This document provides instructions for using ThingLink, an image and video annotation tool. It covers account management and settings, creating and editing images and videos, building image channels, and accessing analytics. It also discusses plans and pricing as well as contact information for technical support, sales, and the company blog.

1. HOW TO USE
THINGLINK

2. What’s Inside…
1. Account Management
2. Image Creation
3. Create Image Channels
4. Interactive Video
5. Analytics
6. Plans and Pricing
7. Contact Us

3. ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
HOW TO

4. Hosting (if needed)
Control
Panel
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
TOOLBAR AND MENU

5. Toolbar
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
TOOLBAR AND MENU
*to access groups contact us at sales@thinglink.com
Settings
Groups*
Upgrade
Help
Log out
Menu
View account notifications
in the upper right menu

6. Hosting (if needed)
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
EXPLORE TAB
Click to browse the Explore tab
Your Stream shows
you the images
of those you follow
Featured houses
images marked
as notable by
ThingLink staff
Top Today and
This Week show
the most popular
recent images

7. Hosting (if needed)
ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT
MY ACCOUNT TABYour account name
Images
you’ve touched
Images
you created
Videos
you created
Your channels Users you
follow
Users who
follow you
Aggregate
statistics for
all your images
Access your
account through
the Me tab

8. IMAGE CREATION
HOW TO

9. Hosting (if needed)
IMAGE CREATION
UPLOADING
Click CREATE to begin
Method #1
Upload image file
via your hard drive
Method #2
Upload image via
URL where it is hosted
Method #3
Import image
from Facebook
Method #4
Import image
from Flickr

10. Hosting (if needed)
IMAGE CREATION
TAGGING
Click anywhere on
the image to add
a tag
Edit the title of your image
With WhiteLabel
plan, remove
buttons and
branding
Use + and -
to zoom in and out
This video explains
additional tag types

11. Enter a link for photo
or click through
Click to choose icon
The Finished Product
Add a caption
IMAGE CREATION
IMAGE TAGGING

12. Click to choose icon
Add a caption
The Finished Product
IMAGE CREATION
RICH MEDIA TAGS
Copy & Paste video
from YouTube

13. IMAGE CREATION
RICH MEDIA TAGS

14. IMAGE CREATION
MANAGE PRIVACY
Select “Sharing settings”
to manage
image privacy
Public: everybody
can see it
Unlisted: image can
only be accessed
with the image URL
Allows other
ThingLink users to
edit your image
Upgrade to Whitelabel to
remove branding, share,
touch icons

15. Click “MY
IMAGE
SETTINGS”
tab
Click Menu,
then
select
“SETTINGS”
Allows any user to edit your images
Allows other users to remix your images
Controls related images
Choose safe to only see educational images
IMAGE CREATION
CONTROL IMAGE DISPLAY

16. HOW TO
CREATE IMAGE CHANNELS

17. STEP 1: CLICK “POST”
Click “POST”

18. STEP 2: CREATE CHANNEL
Name your
channel Click
“CREATE NEW
CHANNEL”

19. STEP 3: BUILD REST OF CHANNEL
Repeat Steps 1 and 2
Once the channel has been created, Step 2 will only necessitate
choosing that new channel from the list

20. STEP 4: VIEW CHANNEL AS A SLIDESHOW
Click “VIEW AS
SLIDESHOW”
Go to profile
and select
CHANNELS

21. HOW TO
USE THINGLINK VIDEO

22. THINGLINK VIDEO
UPLOADING VIDEOS
Click “CREATE” on the top bar
Enter the URL of the video
you want to tag and click
“TAG THIS MEDIA”
Or upload from hard drive

23. THINGLINK VIDEO
ADDING TAGS
1. Choose a time in the video to add your tag
2. Click “ADD
NEW TAG”

24. THINGLINK VIDEO
ADDING TAGS
The text on
the tag
Duration of the tag
Tag
icon
Tag destination

25. THINGLINK VIDEO
ADDING TAGS
Add extended
content within
the popup
Select a photo
within the popup
The inner title of
the popup

26. THINGLINK VIDEO
EMBEDDING VIDEOS AND CHANNELS
Copy the
embed code
Enter the
embed code
The finished product

27. HOW TO
ANALYTICS

28. ANALYTICS
ANALYZE YOUR CONTENT’S ENGAGEMENT
Upgrade to a paid plan
for analytics on your
images’ performance

29. Moving Forward
ACCOUNT TYPES

30. ACCOUNT TYPES
UNLOCK CUSTOMIZATION WITH PRO AND WHITELABEL

31. ACCOUNT TYPES
PLANS AND PRICING

32. CONTACT US

33. Technical support
support@thinglink.com
Sales inquiry
sales@thinglink.com
Blog for news & inspiration
http://blog.thinglink.com/marketing
Shareable Link
http://www.slideshare.net/ThingLink/how-to-thinglink-free-features