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More on MergedAnalytics Short URLs…vzit.co

 1. Ability to Track Performance

Aside from making URL Links shorter….Most URL shorteners provide analytical data about the people who have clicked those links. The same is true for vzit.co URL links (which is the URL shortening tool that comes with MergedAnalytics) only we take it a few steps further.  By tracking the success of posted URL links, a business can understand how their audience engages with their company.  The data allows your business to adjust your marketing strategies accordingly.  You can measure things like….Are you getting more clicks on your posted URLs in your email blasts vs LinkedIn postings vs Twitter postings?  The data may surprise you!

2.   SHORT URLs are….Shorter

Actually size DOES matter….with URLs.  When it comes to social media posts especially, saving every possible character is critical. Less is always more when it comes to this stuff.  Additionally …your custom short url can contain information about the article or landing page you want them to visit.  Short URLs can also contain information about your brand.  Here is an example of a vzit.co short url that contains  information about what you can expect if you decide to click on the url …. https://vzit.co/What-are-Short-URLs.  The subject of the article is in the URL link….”what are short urls”.

3.  Shorter URLs Promote Sharing

You want as many people to click on your posted url as possible.  If that was not true…why post it in the first place.

Which URL looks easier/safer to share?

https://www.livechatinc.com/url-shortener/8-reasons-why-to-use-url-shorteners/?partner=quora.com&utm_source=quora.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=post352346

Or

https://vzit.co/What-are-Short-URLs

Shorter links make sharing significantly easier, which promotes sharing as a whole. Branded Short URLs increases trust.  Short urls get clicked more than their longer counterparts.

4. Company Names

MergedAnalytics Short URLs provide a layer of analytics that even Google Analytics does not give you.  Aside from being able to tell you where that person clicked that short url link in the first place ie Facebook vs Linkedin….you will also know THE COMPANY NAME of the people clicking your short urls.

5. Higher Click through Rate

Using shortened url links will drastically increase your click through rate. Many of the reasons why were covered above.  In short…they appear more trustworthy.

An unshortened URL sticks out like a sore thumb and some readers might even consider it unprofessional.

Final Thoughts

All URL Links contain valuable data that can and should be leveraged.

Using a “SHORT URL Generator” like the one that comes with Visit Intel will not only increase your click through rate but will provide actionable intelligence that will help your business.

Additionally….If the MergedAnalytics Pixel is placed on your website pages your organization will understand the entire journey from the initial click on a short url to the other pages visited on your website or otherwise known as a sales and marketing person’s nirvana.

Create a vzit.co short url in minutes at no charge and see for yourself…. https://vzit.co/try_it_for_yourself

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SHORT URLs Should Be a Part of a Larger Story

There are times in life where you believe you can see into the future.  Where you instinctively know what the outcome will be.

However in the world of analytical software…you do not need to be a physic or guess outcomes. Your software tools measure and report results that erase the need for the guessing game.

Unlike measuring how well your marketing strategies are performing…understanding the results in the sales department are easier to measure.  At the end of a month, quarter or year you can measure the opportunities that were won and how profitable they were.

On the contrary…figuring out and measuring the success of your marketing initiatives is a bit grayer at best.

One tool that brings marketers clarity in the fog of war is “MergedAnalytics URLs”. https://mergedanalytics.com/vzit-co/

“MergedAnalytics URLs” are a marketer’s best friend.  They provide a type of feedback that marketers have been craving.  They are simple to create and there is no set up or deployment needed either… Once you sign up …you can Create a MergedAnalyticsShort URL immediately ….https://mergedanalytics.com/how-to-create-a-visit-intel-short-ur/

Getting your “message” out and measuring the engagement with your audience with today’s various digital channels whether by social media site postings and/or email campaigns…can now be measured with precision.

By using the “MergedAnalytics” Short URL generator for URLs that you post both to social media and emails…Marketers can shorten, brand and post URLs with “MergedAnalytics” tracking and receive useful data from the companies who click them.  You will know where the link was clicked, the COMPANY NAME of the person who clicked it and more.

Knowing the names of companies who click on a posted URL link and where they found that link should be a part of much larger story.

What did that person who clicked your posted link do after that initial click?  What was their entire journey from that initial click?

