The Long and Short of bit.ly Analytics

I’ve recently discovered the beauty of bit.ly, a simple URL shortener. URL shorteners are good for many things, but especially for Twitter. When you’re limited to 140 characters, you can’t waste them on a long URL. When you shorten with bit.ly, it keeps track of your moves. Create a free user login and you can track how many hits your shortened URL gets and from which source.

Bit.ly makes you rethink Twitter. Why does one tweet get your URL 25 clicks and another gets ignored completely?

Tips for tweet clicks…

• Keep it short
• Get sexy! I know you just read that, use some catchy words.
• Get creative too! Say things in that appeal to a wide audience.
• Don’t get too specific, that’s the beauty of having a bit.ly URL for people to follow, they can get the details there

I’m supplimenting my google analytics obsesion with Bit.ly now. Use your tweets to see what grabs peoples attention. It works!!!

My Bit.ly Click Summary