How to use bit.ly

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How to Use Bitly

2014 Nimfa V. Maniscan - How to Use Bitly

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In this tutorial, you will learn that...


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Bitly – is a URL shortener


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and gives POWER to your links.


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You may ask - What POWER?!!!


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Power to answer the following questions:


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How many people visited your website TODAY?


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YESTERDAY?


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THIS WEEK?


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LAST MONTH?


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Or this question;


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How many of them are from the Philippines?


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Thailand?


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New Zealand?


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Australia?


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Canada?


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Singapore?


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Dubai?


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How they landed to your website?


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Is it through Facebook?


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Twitter?


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Pinterest?


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Or from other websites?


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Or from the email link you sent them?


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Ready to learn all these?


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Here’s a step by step procedure


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just for you – FREE!!!


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First, decide what browser to choose.


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For example, we chose


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In the URL, you type this www.bitly.com.


http://www.bitly.com/

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Then, click here.


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This webpage appears.


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Next, create an account. Click here.


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You will be directed here.


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You can sign up with Facebook.


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with Twitter,


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or with your Email details.


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For this, we’ll use email details.


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Just fill up this portion here.


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Input your Username,


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Email Address here.


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Provide a Password,


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Re-enter your Password here.


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It will look like this.


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Then click “Create Account” here.


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Bitly homepage appears like this.


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Congratulations, you now have a bitly account!


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Now, let us explore the site.


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Every time I log in, I see this page.


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Then, I will click this tab here.


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To be directed here.


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Notice this long URL here?


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This is the long URL I want to shorten.

http://ideasthatprosper.com/jomarhilariobadges/2014/04/26/omc-3-freshman-badge-nimfa-

maniscan/


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Let’s zoom in.


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Double click the URL


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Press Ctrl + C to copy it.


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Now go back to the bitly tab.


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Press Ctrl + V


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to paste it here.


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Soon after, the screen now looks like this.


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Bitly has taken the link and shortened it.


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Let’s take a closer look.


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Here’s now the shortened link called Bitlinks.


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You can also customize bitlinks here.


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Use short & concise words like this.


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Then click “Save”.


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Now, imagine from this long URLhttp://ideasthatprosper.com/

jomarhilariobadges/2014/04/26/omc-3-freshman-badge-nimfa-

maniscan/


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It now becomes bit.ly/TWgftxW


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and customized as bit.ly/nvm.omc3-badge1


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Isn’t that amazing?


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Take advantage of this tool


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on your next online marketing strategy!


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With Bitly you can save, search & organize…


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and track views & responses.


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How to track views/responses from your links?


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Click here to view info & stats


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and you can see all the details here.


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Like the total no. of clicks of bitlink.


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Graphical analytics that provide insights

to your link’s popularity.


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It shows websites where it was shared,


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and the distribution of clicks.


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Click Stats here to view your metrics.


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This page will appear.


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You can see the metrics here.


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Click Bundles to see all your links,


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and your Networks here.


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You can also do sorting here.


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You also have options here


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To copy,


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share to other networks,


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or send through emails.


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Isn’t that great tool for marketing?


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For more useful tips about bitly,


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Click help here.


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Now, what are you waiting for?


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Try it yourself!


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Sign Up now!


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End of Tutorial


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