  • Where did they go next on your website?
  • Did they start to fill out a form on your site but leave your website before they pressed submit?
  • Did they go to other pages on your website? Which Ones?
  • How long did they stay there?
  • Did they return to you website?

You can certainly know that information but you will need to put the “MergedAnalytics” Pixel on your website.

The MergedAnalytics Pixel ( https://mergedanalytics.com/how-do-i-put-visit-intel-on-my-website/ ) takes  minutes to deploy for your entire website.  You will get information like…

  • The company name of the people who click on your website
  • Which pages were clicked
  • How they found your site
  • How long they stayed on specific website pages
  • How many times that company returned to your website
  • And so much more.

So although the “MergedAnalytics SHORT URLs” report which companies clicked specific posted URL links and where they found them in the first place …by adding the “MergedAnalytics” Pixel to your website will give you the tools to understand the entire journey of that person even if they never identified themselves and remained anonymous.   This type of information from a marketing perspective is the Holy Grail.

I hear from sales people across many industries that cold calling is dead and I somewhat agree with that statement but only if you are from a company that is NOT using MergedAnalytics.

However….If you are using MergedAnalytics ….tell me this…..if you know for certain that people from a specific company clicked your posted URL link and then clicked on other pages on your website and then returned to your website AGAIN and spent more time on your site the following days….Tell me this…..When you contact that company for the first time knowing there is specific interest…is that initial call really that cold?

For more information visit … https://mergedanalytics.com/

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What’s all the fuss about SHORT URLs?

Do you ever think twice before clicking long URL links with too many weird looking parameters?

Have you ever wanted to share a 30-character URL but could not remember the URL address?

Have you ever wanted to brand your URLs in such a way before you post them to social media that would make people more apt to click them?

How about…have you ever wanted to know the Company Names of the people who click on those URLs you post to social media or emails?

Some URL shorteners simply turn long links into shorter URLs and that is it… while others let you customize/brand the text of the new URLs created with a Short URL generator to track clicks and inform you about who’s clicking your links.

Why should you use Short URLs at all?

#1 Clean and short links appear more trustworthy and get clicked more often than longer links.

Let’s be honest, which of these links would you feel more comfortable clicking?  Keep in mind they will both take you to the same destination…

https://www.livechatinc.com/url-shortener/8-reasons-why-to-use-url-shorteners/?partner=quora.com&utm_source=quora.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=post352346

Or

https://vzit.co/What-are-Short-URLs

The second URL is obviously cleaner, at first glance seems trustworthy and provides a concise description of what you can expect if you click it. People tend to prefer clicking on visually appealing links, especially when the links are Customized and/or Branded. AND…Because it is a “MergedAnalytics” SHORT URL…you will know the COMPANY Name as well as other valuable data about the clicker.

#2 Customize your Short URLs

Short URLs do not have to look “spammy”, with random combinations of numbers and letters. By adding branding and/or information about they can expect when they click the URL…will ensure more clicks.

#3 Go beyond number of clicks

Tracking clicks is one thing, but measuring the quality of the traffic coming to your website is another. AND…add in the information that you will receive with the MergedAnalytics Short URLs like…the COMPANY NAMES of the people who clicked your URL links, where they found your website or posted URLs and what their specific interests were.

#4 Understand the complete journey of the people who click your URLs

MergedAnalytics has two main components…

  1. Short URLs
  2. Website Visitor Intelligence

Assuming you have the MergedAnalytics website visitor intelligence pixel on your site….By utilizing the SHORT URLs…you are able to see the entire journey of the people who are interested in your company.  You can see the initial click on a Short URL you posted to LinkedIn for example and then have insight as to where that person went on your website after that initial click. This creates an understanding of not only the behavior of your prospects but what their specific interests are in your company.

For more on MergedAnalyticsShort URLs visit… https://mergedanalytics.com/vzit-co/     

Create SHORT URLs RIGHT NOW?  Click here… https://mergedanalytics.com/how-to-create-a-visit-intel-short-ur/

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“We are NOT getting useful “MergedAnalytics” Website Activity Reports

“Nice product but MergedAnalytics is not for us.  We are not getting any meaningful reports” said a prospect who is evaluating MergedAnalytics.

