how to thinglink basic features
TRANSCRIPT
HOW TO USE
THINGLINK BASIC
What’s Inside…
1. Account Management - Slide 3
2. Image Creation - Slide 8
3. Create Image Channels - Slide 16
4. Analytics - Slide 21
5. Plans and Pricing - Slide 23
6. Contact Us - Slide 27
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENTHOW TO
Hosting (if needed)
Control Panel
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENTTOOLBAR AND MENU
Toolbar
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENTTOOLBAR AND MENU
*to access groups contact us at [email protected]
SettingsGroups*UpgradeHelpLog out
Menu
View account notifications in the upper right menu
Hosting (if needed)
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENTEXPLORE TAB
Click to browse the Explore tab
Your Stream shows you the images
of those you follow
Featured houses images marked as notable by ThingLink staff
Top Today and This Week show the most popular
recent images
Hosting (if needed)
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENTMY ACCOUNT TABYour account name
Images you’ve touched
Images you created
Videos you created
Your channels Users you follow
Users who follow you
Aggregate statistics for
all your images
Access your account through
the Me tab
IMAGE CREATIONHOW TO
Hosting (if needed)
IMAGE CREATIONUPLOADING
Click CREATE to begin
Method #1 Upload image file via your hard drive
Method #2 Upload image via
URL where it is hosted
Method #3 Import image
from Facebook
Method #4 Import image
from Flickr
Hosting (if needed)
IMAGE CREATIONTAGGING
Click anywhere on the image to add
a tag
Edit the title of your image
With Professional,
remove buttons and
branding
Use + and - to zoom in and out
This video explains additional tag types
Enter a link for photo or click through
Click to choose icon
The Finished ProductAdd a caption
IMAGE CREATIONIMAGE TAGGING
Upgrade for rich text customization
Click to choose icon
Add a captionThe Finished Product
IMAGE CREATIONRICH MEDIA TAGS
Copy & Paste video from YouTube
IMAGE CREATIONRICH MEDIA TAGS
IMAGE CREATIONIMAGE PRIVACY
Select “Settings” to manage
image privacy
Public: everybody can see image on thinglink.com
Unlisted: image is hidden from public on thinglink.com
Upgrade to Professional to remove branding, share, touch icons
Click “MY MEDIA
SETTINGS” tab
Click Menu, then
select “SETTINGS”
Allows any user to edit your images
Allows other users to remix your images
Controls related images
Choose safe to only see educational images
IMAGE CREATIONCONTROL IMAGE DISPLAY
HOW TO
CREATE IMAGE CHANNELS
STEP 1: CLICK “POST”
Click “POST”
STEP 2: CREATE CHANNEL
Name your channel Click
“CREATE NEW CHANNEL”
STEP 3: BUILD REST OF CHANNEL
Repeat Steps 1 and 2
Once the channel has been created, Step 2 will only necessitate choosing that new channel from the list
STEP 4: VIEW CHANNEL AS A SLIDESHOW
Click “VIEW AS SLIDESHOW”
Go to profile and select
CHANNELS
HOW TO
ANALYTICS
ANALYTICSANALYZE YOUR CONTENT’S ENGAGEMENT
Upgrade to a paid plan for analytics on your images’ performance
Moving Forward
ACCOUNT TYPES
ACCOUNT TYPESUNLOCK CUSTOMIZATION WITH PROFESSIONAL AND PREMIUM
ACCOUNT TYPESPLANS AND PRICING
CONTACT US
Technical support [email protected]
Sales [email protected]
Blog for news & inspirationhttp://blog.thinglink.com/marketing