Free Links Tracker (How To Track Clicks)
Links Tracker tip: Use budurl.com. It’s free, and it’s simple.
Do you ever wonder if ANYBODY is clicking on your ads? Budurl is a simple links tracker method that is easy to use. It’s actually a link shortening service, so it’s also handy for use in Twitter, where your posts are limited to 140 characters.
How does it work? Well, here’s an example. I had a webinar last week, and wanted to get the word out through my Twitter accounts. I was also using e-mail blasts to advertise the webinar, and wanted to see how well my Twitter ads did compared to Twitter.
I went to budurl, and set up the link, like this:
As you set up the shortened link, you get to choose any notes, and a custom keyword at the end of the URL if you like. I don’t usually mess with that, so as you can see the end of my link is completely random- /uqyr. I always enter a note, so I can easily remember exactly what promotion the link was tracking. Then you can see the long URL that I started with, in this case a registration link to my gotomeeting webinar.
I then posted a tweet in Twitter, using the new budurl. Now I can check how many people clicked on the link from the Tweet I did:
As you can see, my Tweets got me 128 clicks on the link. Not too shabby, especially when you consider how easy (and free!) Twitter is to use.
A word or caution: Don’t use budurl’s in e-mail, or any other shortening service. Most shortening services are blacklisted, so they have a good chance of landing your e-mails directly in your prospects trash!
But for Twitter, Facebook, or other social networks, using budurl as a links tracker is a slick, easy, and free way to know exactly how well your promotion did!