Before I address that statement …. let’s review what MergedAnalytics is and does.

MergedAnalytics is a B2B website visitor intelligence tool that generates automatic Website Activity Reports that get emailed to you when someone from a company clicks on your website.  https://mergedanalytics.com/

MergedAnalytics reports on the Company Name of the person who clicked on your site, how they found your site and what their specific interests were while there.

The ways your website visitors find your website depend on many variables.  These variables are mostly determined by the various marketing strategies, techniques and initiatives in place at your company.

People find your website by….

  • Typing in keywords in a search from Google , Bing etc
  • Sent Emails containing URLs either in the body of the email and/or signature block
  • Typing in your website address organically
  • Social media postings that drive traffic to your site
  • Press Releases and other Articles/Blogs/Landing Pages
  • Digital Advertisements, Google Adword Campaigns etc.

Countless money and time is spent on these types of strategies to drive people to websites.

MergedAnalytics simply reports on ALL visitors who click on your website.  It is NOT a tool that drives traffic…rather we report on the site visit activity.  It is a tool that should be a barometer as to how your marketing and advertising initiatives are working…..or not.

So by saying MergedAnalytics is not helpful because you are not getting good reports ….. to me that means MergedAnalyticsis actually giving you very useful information.

MergedAnalytics is telling you that your marketing strategies need to be modified in order to get your desired website traffic results.

We also hear from companies that the website is not that important to businesses in this modern age.  My question is…companies spend countless hours and money developing their website and the content on it, spend countless time and money on the marketing strategies to drive people to their websites…if all of that is true…why wouldn’t you want to know the company names of your visitors, how they found your site and what they did while they were there?

IF you do NOT want to know website visitor information ….why have a website at all?

Here is a link to a MergedAnalytics demonstration YouTube video …. https://vzit.co/vtl–4

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Another way MergedAnalytics is Helping our Customers.

In a previous post I outlined the many ways MergedAnalytics is being used by companies in various industries.

Initially our prospects usually tend to look at MergedAnalytics from a pure sales leads perspective but come to realize MergedAnalytics can be beneficial in other ways.

To view the post about 7 Companies from 7 different industries and how they benefit from MergedAnalytics in 7 different ways click…..Here

Yesterday I learned of another way MergedAnalytics is being leveraged by our customers that I found very interesting.

This particular company that is using MergedAnalytics is a well-established web development and digital marketing firm.  Here is how they use Visit Intel…

When they receive a MergedAnalytics Site Alert from a Company that could be a major account and win for them or if that alert contains a company that they have been heavily pursuing …they call an impromptu company meeting and use the MergedAnalytics Site Alert as morale booster.

The employees get pumped up when they see the fruits of their labor.  They pursue companies via various marketing and sales strategies  to see the results and proof that their marketing and sales efforts are working.

This customer of ours loved MergedAnalytics so much they decided to “White Label” the tool and resell it to their customers.

When our resellers “White Label” MergedAnalytics…they are able to brand the application the way they want with their logo, colors etc.  The idea is that a White Labeled version of MergedAnalytics should look like their own branded offering and compliment the other products and services they provide their clients.

A white labeled version of MergedAnalytics also gives our resellers the ability to gain a “top of mind presence” with their customers.  As the MergedAnalytics notifications get emailed throughout the day…their customers see their logo and branding rather than the usual MergedAnalytics logo, colors etc.

For more information on White Labeling please visit our website… https://mergedanalytics.com/partnering/

Just another interesting way MergedAnalytics can be used for your business.

Tell us how you are using MergedAnalytics in the comments section.

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7 different companies from 7 different industries benefit from MergedAnalytics 7 different ways

Many think MergedAnalytics is a tool that just generates new leads and although that is one way to benefit from the tool…we are finding many other applicable uses outside of just pure sales leads from brand new prospects.

Below are 7 unique stories describing surprise benefits we have heard from current MergedAnalytics customers who ALL  happen to be from different industries.

