Usage Examples & Workflows

Here's how to talk to your AI to get the most out of Bitly. Just say what you want!

Everyday Link Tasks

Basic Link Creation

"Shorten https://example.com/product-launch-page"

"Create a short link for our new blog post and title it 'AI Tips Blog'"

Organized Link Creation

"Make a short link for our newsletter signup, tag it with 'email' and 'Q1-2024'"

"Shorten this event URL and use our custom domain if possible"

Quick Analytics

"How many clicks has bit.ly/ABC123 gotten?"

"Show me which countries are clicking our product link"

Campaign Management

Setting Up a Campaign

"I'm launching a spring sale campaign. Create a short link for 
https://shop.example.com/spring-sale, title it 'Spring Sale 2024', 
tag it with 'spring', 'sale', and 'email-campaign', and generate 
a QR code for print materials."

Your AI will:

1.Create the short link with proper title and tags
2.Generate a QR code
3.Give you both ready to use

Campaign Performance Review

"Show me how all my 'spring-campaign' tagged links are performing. 
I want to see click counts, top countries, and device breakdown."

Campaign Optimization

"Find my top 5 performing links from this quarter and create 
QR codes for the best 3"

Content Marketing Workflows

"I just published a new blog post at https://blog.example.com/ai-trends-2024. 
Create short links for sharing on Twitter, LinkedIn, and our newsletter. 
Tag them appropriately so I can track which channel works best."

"Create branded short links for all the URLs in this campaign brief 
and organize them by platform: [paste your brief]"

Content Performance Analysis

"Compare the performance of all my blog post links from the last 
3 months. Which topics got the most engagement?"

E-commerce & Sales

Product Launch

"We're launching a new product. Create short links for the product 
page, demo video, and pricing page. Make them all memorable and 
track-friendly."

Sales Campaign Tracking

"Set up tracking for our Black Friday campaign. I need short links 
for email, social media, and print ads that all point to the same 
landing page but let me see which channel drives more sales."

Affiliate Management

"Create custom branded links for our top 10 affiliates using our 
branded domain, each pointing to their unique tracking URLs"

Event Management

Event Promotion

"Create everything I need for promoting our conference: short link 
for registration, QR code for posters, and separate links for 
different marketing channels."

Event Analytics

"Show me registration link performance by city so I know where 
our attendees are coming from"

Team Collaboration

Link Organization

"Show me all links created by our marketing team this month, 
organized by performance"

Workspace Management

"List all the marketing links in our workspace that haven't 
been clicked in 6 months so we can clean them up"

Team Reporting

"Generate a performance report for all links in our Q4 product 
launch group, including geographic data and device breakdown"

Multi-Tool Workflows

Complete Campaign Setup

"Set up a complete product launch campaign: create a short link for 
https://example.com/new-product with title 'Product Launch 2024', 
tag it with 'launch' and 'product', generate a QR code called 
'Launch QR', then show me the initial setup summary"

Your AI will:

Create the branded short link
Generate QR code for the link
Provide summary with both assets ready to use

Analytics Deep Dive

"For bit.ly/ABC123, show me total clicks, top 5 countries, device breakdown, 
and referring domains for the last 30 days, then create a QR code if 
the link is performing well"

Bulk Campaign Analysis

"Find all links in my marketing group tagged with 'Q4-campaign', 
show me their performance metrics for the last month, and create 
QR codes for any links that have over 100 clicks"

Link Optimization Workflow

"Review all links in group Bg123def456 created in the last 6 months, 
show me which ones have low performance, update the poorly performing 
ones to be archived, and give me a summary of what was cleaned up"

Cross-Platform Campaign Tracking

"Create identical short links for our homepage for 5 different platforms 
(email, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, print ads), tag each appropriately, 
then show me a comparison of their performance after a week"

Event Marketing Complete Setup

"Set up everything for our conference: create a registration link for 
https://events.example.com/conference-2024 titled 'Annual Conference', 
generate QR codes for posters, create separate tracking links for 
different promotional channels, and give me the analytics setup"

Advanced Analytics Deep-Dives

Comprehensive Link Analysis

"Give me a complete performance audit of bit.ly/product-demo 
including click trends, geographic distribution, device types, 
and referral sources over the last 90 days"

Competitive Analysis

"Compare the performance of our main product page link across 
different quarters to see seasonal trends"

ROI Tracking

"Show me the performance metrics for all links tagged with 
'paid-ads' to help calculate our advertising ROI"

Bulk Operations

Mass Link Creation

"Create short links for all URLs in this spreadsheet and tag 
them with 'product-catalog' and 'spring-2024'"

Bulk Updates

"Archive all links tagged with 'test' that have fewer than 
5 clicks"

Mass QR Code Generation

"Create QR codes for all my event-related links from this year"

Link Maintenance

Spring Cleaning

"Find all my old campaign links that are no longer active and 
help me decide which ones to archive"

Link Hygiene

"Show me any broken or low-performing links that might need 
attention"

Domain Migration

"I want to move all my important links from bit.ly to our 
new branded domain. Show me the high-traffic ones first."

Creative Use Cases

QR Code Magic

"Create a QR code that goes to our menu, but make it so I can 
update where it points without reprinting the QR code"

Dynamic Campaigns

"Set up a custom link for our homepage that I can redirect to 
different landing pages throughout our campaign season"

Cross-Platform Tracking

"I'm running the same ad campaign on 5 different platforms. 
Create identical-looking links that let me track which platform 
performs best."

Pro Tips

Smart Questioning

Instead of asking for specific functions, describe your goal:

Instead of this: "Call the get_link_metrics function"
Try this: "Show me how my campaign link is performing"

Context is King

Give your AI context for better results:

Instead of this: "Make a short link"
Try this: "Create a short link for our product launch email campaign"

Think in Workflows

Ask for complete solutions:

Instead of this: "Shorten this URL"
Try this: "Set up everything I need to track this campaign across social media"

The more context you give your AI, the better it can help you.