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Bitly is Worth the Subscription
March 24, 2022

Bitly is Worth the Subscription

Anonymous | TrustRadius Reviewer
Score 10 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User

Overall Satisfaction with Bitly

We use Bitly as a means to create a variety of UTM codes to manage and monitor a variety of marketing campaigns that we have running concurrently. Using this tool, we are able to take extremely long URLs with several parameters attached and turn them into a user-friendly link. In addition, we can include our brand in the URL and then track everything through the administrative interface. This, in conjunction with our other analytical tools, has become an integral part of our marketing. We currently have dozens of active UTM codes, and Bitly helps us manage them effectively.
  • Shortens long UTM codes
  • Allows administrative tracking
  • Lets us include our brand in the link
  • Gives us the option to create a QR code
  • No suggestions for improvement
  • Making UTM codes shorter
  • Creating QR codes
  • Tracking engagement
  • Adding our brand to the link
  • We have moved from rarely using complex UTM codes to using them 100% of the time, giving us total visibility to campaign tracking in all media.
  • SMS engagement has improved, especially at events, by as much as 400% and we can track everything more effectively.
We selected Bitly because there are more features on the administrative side, at least when we initially purchased our account. We have not checked back with TinyURL recently to see if their interface has improved.

Do you think Bitly delivers good value for the price?

Yes

Are you happy with Bitly's feature set?

Yes

Did Bitly live up to sales and marketing promises?

Yes

Did implementation of Bitly go as expected?

Yes

Would you buy Bitly again?

Yes

The most effective use we have for Bitly is with UTM codes. We can always use shorter URLs, and Bitly does a great job with that. Since we market digitally, over the air, and in print, we often need short URLs or QR codes to help make links more readable. With SMS campaigns, having a short link is invaluable. Bitly handles all of this for us, plus allows us to include our brand in the link.

Using Bitly

3 - All users are in the marketing department
3 - People who understand marketing, branding and the importance of conveying a short, concise message.
  • Shortening long UTMs/URLs
  • Creating QR codes
  • Including our brand in the link
  • Building QR codes was thought to be dead, but with COVID they got an unexpected boost and Bitly was able to help us create them easily.
  • We like being able to include our branding in the short link.
  • We are looking to do more SMS/text messaging and Bitly short URLs will be used.
We've had great success with Bitly and will continue using it.