Advertiser Dashboard - Using Links Features

Advertisers can use different link features when enabled or disabled by their administrator.

Below you will find details about each feature.

Please click here to learn how administrators can enable or disable these features.

Inserting links without the advanced tracking URL feature

1. From your advertiser dashboard, click on "Text Blast."
   
   
   
   
   
2. Add your link under the "Insert URL" field.
   
   
   
   
   
3. Click "Insert."
   
   
   
   
   
4. Your link will then be added to the text blast message field with the link shortener selected by the administrator.
   
   
   
   
   
5. Once your message is sent with the link, the link will be saved to a list under the Tracking URL feature.

Inserting links with the advanced tracking URL features

1. From your advertiser dashboard, click on "Text Blast."
   
   
   
   
   
2. Add your link under the "Insert URL" field.
   
   
   
   
   
3. Click "Insert."
   
   
   
   
   
4. A pop-up will appear with advanced link settings.
   Give your URL a name.
   
   
   
   
   
5. Optional: Selecting "Track Users" adds a unique user ID to the URL to track users that are clicking on the link. You can view these users in the Tracking URL feature.
   
   
   
   
   
6. Optional: Click on the advanced dropdown menu where you can add a tag to all the users who will view your URL. For example, you can later send a text blast only to the users who have viewed the URL by creating a filter with that tag. Click here to learn more.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
7. Select the opt-in list that will be associated with the tag created.
   
   
   
   
   
8. Click "Save."
   Your link will then be added to the text blast message field with the link shortener selected by the administrator.
   
   
   
   
   
9. Once your message is sent with the link, the link will be saved to a list under the Tracking URL feature.

Additional Options

1. From your advertiser dashboard, click on "Tracking URL."
   
   
   
   
   
2. You will be presented with a list of links that have created.
   
   
   
   
   
3.  You will find the following options -
   
   - Total Views: The total number of URL views by all users more than once. Please note that there's approximately a 30-minute window for each session. A session is reset based on inactivity. If you click on the link multiple times within a session, it will only be counted once.
   - Unique Views: The number of distinct mobile users who have viewed the URL
   - Graph Button  : This shows a graph of the link views in a specific time period. The views are displayed in days or months.
   - Copy Button  : This allows you to copy the URL to your clipboard. For example, if you need to re-use the link with another text blast.
   
   
   
4. The More menu with three green dots   will show the following options - 
   
   - Edit: This allows you to edit the name of your link.
   - Delete: This allows you the delete the link. Deleting a link will cause a loss of data and will also disable the link, meaning that users that click on the link will not be re-directed to the desired URL.
   - Disable/Enable: This allows you to disable a link, meaning that users that click on the link will not be re-directed to the desired URL. You can enable the link again in order for users to be re-directed to the desired URL.

Administrators enabling or disabling link options

Please click here to learn how administrators can enable or disable these features.