been shortened by bitly are
called bitmarks
Now, let’s shorte a URL
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Open a website of your preference.
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O our ro ser’s address bar, select the complete URL
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Hit Ctrl+C or ⌘C to copy the
selected URL
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Go back to Bitly Dashboard
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And paste the link here
Ctrl+V or ⌘V
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This appears
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Go to Custom Bitlink
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Click on > i o
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And select bitly.com
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Then, click here to customize
the link
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Fill in the Link
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And click on Save
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Your new link is created
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Click on Copy
Open a new tab
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Paste your link here
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On your keyboard, hit Enter .
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Viola! You’re redire ted to your website.
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Cli k o the x i o
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Bit arks ou’ e ade appear here
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Next, click on Your Bitlinks
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Click on the pencil icon to Edit Bitlink
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This appears
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Notice the Title automatically appears here
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Click on the box to edit the title
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Then, click on Save
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Click here to Add a Note
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Click on Save
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Cli k o the x i o to exit
Introducing a new way to organize your
Bitlinks:
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Tags!
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Tags is the new and
improved version of bundles
Tags are designed to make it
easier to search, filter and sort
through the links in you Bitly
account
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Notice the 4 buttons on the right side of the action
panel
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Tag button is the third one
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Click on the tag bitlink
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Create a new tag or pick an existing tag and hit
Apply
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I this ase, let’s create a new tag.
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Tick the box to create Blog as the new tag.
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Then, click on Apply.
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Your tag will appear here
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O e ou’ e started tagging in your Bitly
account, you can filter your Bitlinks by those
tags.
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Click on the blue Filter button next to Search bar of
the action panel
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Pick what you want to filter your links by and hit
Apply.
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Click on Tags
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Then, tick the box for Blog
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And click Apply
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Filtered tags will appear hear then hit Apply
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Your Bitlinks list will automatically update to
sho o l the li ks ou’ e tagged.
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You a tell if ou’re checking out your Bitlinks in a filtered view by the
flag at the top of the list.
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Tagged something by mistake? No worries!
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Just hit the x o a tag to delete it from your link
You can also share your Bitlink via:
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Click on the arrow icon
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Click on the envelope icon to share bitlink via email
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But before we proceed, we need to verify your
email address.
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Open your email account
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Click on Sign in
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Locate your email from Bitly
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Click to open your email
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Click the link to verify your email address
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Go back to your bitly account dashboard.
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Click on the dropdown arrow and select Settings
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Notice that your email address is successfully
verified
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Let’s pro eed to connect an account and click here
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Click on Connect to Twitter
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Click here to authorize app
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Your Twitter account is now connected
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On your Dashboard, click on the arrow icon to share your
bitlink via email
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Click on the envelope icon
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Fill in with a recipient email address and
message
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When done, click on Email to send
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Let’s share our Bitli k ia Facebook.
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Click on the arrow icon
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Then, hover your pointer to f i o
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And click Post
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Aside from URL trimming, Bitly also
offers tools
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To view statistics related to users that click on the
link.
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Let’s tra k a d i terpret li k statistics!
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Now, click on Stats
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This is the li k’s statisti s overview
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A total of 7 people have clicked on the link
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This means that the link was saved ones using bitly
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Hover your pointer here to see detailed report
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These graph shows the number of clicks the link has received on a per day basis.
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The most number of clicks happened on Oct 6
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This geographical distribution refers to the total statistics
gathered by bitly from clicks and where the bitlink was
shared.
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71% came from the Philippines
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Referrers determine the source of the click (email, Facebook, blog, twitter,
etc.)
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Data is available in pie-chart or in numbers
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6 of them clicked on the link from Email Clients, IM, AIR
Apps and Direct
You can create an unlimited number of bitmarks in bitly,
and use them to measure and track site
statistics.
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