Shorty Tutorials & Tracking Tips

Shorty Overview & Walkthrough

Watch this video first to get an overview of where to find what in Shorty, and understand the general user interface.

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Settings & Options

In this video I show you how to configure Shorty beyond the default (recommended) configurations.

Perhaps the most important thing here is setting your tracking domain. I recommend not using the root URL – use a subfolder like /go/ or /recommended/ instead to avoid conflicts with other plugins and pages or posts.

Using Custom Domains

You can easily add a branding domain in shorty to get a shorter URL, instead of using your blog’s actual URL as part of your tracking link. In this video I show you how to setup a custom domain in NameCheap, and the limitations of your custom domain.

Create a Tracking Link

It all starts with a tracking link, which will shorten, cloak and redirect your visitors to the URL you actually want to take them to.

Watch this video where I explain how to create a basic link, as well as a cloaked link, and how to view your stats.

Viral Link Cloaking

Link cloaking allows you to hide the landing page URL from your visitors, and display your tracking link URL instead.

Watch this video where I explain how to setup a cloaked link properly to control its appearance in social media sites, and how a cloaked link can help you get extra traffic.

Automatic Keyword to Link Conversion

With Shorty you can instantly monetize your older blog posts and pages. Turn on the keyword conversion feature, and enter relevant keyword for each tracked link.

Our system will figure out which keywords to convert, and even automatically rotate converted links on every enabled page or post, allowing you to siphon traffic to your latest promotions.

Split Testing & URL Rotator

Shorty can rotate traffic to multiple URLs, and track the conversions from those individual URLs.

Combined with our pixel code for conversion tracking, you can use this feature to spli test affiliate offers and landing pages.

Pixel Code to Track Conversions

Shorty allows you to track conversions for sales and leads (more options coming in the near future).

It starts with understanding your funnel and what you want to track. Then, you have to create “Thank You” pages for each goal. In this video, I show you how to add those pages in Shorty and start tracking the conversion, conversion rates and the conversion timeline for your goals.

Tracking Affiliate SubIDs & Commissions

Shorty can help you track affiliates sales and commissions in JVZoo, Shareasale, ClickBank, LinkShare, Commission Junction, and much more. It also works with platforms like HasOffers or iDevAffiliate.

You just need to make sure your affiliate platform supports “tid” or “sub ID” tracking. Most affiliate networks allow this. Some allow up to 5 sub IDs, but you really only need one.

Track Your Ads & PPC Costs

Once you have setup goals and tracking links, you should start creating campaigns for tracking specific ads.

Shorty can help you track PC ads (Adwords, FaceBook), email clicks, solo emails, and almost any type of ad that involves a click.

Use the Campaign feature to get better reports, a deeper understanding of your marketing, and maximize your profitability.

Geo-IP, Uptime, Click Limiter, Expiration & Other Automation

In this video I show you how our automation features work.

Learn how to monitor the uptime of your link, redirect based on country, set an expiration timer to your links and also a click limiting feature.

Use these automation features to get more revenue from your traffic.

Add & Manage Multiple Users

** For certain plans only.

You can add and manage multiple user access to Shorty. Control who gets to read reports, add links, import data, and delete or remove data,.

You can also give full administrator access, and manage your marketing team’s roles.

Add & Manage Multiple Users

** For certain plans only.

You can add and manage multiple user access to Shorty. Control who gets to read reports, add links, import data, and delete or remove data,.

You can also give full administrator access, and manage your marketing team’s roles.