This has become one of my favorite tools. You’ll love it too. I have several BudURLs set up for not only my links, but for my clients as well.

I heard the tool bantered about at the Stompernet Live 7 convention that I attended with Joan Stewart, a.k.a. The Publicity Hound this past March in Atlanta, GA and I had no idea what they were talking about.

Once I returned home and sifted through the reams of notes that I took, I checked this out. Again, as I said earlier, I love this tool.

Here’s why:

It turns long URLs into tiny URLS.
You can track how many people click on each link.
You can use this when posting a tweet to Twitter, or an update to Facebook, in your newsletter or on your blog.

This has proved to be useful for my clients and I have passed this along to them. They are now using BudURL as well.

You can  create BudURLs for every link that you have.

There are four levels you can use.

• Free
  This service allows you to create and track up to 250 BudURLs with premium click stats for the first 25 clicks per BudURL
• Solo at $4/month
  This level allows you to create and  track up to 500 BudURLs with premium click stats for the first 500 clicks per BudURL
• Power at $12/month
  At this level you are able to create and track up to 25,000 BudURLs with premium click stats for the first 2000 clicks per BudURL  This level also includes:
  Click Stream Enabled
  Weekly Stats Email
  Daily Stats Email
  Downloadable Stats
• Agency at $49/month
  At this top level you are able to create and track up to 50,000 BudURLs with premium click stats for the first 50,000 clicks per BudURL. This level also includes:
  Click Stream Enabled
  Weekly Stats Email
  Daily Stats Email
  Downloadable Stats

You can use the free service, but to get the most bang for your buck, try the Solo level. At only $4/month, it’s worth it.