How to Use Bitly for Social Media Tracking

How to Use

For Social Media Tracking

Open www.bitly.com

Click on Sign-up

Create a Free Account

You can opt to sign up using the

following:

Facebook

Twit ter

Creat ing an account in Bit ly

Create a Free Account

In this tutorial, click on Sign Up With Facebook

Click on Okay

Click on Okay one more time

Then, click on Create New Bitly Account

Click on

This is the Bitly Dashboard

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

Hit Ctrl+C or ⌘C to copy the

selected URL

Go back to Bitly Dashboard

And paste the link here

Ctrl+V or ⌘V

This appears

Go to Custom Bitlink

Click on > i o

And select bitly.com

Then, click here to customize

the link

Fill in the Link

And click on Save

Your new link is created

Click on Copy

Open a new tab

Paste your link here

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

Bit arks ou’ e ade appear here

Next, click on Your Bitlinks

Click on the pencil icon to Edit Bitlink

This appears

Notice the Title automatically appears here

Click on the box to edit the title

Then, click on Save

Click here to Add a Note

Click on Save

Cli k o the x i o to exit

Introducing a new way to organize your

Bitlinks:

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

Notice the 4 buttons on the right side of the action

Tag button is the third one

Click on the tag bitlink

Create a new tag or pick an existing tag and hit

I this ase, let’s create a new tag.

Tick the box to create Blog as the new tag.

Then, click on Apply.

Your tag will appear here

O e ou’ e started tagging in your Bitly

account, you can filter your Bitlinks by those

Click on the blue Filter button next to Search bar of

the action panel

Pick what you want to filter your links by and hit

Apply.

Click on Tags

Then, tick the box for Blog

And click Apply

Filtered tags will appear hear then hit Apply

Your Bitlinks list will automatically update to

sho o l the li ks ou’ e tagged.

You a tell if ou’re checking out your Bitlinks in a filtered view by the

flag at the top of the list.

Tagged something by mistake? No worries!

Just hit the x o a tag to delete it from your link

You can also share your Bitlink via:

Twitter

Facebook

Click on the arrow icon

Click on the envelope icon to share bitlink via email

But before we proceed, we need to verify your

email address.

Open your email account

Click on Sign in

Locate your email from Bitly

Click to open your email

Click the link to verify your email address

Go back to your bitly account dashboard.

Click on the dropdown arrow and select Settings

Notice that your email address is successfully

verified

Let’s pro eed to connect an account and click here

Click on Connect to Twitter

Click here to authorize app

Your Twitter account is now connected

On your Dashboard, click on the arrow icon to share your

bitlink via email

Click on the envelope icon

Fill in with a recipient email address and

message

When done, click on Email to send

Let’s share our Bitli k ia Facebook.

Click on the arrow icon

Then, hover your pointer to f i o

And click Post

Aside from URL trimming, Bitly also

offers tools

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To view statistics related to users that click on the

Click here to learn

Let’s tra k a d i terpret li k statistics!

Now, click on Stats

This is the li k’s statisti s overview

A total of 7 people have clicked on the link

This means that the link was saved ones using bitly

Hover your pointer here to see detailed report

These graph shows the number of clicks the link has received on a per day basis.

The most number of clicks happened on Oct 6

This geographical distribution refers to the total statistics

gathered by bitly from clicks and where the bitlink was

shared.

71% came from the Philippines

Referrers determine the source of the click (email, Facebook, blog, twitter,

Data is available in pie-chart or in numbers

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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Virtual Professional Partner on the website below. I would love to read your comments

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-Og Mandino

Always do your best. What

you plant now, you will

harvest later.

How to Use Bitly for Social Media Tracking

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