  1. Short URLs – A Marketing Company posts many articles via URL links to social media ie Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook etc Although MergedAnalytics will alert you when one of those URLs were clicked…the MergedAnalytics report did NOT always tell you the company name that person was from.  The company started using the MergedAnalytics SHORT URL generator on all of their posted url links.   Now when they receive a Visit Intel site alert they can see the Company name and the referrer ie Facebook, Twitter, Linked etc.  They now know the performance of their posts and can understand which social media sites get the most clicks and from which companies.
  2. Untargeted Prospects – A Cyber Security Company thought they had a great target list to go after. They send emails through their ESP a few times a month.   They were skeptical as to whether Visit Intel would add any value to their current process.  Once they deployed MergedAnalytics, they were astounded as to how many website visitors they had that were NOT on their target list.  This information allowed them to widen their net.  They were now going after companies who normally they would not be going after as a result of the MergedAnalytics visitor intelligence they were receiving.
  3. Existing Customers – An enterprise CRM Software Company that uses Visit Intel was able to understand and support the needs of their existing customers better based on the content of the MergedAnalytics reports. They were able to understand by the MergedAnalytics visitor intelligence what other services were of interest based on the pages and content that was of specific interest.  The software company was able upsell based on that information.
  4. Targeted Prospects – An Art Gallery that uses Visit Intel is marketing itself to other businesses as they would like to place art in Lobbies, offices etc. The Gallery has a targeted list that they send monthly emails to letting them know what Prints and Paintings are available. Because of MergedAnalytics the gallery is able to see what artists are most popular as well as what specific paintings are of interest to those companies based on the visitor Intelligence they get from MergedAnalytics.
  5. Winning Deals when you think you are out of the running – An Executive Search Firm was bidding on a major project to staff an entire marketing and sales team for a Pharmaceutical Company that was launching a new drug. The firm thought they were out of the running. They started seeing MergedAnalytics alerts come in from that Pharma Company and realized they were still in the running.  The MergedAnalytics reports was showing them exactly what the Pharma Company were interested in.  As a result the Executive Search firm emailed the Pharma Co information that reinforced exactly what they were interested in.  Without the MergedAnalytics reports they would have lost the deal.  They thought they were out of the running but the Visit Intel reports showed they still had a chance and they ultimately won the business.
  6. Discovering OLD URL links on the internet that were forgotten – An Online Lead Generation Company uses various links on websites to get people to “opt in” to all sorts of things from products, services, meals, news etc.  They deployed MergedAnalytics and started getting reports and saw that people were clicking on old forgotten URL links still out there on the web.  These links could cause confusion and could tarnish their brand.  With the help of MergedAnalytics, they were able to identify old URL links that lead to nowhere and have them removed.
  7. Bidding Early on Projects – A Construction Company that is using MergedAnalytics found that because of the MergedAnalytics Site Alerts that are automatically emailed to their sales reps,   they were able to contact the visiting company and bid on construction projects earlier than normal.  Typically they have to wait to be contacted by companies with construction needs.  Now based on the pages viewed in MergedAnalytics Alerts, this construction company beats out competition because of the early leads MergedAnalytics provides them.

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MergedAnalytics needs to be part of your Account Based Marketing (ABM) Strategy

“I do not need MergedAnalytics.  We receive leads from our Account Based Marketing (ABM) campaigns.

Frankly…by the time a prospect gets to our website….it is already too late.  We need to reach our leads/prospects way before they land on our website.

MergedAnalytics would NOT really help us “said one of my prospects who I was talking to about our website visitor intelligence tool.

She gave me some valid points but I believe her reasoning above is somewhat flawed.

We believe there is a place for BOTH ABM and MergedAnalytics.

 Before we move on….Let’s review what both ABM and MergedAnalytics are…

Account Based Marketing (ABM) –  ABM  is a B2B strategy that concentrates sales and marketing resources on a clearly defined set of target accounts within a market and employs personalized campaigns designed to resonate with each account.

So organizations who are trying to generate leads will hire advertising companies to create campaigns, banner ads etc. that are targeted to a predefined list of people with specific titles from specific companies.

This is an extremely effective way to get your message across to the right people from the companies in your target market.

MergedAnalytics is a B2B website visitor intelligence tool that generates proactive automated Site Alert emails that alert you when someone lands on and clicks through your website.

