how to use bitly
DESCRIPTION
Bitly is a URL shortening service popular on microblogging websites. It helps user to trim down long meaningless links into short and easy to remember ones. This tool is essential in social media marketing with limited quantity of characters per post such as twitter.Aside from URL trimming, Bitly also offers tool to view statistics related to users that clicks on the link. It can provide you information how many viewed your particular link and from what region in the globe viewed it.This online tool is very helpful in analyzing business popularity and better internet marketing strategy.I have created simple online tutorial on how to use Bitly. Feel free to view it below.TRANSCRIPT
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HOW TO USE
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Open www.bitly.com
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Click on Sign Up
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Create a Free Account
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Either by Facebook,
Twitter or Creating an
account in Bitly.
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In this case, click on Sign Up
With Facebook
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Click on Okay
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Click on OK one more time
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Then, click here
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Paste a long URL here to
shorten
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Open a website of
your preference.
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Click on the link
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Now press:
Ctrl + C for
Cmd + C for
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Go back to Bitly.
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And click here
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To paste :
Ctrl + V for
Cmd + V for
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This appears
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Go to Custom Bitlink
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Click on the arrow down button
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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
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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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Voila! Youre redirected to your
website.
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Click on the Close icon
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Next, click on Your Bitlinks
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Click on this icon to
Edit Bitlink
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Fill in the Title
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Click on Save
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Click here to Add a Note
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Click on Save
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And click on Archive
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To remove link on
Archive.
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Just click on Unarchive
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Close it by clicking here
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Now, click on Bundles
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A bundle is
a collection of
Bitlinks.
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Click on Create a new bundle
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Fill in all the Information
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Then, click on Make bundle
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Click on Add a Bitlink
to this bundle
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Paste your newly
created Bitlink here
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And click on Add
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To send Bitlink, click on Email
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But! You need to
verify your Email
first.
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Click here
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And select Settings
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Click here
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Open your Email
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Click on Sign In
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Locate the email from Bitly
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And click it to Open
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Click on the Link
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Account Verification Successful
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Now, click on Email
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Fill in the Information
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When done, click on Send
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To share Bitlink, click on Share
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This appears
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Click here and say something
about it
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And click on Post
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If you wish to make
Bitlink Private.
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Click on Make private
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If you want to delete
bundle.
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Just click on Delete bundle
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Then, click on Delete the bundle
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In this case, click on Cancel
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Now, click on Stats
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Aside from URL
trimming, Bitly also
offers tools to
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view statistics related
to users that click on
the link.
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It provides you
information on how
many viewed your
link,
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and from what region
in the globe viewed it.
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Click on sort by arrow down
button
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Select Date Created
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Click on Clicks arrow down
button
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Select Clicks
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Then, click here to sort date
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Select Past 30 Days
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Hover over the yellow
bar graph result
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Or here
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Scroll down
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You can also track the Referrers
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And the Countries
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Next, click on Your Network
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If you wish to view
their Networks stats.
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Just Hover on the Bitlink
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And click on View stats
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Bothered by a
buddy's Bitlink?
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Just hover on their picture
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and click on Mute
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Buddys Bitlink is removed, to change
that go to Settings.
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