Startup Guide Version 2.3.9
Installation and initial setup Your welcome email included a link to download the ORBTR plugin. Save the software to your hard drive and log into the admin panel of your WordPress site. Navigate to Plugins > Add New in your admin panel and select Upload from the options at the top of your screen. Upload the plugin file from your hard drive and activate it. Once ORBTR is installed, 5 menu items will show up for ORBTR on the left main navigation. Under ORBTR, select configuration to complete your set up.
Enter your API key and account ID from your welcome email. If you would like the notification to go to a different email address than the one entered upon purchase, please enter an email address into the Notification Email field. New Lead Default priority status can be change to hot, warm or cold dependent on your preferences. Hot Leads will be tracked in the system, will trigger email alerts when a lead comes to your website and will appear at the top of your Leads Manager. Warm leads will be tracked in the system and will trigger email alerts. Cold leads will be tracked in the system but will not trigger any email alerts. Checking the box marked Enable Mobile Site? will activate the ORBTR mobile theme. Do not do this until you have configured options for the mobile theme. Checking the box marked Enable Mobile Site on Tablets? will activate the mobile theme on larger screen mobile devices like the ipad, and Kindle Fire.
Next you will configure your social Network information. Enter your URL s of your social profiles on the sites listed, and Save Options. These URL s are used in your email templates, landing pages, and mobile templates.
If you are using MailChimp (recommended), complete these fields. To find your MailChimp API key, just Log into MailChimp, and under the Account menu, select API Keys & Authorized Apps. From there, select Add a Key, then copy and paste this key from MailChimp to the MailChimp API Key field in ORBTR. If you are not using MailChimp, check the box at the bottom labeled Disable MailChimp Integration. Checking the box marked Append lead tracking to template links? will automatically add ORBTR lead tracking codes to all of the links in the main template, preconfigured for MailChimp (NOTE: this does NOT apply to links you add yourself in the main content area, we will cover how to do this later in this document). If you are not using MailChimp but want to enable lead tracking on template links, enter your email marketing system s merge tag for email address in the space provided. If you do not know your email marketing system s merge tag for email address, this information should be available in your provider s documentation or by contacting their technical support.
Lead Tracking Once configuration is complete, you are ready to begin tracking online leads. If you are using Jetpack for your contact forms, all form submissions will be tracked automatically in ORBTR. If you are using Gravity Forms, you will need to activate lead tracking on each of the appropriate forms.
To activate ORBTR on Gravity Forms version 1.7+, go into your Forms menu and select Form Settings.
Scroll down to the bottom of the window and then select the box Enable ORBTR Integration. If you are using an older version of Gravity Forms, i.e. pre- version1.7, go into your Forms menu and select Edit on each form, select form setting, advanced, and then select the box Enable ORBTR Integration.
You can also track visitors who click specially coded links from your emails. Just append?oemail=emailaddress to the end of any link on your website, for example, if you wished to track clicks from an email sent to john@testco.com, you would imbed the link as http://yoursite.com/page- name/?oemail=john@testco.com. If you wished to track visits from leads who click links in your email newsletter, just replace the email address with the email merge tag that your email marketing system uses. For example, MailChimp s email merge tag is * EMAIL *. So the finished link would be embedded as http://yoursite.com/page- name/?oemail=* EMAIL *. Once you have generated leads, you can the last 5 added on the ORBTR Dashboard, as well as any tracked leads who are currently on your site. You can also see online leads and all leads in the separate menu items below the dashboard.
Under All Leads, you can sort your leads by using several criteria, export your leads listing to csv, and search as well.
By hovering over a lead record, you can edit or delete the lead and view their browsing history on your site.
To Edit a lead, select Edit and on this screen you may add or edit a name, change the lead priority setting, and add notes. You can also research the individual on Data.com by clicking the orange button to the right of the email address. Setting up an account on Data.com is free and you will need to be logged in when you click the button. You may also send the lead an email or view their browsing history on your site from this screen.
Email Marketing When you use Email Marketing for the first time you must set up your email templates. Go under Template Setup to begin. There are 4 variations on the email template. The styling options you select will apply to all of them, except for the plan text / html option.
Under each styling option, you may click the question mark box in the upper right corner for details on each field location and meaning.
Remember to save your changes before leaving this screen. After saving, you can preview your templates.
To edit an existing email, you can complete that the same way you can edit an existing WordPress page.
To add a new email, select Add Email from the Email Marketing menu. Enter the title, which is not used anywhere in the actual email, its just used as a identify your campaigns in ORBTR and in Mailchimp. Enter the body copy of your email in the main editor, and you may use the listing of Mailchimp merge tags below as your reference. If you want to add ORBTR lead tracking links within the body copy of your email, use the standard Insert/edit link tool in the WordPress editor, add your link URL and then click the orange button marked Append ORBTR Tracking per the image on the next page. This will add the code for link tracking (using MailChimp s merge tag as default or the override merge tag you specified in the ORBTR configuration) at the end of the URL you provide.
On the right, enter email subject, select your Mailing List and Email Template. You can also add an identifier for Google Analytics. When you save the email, it will be automatically added as a draft to your MailChimp account. Log into your MailChimp account to test and schedule your email. You will not be able to see this email in your page library, you will need to select and edit it under the All Emails menu item for ORBTR. Custom Email Template If you have access to custom development resources, you can easily create a custom email template for use in ORBTR! Just create your email template using the same code as a normal WordPress page template. Then save it as orbtremail.php and add to your active theme folder. Once you have added the new template, the next time you add a new email or autoresponder, you will see Use Theme Template as an option under the Email Template menu on the right- hand sidebar. Currently, ORBTR allows for only one custom template.