With every business that visits and clicks through your website, “MergedAnalytics” has the ability to show you:

– Their company name, and location,

– Which exact web pages they viewed,

– How long they spent on each page

– How they found your website

– Which referrer, social media sites, email campaigns and keywords were used to find your website

– And much more

So although the prospect I was speaking with in the beginning of this post was correct in what she said about ABM she is missing a major part of the story.

ABM (in theory) should drive the right people you want to sell to ….to your website.

MergedAnalytics tells you who is actually visiting your website.  Are the people clicking through your site the ones you targeted in your ABM campaigns?   How would you know without MergedAnalytics?

Think about it….You’ve spent a lot of time and money on your website, and on the marketing strategies intended to drive people to your website, but if most people are leaving empty-handed without you knowing they were there in the first place, then what’s the point of it all?

MergedAnalytics will give you all of that insight into whether or not your ABM advertising campaigns are actually working…..or not.

Also…MergedAnalytics is NOT only used just for Prospecting.

 Wouldn’t you like to know if your competitors are clicking through your website?

How about your existing customers?     They may click around your site showing interest in something you would have never thought to talk to them about.  Could there be up-selling opportunities?  Of course there could.  Your customers are always your best prospects.

Also you can judge how serious a prospect‘s interest is in what you are selling if that prospect returns to your website as they get closer to moving forward with a purchase.

We cannot dispute that ABM is an extremely powerful tool and there is certainly a major place for it in terms of generating leads.

However we can also say there is a complimentary place for a tool like MergedAnalytics as it gives you the REAL information as to who is actually clicking through your website.

Want to try MergedAnalytics free….GET STARTED   HERE

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MergedAnalytics – Your biggest B2B no Brainer purchase of the year

Your company has great products and services and your marketing team is tasked to let your target market know all about what you have to offer.

You want people to know about how your products and services will help them make more money and/or make their job/lives easier today than it was yesterday just by working with you.

So you decide to build a website to tell your story. You want your website to be actionable and easy for people to contact you for more information or even better…make a purchase.

Now that you have your website you need people to be aware your company exists and are able to find your site.

You implement marketing strategies that have a multi-pronged approach that in theory will drive people from many different mediums to your website.

You develop ….

–         Press Releases

–         Blog posts

–         Promotional landing pages

–         Posts on Social Media sites

–         Email Marketing

You’ve spent a lot of time and money on your website and on those marketing strategies intended to drive people to your website,

The good news is….your website is getting many visitors.

But if most of the people who land on your website …

–         Are there anonymously never identifying themselves to you

–         Leave empty-handed

–         Leave without you having any knowledge they were even there in the first place

If all the above is true which statistically speaking happens to ALL websites 98% of the time…..then what’s the point of it all?

There you have it. That is what “MergedAnalytics” does for you for $59 per month.

Here is how it works….

When someone lands on your website…“MergedAnalytics” generates automatic site alerts and sends them to you via email. The site alert reports tell you…

–         Which companies clicked on your website

–         How visitors got there. i.e.….keywords, social media post, Press Release, Signature Block Email Campaigns. Etc.

–         What they were specifically interested in while on your site

–         Which Marketing strategies are working best

Additionally “MergedAnalytics” users have access to other features like…

–         Macro Reporting Portal to see the various macro visitor trends as they pertain to your website.

–         Branded URL Shortener (like bit.ly) –  MergedAnalytics comes with your own branded URL Shortener to further enhance our ability to uncover the companies your website visitors are from. Great for social media postings and any landing pages.

I encourage any small to medium sized company that has a website and that sells products and/or services to other companies to try MergedAnalytics.

You will uncover…

–         new prospects that were not on your target list

–         behavior of prospects that were targeted

–         if your marketing strategies are working as expected

–         what videos, pdfs and other links were launched and by which company

–         behavior of existing customers on your site

–         behavior of your competitors on your site

–         behavior of your business partners

–         macro trends in how people are finding your site

All of that for $59 per month.

“MergedAnalytics” is the biggest NO BRAINER for your company that you will ever come across.

If you close just ONE deal because of “MergedAnalytics”….you pay for the year and then some.

Try a full version with no obligation to move forward to see how awesome “MergedAnalytics” really is.

Sing up HERE