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## Tracking your impact from cross posting could not be easier with Bit.ly!
Tracking your cross post impact can provide valuable metrics on the traction that your post are having and the amount of visitors and potential new users that you are bring to STEEMIT with your cross posting efforts. 
**This can help give you a fuzzy feeling inside for helping the exposure of the network but also give you a sense of where to focus your energy based off statistical data.**

## What is bitly.com?
Bit.ly is a link redirection service; they will take the link you provide (i.e http://steemit.com/?r={yourusername}) and give you a shortened 'bit link' to use in your cross posts; the best part is they monitor you bit link and provide your metrics such as:

* Total clicks to your bitlink
* Clicks per day
* Stats on which website the clicks are originating from
* Geographical location of the visitor


## How much does it cost?
Basic functionality is free! you can even use it without signing up at all; although you will not get the same level or analytics without signing in, also you will not have the ability to customise your shortened links. 

You can go to an enterprise level account which will provide you deeper analytics but for the everyday cross poster the free account will do you just fine. 

## What do the statistic look like?
Bit.ly provides a rich and aesthetically pleasing interface which you can use to view the stats of and of your links.

#### Free user dashboard (sign up required)
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#### Drive by user (no signup required)
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### Visit [bitly.com](bitly.com) today and start tracking the impact of your Steemit posts on Facebook, Reddit, Twitter or anywhere else you can paste a link :)