{"id":2679,"date":"2014-05-08T17:05:42","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T10:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pantika.com\/?p=2679"},"modified":"2014-10-16T16:01:45","modified_gmt":"2014-10-16T09:01:45","slug":"track-your-links-smarturl","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pantika.com\/internet-marketing\/track-your-links-smarturl","title":{"rendered":"Track your Links with SmartURL"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every Internet marketer who is serious with their business track their links. Tracking links is the only way to determine if a method of promotion is working or not, and helps decide if adjustments have to be made. Today, I am going to show you how to track your links with SmartURL.<\/strong><\/p>\n

SmartURL<\/em> is designed to help simplify the process of marketing online. Their goal is not just to make shorter URLs, but to create a platform that enables smarter marketing.<\/p>\n

\"Track<\/p>\n

With SmartURL you can<\/span>:<\/p>\n

– make geo-aware links
\n– make live redirects
\n– do simpler performance tracking
\n– collaborate with other users
\n– see detailed stats<\/p>\n

Track your Links with SmartURL – Step by Step<\/h2>\n

The first step is to go to the login page here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"SmartURL<\/a><\/p>\n

Using FaceBook<\/strong> to login is very easy.<\/p>\n

Click the FaceBook<\/em> button and you will see this screen.<\/p>\n

\"SmartURL<\/p>\n

Click “OK”<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

You are now ready to create your first link.<\/p>\n

\"SmartURL<\/p>\n

Click the “Create smartURL”<\/strong> orange button.<\/p>\n

A new page will show where you can enter your link.<\/p>\n

\"Track<\/p>\n

The URL will be checked and when it passed you will have these 3 little green dots showing. It is the default URL that will be used for all traffic<\/p>\n

The next step is geo-localization<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

You can specify a different URL from the default URL targeting countries.<\/p>\n

If you have a page in French<\/em>, you can select the country “France”<\/strong> and enter the URL.<\/p>\n

If you have a page in Thai<\/em>, you can select the country “Thailand”<\/strong> and enter the URL.<\/p>\n

\"smartURL<\/p>\n

A visitor from one of these 2 countries will not be shown the default smartURL<\/em>, but the one you have specified for each couuntry.<\/p>\n

How powerful is that?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The next step is to select your custom alias if you wish.<\/p>\n

\"smartURL<\/p>\n

The system will tell you if it is already taken or not.<\/p>\n

Leave blank to let the smartURL<\/strong> to create a unique link for you.<\/p>\n

The next window is for a description<\/span> so you know what the link is for.<\/p>\n

\"smartURL<\/p>\n

If you want to collaborate with other people, you can give them access in the next step.<\/p>\n

\"smartURL<\/p>\n

You can also select their access level, which is “Read Only”<\/em> in this case.<\/p>\n

The last step on this page is to click the “SAVE”<\/strong> button.<\/p>\n

\"smartURL<\/p>\n

After clicking “Save”<\/em>, you will be directed to a IQid page <\/strong>with other options\u00a0to better track the sources of your traffic.<\/p>\n

In this example the smartURL’s alias is “golz87”<\/strong> and the smartURL is\u00a0https:\/\/smarturl.it\/golz87<\/em><\/p>\n

If you want to use this link only for Classifieds sites, you can enter a value in the “Site”<\/em> field.<\/p>\n

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The smartURL link<\/strong> becomes\u00a0https:\/\/smarturl.it\/golz87?IQid=classifieds<\/em><\/p>\n

In the statistics you will clearly see the traffic coming from “classifieds”<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Then, there is a set of social media links<\/strong> ready to use.<\/p>\n

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When you use the FaceBook<\/em> link, only in FaceBook<\/strong>, the statistics will clearly show your traffic for this social media site.<\/p>\n

In fact you can create links on the fly… You just have to add a value after\u00a0https:\/\/smarturl.it\/golz87?IQid=<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

If you want to track your links for an advertisement on Craiglist<\/strong> you can use\u00a0https:\/\/smarturl.it\/golz87?IQid=Craiglist<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

… or for your newsletter:\u00a0https:\/\/smarturl.it\/golz87?IQid=Newsletter<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

You get the picture!<\/strong><\/p>\n

The last very neat option is the QR code<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Track<\/p>\n

The link is generated automatically and all you have to do is to select your background and foreground color, then download the QR image.<\/p>\n

If you want to see all your smartURL<\/em> links click on the “my smartURLs”<\/strong> link.<\/p>\n

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There you can see all your links, edit, open or archive them. You can also access the statistics (click on the small pie chart)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I hope that you have found this tutorial on how to<\/span> track your links<\/span> with SmartURL<\/strong> useful.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Every Internet marketer who is serious with their business track their links. Tracking links is the only way to determine if a method of promotion is working or not, and helps decide if adjustments have to be made. Today, I am going to show you how to track your links with SmartURL. SmartURL is designed …<\/span> Read More →<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2682,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1,988,136],"tags":[1127,1125,1124,1126],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n