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What's New

Short.cm introduces some updates over the last two weeks. Learn the details about the new releases below. * Affiliate program If you take part in the Short.cm affiliate program, you can see the list of affiliates on Short.cm. Link Cloaking for keeping an affiliate commission Read [https://blog.short.cm/link-cloaking/] * The list of bought domains Now the domains you've bought via Short.cm are displayed in the account settings. You can also see the date of the domain expiration an

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Short.cm for Startups

Companies in the early stage of development need a promotion to catch the wave and stay afloat. The initial condition of success is to select the correct strategy. URL-shortening is a technique covered by many businesses, as its core task is to promote a brand for increasing sales. So, what about applying short links to startups? The URL shortener inevitably transforms the way the startup sector is operating. Best Practices of Using Short Links for Startups * Branded Links Shorten links

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Built-In URL Shorteners: What you Need to Know

URL shortening is gaining popularity, so it's now spread towards building URL shorteners' functions in an already created application. Many world-known services provide users with automatically shortened links to make sharing easier. Today, on the Short.cm blog, we'll take a look at services with built-in URL shorteners: 1. Twitter [https://twitter.com/] Links published on Twitter, including links that users share in personal messages, are automatically processed and shortened to the https://t

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How To Edit a Destination URL

Have you ever shared a short link with some minor mistakes: the absence of UTM-tags, a wrong URL slug or long link? If so, don’t worry about lost money or brand trust. Short.io allows editing a destination URL of a short link without deleting it from the source. Short.io automatically changes the internal settings of the active short link. Why do you need to change the destination URL? * Edit an irrelevant long URL to a new one. The feature is especially useful for businesses, which apply of

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Short.cm for Advertising Agencies

With technology development, the internet has become an indispensable source for engaging the audience. The primary condition of success is to select the correct strategy. URL shortening is a technique covered by many businesses, as the primary task is to promote a brand for increasing sales. So, what about applying short links to advertising agencies? Advertising agencies specialize in specific areas, such as creating advertising materials like websites, online and social campaigns, brochures,

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Short.cm — a White-Label URL Shortener

Short.cm is a white-label link shortener, which allows you to shorten links on your own domain. The advantages of Short.cm: — Low price and quick support Short.cm has the cheapest price plans on the market. Feel free to contact Short.cm support. We are worried about your success in using short links and always answer tickets. Our chat bubble is on every page. Pricing (as of May 21st, 2019): — Detailed statistics Short.cm displays detailed statistics for both the short links and a domain. Y

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How to Use Customer Service to Spruce Up Your Buyer Personas

The buyer persona defines what your potential customer values, wants, fears, and objects to when they shop for your product. This affects everything from what blog topics you cover to the kind of offers you distribute. And these insights are invaluable for maximizing your marketing team's spend. But what happens when you get these hypothetical customer profiles wrong? You risk sending the wrong message, to the wrong audience, at the wrong time. And that's a huge waste of time and money. Even m

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How to Customize Short Links on Short.cm

If you’re reading this article, it means you’re interested in shortening and customizing links on Short.cm. There are generic services, which only let you create generic links. However, when using generic link shorteners, you have no input into the randomly generated link. You have to take what you’re given and cannot edit it. Such links influence your brand reputation negatively. Firstly, users can’t understand if the links you’re sharing are trustworthy. What if the links don’t meet the cont

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How Custom Domains Influence Link Reputation

By using a shortening service, you choose which domain to apply for creating short links: generic or custom. There are generic services, which only let you shorten links using a generic domain. However, when using generic link shorteners, you have no input into the randomly generated link. You have to take what you’re given and cannot edit it. Instead, choose a domain to create short links that allow you to add the words, numbers, or emojis that come after the slash. A short link containing a c

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What's New

Short.cm introduces some updates over the last two weeks. Learn the details about the new releases below. 1. A new page for bulk link creation After you click the "Bulk create" button above the link list, you'll be redirected to the new page. It offers you two options: to open access to your Google Drive what lets us creating a Google Spreadsheet for you; to copy a template by yourself. 2. API * UTM Tags for API. We've added the additional tags: utm_term and utm_content to the link creatio

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email marketing

7 Expert Email Marketing Tips You're Probably Missing Out On

You’ve conquered the click-through. You’re sultan of the subject line. [https://blog.hubspot.com/blog/tabid/6307/bid/29591/The-6-Step-Secret-Sauce-for-Awesome-Email-Subject-Lines.aspx] And you know how to deliver great content. But there may be a few tips you haven’t mastered yet. Here are a few more advanced tips for marketers looking to kick their email expertise up a notch. How to Warm Up an IP Address When you move to a new IP address for sending your emails, it’s very important not to sen

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Retargeting on Short.cm: Increase Traffic to your Sales Funnel

Retargeting is a marketing tool, which shows ads to users who previously clicked your short links. It is an effective way to re-engage inactive users, increase sales and convert visitors to customers. To launch retargeting you need to choose an app to create an ad for re-engaging users. Short.cm integrates with Facebook Pixel, Adroll, or any retargeting app from Segment. Choose one of them and dive deeper into the retargeting journey. Step 1: Determine the audience The ads will be shown to use

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