Bitly makes your links shorter and better, allowing marketing professionals to track the performance of clicks and metrics of their links. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With Bybrand, Bitly<\/a> can shorten every URL you link to your signature<\/g><\/strong>, such as your company website, social pages, blogs, and images with links.<\/p>\n\n\n\nAny text (or image) that contains a link can be shortened to be tracked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activating the integration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once logged into the Bybrand customer area, visit the <strong>Integrations<\/strong> section. Then, select the integration with <strong>Bitly<\/strong>. View the Bitly integration and click <strong>Connect<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bitly_Integration-1024x574.png\" alt=\"Bitly integration\" class=\"wp-image-6320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bitly_Integration-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bitly_Integration-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bitly_Integration-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bitly_Integration-50x28.png 50w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bitly_Integration-60x34.png 60w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bitly_Integration-100x56.png 100w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bitly_Integration.png 1189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You’ll receive the details of the integration and what you’ll be able to do inside your email signature once it is active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to the <strong>Manage <\/strong>tab to activate the integration in your account. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once clicking on the <strong>Sign in with: Bitly,<\/strong> you’ll be redirected to the authorization website to allow Bybrand to shorten URLs for you and send the links to your control panel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the page with an active integration:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BitlyIntegrationActived.png\" alt=\"Enable Bitly integration\" class=\"wp-image-6322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BitlyIntegrationActived.png 827w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BitlyIntegrationActived-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BitlyIntegrationActived-768x341.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BitlyIntegrationActived-50x22.png 50w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BitlyIntegrationActived-60x27.png 60w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BitlyIntegrationActived-100x44.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Done, the integration is ready for use, but, before you start using it, please read about personalized domains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"custom-domain\">Your own personalized domain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Branded Short Domain (BSD) <a href=\"https:\/\/support.bitly.com\/hc\/en-us\/sections\/206657428-Branded-Short-Domain-BSD-\">Read more about BSD on Bitly’s website<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you’d like to avoid your message going through the anti-spam filters, create a domain, which can also be a subdomain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See our example with:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">https:\/\/go.bybrand.io<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>It’You must’ve your own personalized domain, different from the shortened URLs that you send your social media accounts or paste on websites. The shortened link in your signature is sent through emails, and the main domains that shorten URLs don’t have a good relationship with anti-spam filters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In numerous instances, spammers or hackers use shortened <g class=\"gr_ gr_22 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace\" id=\"22\" data-gr-id=\"22\">URL<\/g>s to trytry toam people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Knowing that, you should avoid messages with: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"> bit.ly\n bit.do\n ow.ly\n goo.gl\n x.co\n rebrand.ly\n tinyurl.com\n t.co<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow up the updated list of abused URLs: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surbl.org\/tld\">http:\/\/www.surbl.org\/tld<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, it’s best to have a personalized domain in your URLs, not the generic <code>bit.ly<\/code> one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shortening links in your email signature<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Activating the integration is simple, and shortening URLs directly in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/editor\">email signatures editor<\/a> is even more straightforward. 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Any text (or image) that contains a link can be shortened to be tracked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Activating the integration<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Once logged into the Bybrand customer area, visit the <strong>Integrations<\/strong> section. Then, select the integration with <strong>Bitly<\/strong>. View the Bitly integration and click <strong>Connect<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bitly_Integration-1024x574.png\" alt=\"Bitly integration\" class=\"wp-image-6320\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bitly_Integration-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bitly_Integration-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bitly_Integration-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bitly_Integration-50x28.png 50w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bitly_Integration-60x34.png 60w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bitly_Integration-100x56.png 100w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Bitly_Integration.png 1189w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You’ll receive the details of the integration and what you’ll be able to do inside your email signature once it is active.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Go to the <strong>Manage <\/strong>tab to activate the integration in your account. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Once clicking on the <strong>Sign in with: Bitly,<\/strong> you’ll be redirected to the authorization website to allow Bybrand to shorten URLs for you and send the links to your control panel. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the page with an active integration:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"827\" height=\"367\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BitlyIntegrationActived.png\" alt=\"Enable Bitly integration\" class=\"wp-image-6322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BitlyIntegrationActived.png 827w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BitlyIntegrationActived-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BitlyIntegrationActived-768x341.png 768w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BitlyIntegrationActived-50x22.png 50w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BitlyIntegrationActived-60x27.png 60w, https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/docs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/BitlyIntegrationActived-100x44.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 827px) 100vw, 827px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Done, the integration is ready for use, but, before you start using it, please read about personalized domains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"custom-domain\">Your own personalized domain<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Branded Short Domain (BSD) <a href=\"https:\/\/support.bitly.com\/hc\/en-us\/sections\/206657428-Branded-Short-Domain-BSD-\">Read more about BSD on Bitly’s website<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you’d like to avoid your message going through the anti-spam filters, create a domain, which can also be a subdomain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See our example with:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">https:\/\/go.bybrand.io<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>It’You must’ve your own personalized domain, different from the shortened URLs that you send your social media accounts or paste on websites. The shortened link in your signature is sent through emails, and the main domains that shorten URLs don’t have a good relationship with anti-spam filters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In numerous instances, spammers or hackers use shortened <g class=\"gr_ gr_22 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Grammar multiReplace\" id=\"22\" data-gr-id=\"22\">URL<\/g>s to trytry toam people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Knowing that, you should avoid messages with: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\"> bit.ly\n bit.do\n ow.ly\n goo.gl\n x.co\n rebrand.ly\n tinyurl.com\n t.co<\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow up the updated list of abused URLs: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.surbl.org\/tld\">http:\/\/www.surbl.org\/tld<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, it’s best to have a personalized domain in your URLs, not the generic <code>bit.ly<\/code> one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Shortening links in your email signature<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Activating the integration is simple, and shortening URLs directly in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bybrand.io\/editor\">email signatures editor<\/a> is even more straightforward. 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