Autoresponders Under the menu item, All Autoresponders, you can see, edit or delete autoresponders that you have created. Select Add New Autoresponder
Adding or editing an autoresponder is similar to adding or editing a webpage or email, except that there are additional options on the right. Enter the title, which is not used anywhere in the actual email, it s just used to identify your campaigns in ORBTR and in Mailchimp. Enter the body copy of your email in the main editor, and you may use the listing of Mailchimp merge tags below as your reference. On the right, enter email subject, select your Mailing List and Email Template. You can also add an identifier for Google Analytics. The Offset Time is the amount of time between when a new subscriber joins your list and when you would like the autoresponder to be sent. You can select a number days, weeks or months. Under Scheduled Time, you select the time of day you wish the autoresponder to be sent, please note this time is set in GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) you can Google time zone converter to translate to the appropriate time zone for your subscriber. When you save the email, it will be automatically activated in your MailChimp account. You will not be able to see this autoresponder in your page library, you will need to select and edit it under the All Autoresponders menu item for ORBTR.
Custom Email Template Your custom email template can also be used for autoresponders. See the email marketing section for instructions on how to add your custom email template.
Landing Pages When you use Landing Pages for the first time you must set up your template. Go under Template Setup to begin. Under each styling option, you may click the question mark box in the upper right corner for details on each field location and meaning.
Remember to save your changes before leaving this screen. After saving, you can preview your template.
Next, select Add a New Landing Page Enter your page title above, and then enter the body copy in the text editor. All of your standard WordPress editing options work here just as they do in the regular page or post editor. Under the Optional Menu Items on the right, you will be able to add navigation items to appear on the upper right corner of your landing page underneath the phone- number. If these are left blank, no links will appear. In the header options, adding an override phone number will replace the default phone number that you had set in your template settings. If you wish to use the default phone number, you may leave this blank. Similarly, leaving topside bar title blank will allow the default option to display. The top side bar text is where you will add any content that you wish to appear below your sidebar title and above your form or call to action. Under Call to Action type, you may select: none, button, gravity form (if you have gravity forms installed), or Jetpack form, (if you have Jetpack forms installed). If you choose none for Call to Action type, then you may move on the next item. If you choose button for Call to Action type, then you will be asked to enter a button title and a link URL.
If you choose gravity forms for Call to Action type, then you will be able to select any of your Gravity forms from a drop- down list. If you choose Jetpack forms for Call to Action type, then the option to create a Jetpack form for this page will appear. Optional Bottom Sidebar Text appears below the Call to Action in the sidebar. This can be blank if you wish. Override default blog heading title will allow you to enter a heading for the blog section to replace your default template setting. You can also select a category and number of blog posts to appear. If you select zero as the number of blog posts, then the entire section will be hidden on the page. The section Landing Page SEO will allow you to enter a custom META title description and keywords. When you are complete, hit the Publish in the upper right hand corner of the landing page screen. You will not be able to see these pages in your page library, you will need to select and edit it under the All Landing Pages menu item for ORBTR.
Mobile Site When you use the Mobile site for the first time you must set up your template. Click Mobile to begin. Under each styling option, you may click the question mark box in the upper right corner for details on each field location and meaning.
Under the tab for Homepage Content you will have the opportunity to override your standard home page with a mobile- specific version. If you choose to do this, you can enter your content, links and images as you would in any WordPress editor and check the box to activate it. NOTE: this option will only override a STATIC home page, not a home page using the recent posts option in your WordPress settings. Under the Create Your Menus tab, a video will demonstrate how to create a navigation and menu structure for your mobile site. You can use an existing site menu or create one special for your mobile site (configured under Appearance > Menus). NOTE: your menus will NOT style correctly if you do not assign a menu under Appearance > Menus. Remember to save your changes before leaving this screen. After saving, you can preview your template. After saving, go to the main configuration under ORBTR and activate your mobile site!
Code Insert Code Insert allows you to easily add items like Google Analytics or conversion codes, font codes, and other scripts to your website without modifying the theme files. To add a code, select Add Code from the Code Insert menu. On the following screen you will name your code (just a name that you will use to identify it later should you want to find or edit it using the Codes screen), copy and paste the code into the main editor area and then select where on your website you want that code to appear. The documentation for your code will usually specify whether it belongs in the header or footer of your site. Font codes, for example, usually go in the header and conversion codes will generally go in the footer. You can also specify if you want codes to appear on your site s front page and on the blog index page and if there are specific pages/posts and categories that should be included or excluded. To include or exclude pages/posts or categories, use the ID #s for those items, separated by commas. To find the page/post or category ID, click on the main posts or categories view in WordPress and click to edit one. In the URL for the editor you will likely see an address that looks something like this: http://yoursite.com/wp- admin/post.php?post=55&action=edit the page/post ID in that case is 55. You can find category ID s the same way.
Zapier Integration One of the best things about ORBTR is our integration with Zapier, a service that allows for simple task automation between more than 200 web applications including ORBTR and other popular services like Salesforce, Highrise, MailChimp, Zoho, Sugar CRM, GMail and many more. To get started with Zapier, just visit zapier.com and create an account. They have both free and premium account options and if you select a paid account you can use the coupon code orbtr_80177 to save 50% for the first 3 months of your Zapier subscription. Once you have set up your account, you can visit the dashboard to set up your first Zap or software integration. This process is easy and visual and requires NO programming experience. Just select ORBTR from the options under Trigger Service and then the service that you want to send ORBTR data to from the options under Action Service. The process from there is very quick and simple and you can be up and running in a matter of minutes. And if you run into trouble, Zapier has an extensive support forum. If you have any questions specifically about using ORBTR with Zapier, just email your question to support@orbtr.net. NOTE: ORBTR is only available as a Trigger Service and not as an Action Service.