That’s what tells the systems at Instagram and YouTube which photo you require, and it does it in 11 characters to make it as short as possible. In addition to using bit.ly as a tool integrated into third-party tools you can also use it directly at the bit.ly website. More » Goo.gl Here’s Google’s very own URL shortener, which is a popular choice that’s useful for just getting the job done as quickly as possible.
Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. We've seen with new accounts it can take a few days to actually have data start populating in the MailChimp account. My third choice, which was once my first choice, is Bitly. Whatever the case, the answer seems to be using a link shortener. The Google Analytics account has to be set up and configured before the tracked campaign is sent.
I like Bitly because it has a pretty interface and a login for all of the links you create. It's one of the most widely used options out there, and you'll often find it integrated with lots of other services as well as third party apps like TweetDeck and TwitterFeed. Check out our review of this fantastic tool to see how it works.
And if I was using Twitter.com to Tweet as I sometimes do, then I wouldn’t use one, I’d just let Twitter shorten it. Click the title of the email you want to work with. To view stats for your custom campaigns go to Google Analytics Reporting » Traffic » Sources » Campaigns and you will see something like this. Alternatively, if uppercase and lowercase letters are differentiated, then each character can represent a single digit within a number of base 62 (26 + 26 + 10). A total of five parameters are automatically appended when you enable Google Analytics: utm_campaign: will automatically be the name of the campaign as it appears in Sailthru. utm_medium: will automatically be “email”. utm_source: will automatically be “Sailthru”. utm_term: will automatically be the name of the sending list as it appears in Sailthru. utm_content: if you are sending an AB Split or AB Winner or Auto Winner Campaign, this utm parameter will be added to your links.
This article is part of our HasOffers Basics series. Use an online search tool: One great tool for coming up with good domains for URL shorteners is Domai.nr, which lets you type in a full company name and the site suggests variations of it using numerous alternate extensions and other methods mentioned here and even links you to where you can purchase the domains (this is especially handy for country TLDs). Examples of this are rickrolling, redirecting to shock sites, or to affiliate websites. Other Helpful Macros If you have sites that you frequently link out to or have partnerships with, you might want to roll up the click events by domain name. To enable outbound link tracking, you need to add a little javascript to your website, and add a little code with each outgoing link that you want to track. Then, use the tracking link in your ads and promotions.