[Hidden-tech] Best way to do a trackable link to someone else's site (NON-affiliate)? TIME-SENSITIVE

Fri Feb 18 02:37:01 UTC 2022

Sorry - I missed this in the discussion

All the other comments are right EXCEPT the variable fbclid should 
probably be dropped
That is a standard variable added on clicks coming from Facebook and not 
even sure why it's there, unless your example actually
came from FB -- so the end URL would be:

https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/81146?utm_source=JAJJ&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=woohoo

Note also - some reference URL use the code after the # as the reference 
code.
That is normally used to position the new page further into the content.

Using bit.ly is not a back idea -- I have used my own web sites with 
forwarding code for that purpose - it works because I have a
number of short domain names - like rzig.com -- you can get WP plugins 
that make it easy and provide tracking info also.

Good luck with your campaign and stay well - Rich

On 2/17/2022 4:31 PM, Michael Muller via Hidden-discuss wrote:
>
> Shel,
>
> Only one ? question mark. All other variable=value pairs need to be 
> separated with an ampersand & for instance
>
>   * http://websitename.com/page?firstvar=something&secondvar=other&thirdvar=another
>
> If they are using Google Analytics, you may want to use their built-in 
> campaign variables
>
>   * https://raventools.com/marketing-glossary/campaign-variables/
>     <https://raventools.com/marketing-glossary/campaign-variables/>
>
> Thus:
>
>   * https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/81146?fbclid=IwAR3ugrSOMgyBsI46Scz1ZytHt-CwB2du4HCWyBtMKiFGi54KucjWMMcPoXg#page&utm_source=JAJJ&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=woohoo
>
> Mik
>
> Mik Muller, president
>
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> On 2/17/2022 3:22 PM, Shel Horowitz via Hidden-discuss wrote:
>> CORRECTION: I clicked through the link after I posted, as saw that 
>> it's this Act Blue link:
>> https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/81146?fbclid=IwAR3ugrSOMgyBsI46Scz1ZytHt-CwB2du4HCWyBtMKiFGi54KucjWMMcPoXg#page
>>
>> So the modified link would be
>> https://secure.actblue.com/entity/fundraisers/81146?fbclid=IwAR3ugrSOMgyBsI46Scz1ZytHt-CwB2du4HCWyBtMKiFGi54KucjWMMcPoXg#page?source=JAIJ 
>>
>>
>> Will that even work with the double question mark?
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 17, 2022 at 3:00 PM Shel Horowitz 
>> <shel at principledprofit.com> wrote:
>>
>>     Hi, everyone,
>>
>>     I am part of a grassroots immigration justice organization that
>>     wants to raise emergency money for one of our partner
>>     organizations working on the border. I'm of the opinion that
>>     there are advantages to knowing how much we raise on their
>>     behalf--but we want to make it easy for people to donate and not
>>     clutter it up with collecting the money and sending it off.
>>
>>     We don't have an affiliate relationship with them and of course
>>     we have no access to their stats page. If I take their link,
>>     https://www.angrytiasandabuelas.com/donate , and convert it to
>>     https://www.angrytiasandabuelas.com/donate?source=JAIJ , will
>>     they be able to easily retrieve the number of times that link was
>>     accessed and the total raised? Is that the best way, or should I
>>     be looking at another method entirely? They are not techies
>>     (their fundraising collection is actually handled by another
>>     partner org). We just decided to do this at our meeting this
>>     afternoon.
>>
>>     They have an urgent need to raise significant money to build safe
>>     shelters for migrants arriving at the border and being threatened
>>     by cartels and gangs. Many have been kidnapped, including
>>     children. I know it's short notice, but I'm hoping to report back
>>     this evening on what I've learned.
>>
>>     -- 
>>     Shel Horowitz - "The Transformpreneur"
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>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Shel Horowitz - "The Transformpreneur"
>> ________________________________________________
>> Contact me to bake in profitability while addressing hunger,
>> poverty, war, and catastrophic climate change
>> * First business ever to be Green America Gold Certified
>> * Inducted into the National Environmental Hall of Fame
>> * Certified speaker: International Platform Association
>> https://goingbeyondsustainability.com
>> mailto:shel at greenandprofitable.com 413-586-2388
>> Award-winning, best-selling author of 10 books.
>> Latest: Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World
>> (co-authored with Jay Conrad Levinson)
>>
>> Watch my TEDx Talk,
>> "Impossible is a Dare: Business for a Better World"
>> http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/11809
>> (move your mouse to "event videos")
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