Connecting Your Social Accounts

To participate in a brand partnership, you will need to create an account for your Creator Dashboard. This dedicated, always-on hub where you have 24/7 access to everything related to your collaboration: campaigns, invitations, deliverables, payments, and communications.

Getting started takes just a few minutes!

How-tos

After completing the onboarding process, the navigation (on the left) will populate new sections you can explore.

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• Dashboard: View your active and invited campaigns. Moreover, you can review your notifications and content stats.
• Messages: Rather than communicating in several avenues (e.g., emails, DMs), you can message your Campaign Manager directly in this section.
• Campaigns:  Find your active campaigns, completed, and invited to. Clicking into the campaign, you can see additional information and requested deliverables.
• Link Generators: View campaigns that include generated affiliate links. Moreover, you can see a history of your past affiliate links.

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• Profile: Review and update your account information, linked social accounts, profile survey, and payment information. Moreover, review your payment history if the brand requested this information.
• Settings: Review and update your login information – email and password.
• Help Center: Click to navigate to the Creator Support Help Center.
• Log Out: Click to disconnect your current session.

 

Congratulations on receiving an invitation to collaborate! Before providing your partnering brand or agency with any permissions to your social accounts (either through your Connect Accounts page or through granting Ad Permissions), you might be wondering why you should authenticate your social accounts via your Creator Dashboard. The benefits of going through this process are covered below: 

Benefits of Connecting your Social Accounts

Required Accounts

You are only required to authenticate accounts for the social platforms listed under the Required Accounts section of the Connect Accounts page. If you have any “extra” accounts you want your partnering brand or agency to know about, you can add them under the Other Accounts section of the page. You will not need to authenticate these accounts, and have the option to simply add your handle or your profile URL.

When you add, rather than authenticate, a social account, no data will be passed along to CreatorIQ or your partnering brand or agency. In these cases, the benefits of authentication do not apply, but brands and agencies may find it valuable to understand your presence across the broader social media landscape.  If you need assistance or have questions about the required platforms for authentication, please reach out to your Campaign Manager.

Metrics Only Available Through Authentication

Below is a breakdown of the additional metrics that are only available to your partnering brand or agency through authentication:

In the email you received from your partnering brand or agency, you'll likely see a Link Accounts button asking you to connect your Instagram account. Connecting your account will allow the partnering brand or agency to capture real-time metrics on Instagram Posts and Stories for the campaign you're collaborating on.

Not only does connecting your account capture real-time metrics, but it can also improve your chances of getting asked to participate in additional future opportunities. We'll go over the steps below, so make sure to keep reading to learn how you can link your Instagram account!

1. Click on the Link Accounts button in your email invitation.
   
   
2. Under Required Accounts, click Authenticate Instagram Account.
   
   
   
   
3. You'll see a pop-up window reminding you of the prerequisites for connecting your Instagram account, as well as a reminder that you'll always be in control and can unlink your Instagram account at any time. When you're ready, click Continue to Facebook.
   
4. You should now see a Facebook login pop-up. If you don't see it, double check that your browser allows pop-ups.
   
   
   
   
5. In the pop-up window, input your Facebook login credentials and allow the requested permissions.
   
   
6. After logging in, you may be prompted to complete a Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) step as an extra security measure. Your 2FA credentials must be entered to be able to connect successfully.
   
   

   Note: Due to Facebook's acquisition of Instagram, you'll be prompted to log in using your Facebook account. You have the option to review the third-party permissions that you'll be providing to your partnering agency or brand. All the requested permissions must be enabled to connect your account. The data that is collected will be read-only. Visit How do we protect your data privacy? for further information on our privacy practices.
   
   

   

    

After logging in and allowing the requested permissions, you should be returned to your Connect Accounts page, and should now see that your Instagram has been successfully authenticated. 

In the email you received from your partnering brand or agency, you'll likely see a Link Accounts button. Below we'll cover how you can successfully connect your TikTok account to your Creator Dashboard so that brands and agencies can pull real-time metrics on collaborative posts. Since connecting your Social Accounts helps make your partnerships much more seamless, it can also improve the chances that you'll be tapped for additional future opportunities!

1. Click on the Link Accounts button from your email invitation.
2. Under Required Accounts, click Authenticate TikTok Account. 
   
3. You'll see a pop-up window reminding you of some key information about connecting your TikTok account, as well as a reminder that you'll always be in control and can unlink your TikTok account at any time. When you're ready, click Continue to TikTok.
   
4. Enter your login credentials and click Authorize to confirm.
   
   

   Note: All requested permissions must be accepted to connect your TikTok account successfully. However, the data that is collected will be read-only. Visit How do we protect your data privacy? for further information on our privacy practices.

After logging in and allowing the requested permissions, you should be returned to your Connect Accounts page, and should now see that your TikTok has been successfully authenticated. 

1. Navigate to your Connect Accounts page.

2. Under Required Accounts, click Authenticate YouTube account. A Google sign-in window will open.
   
   
3. In the new window, sign in with the Google account that owns your YouTube channel. When prompted, allow all requested permissions.
   
   

   

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   Warning: To successfully connect your YouTube channel, you must accept all permissions. Learn more about how we protect your data here.

4. After granting permissions, you will be returned to the Connect Accounts page and should see your YouTube channel listed as connected. 

1. Navigate to your Connect Accounts page.

2. Under Required Accounts, click Authenticate Snapchat Account. A new window will appear.
   
   
3. In the new window, log into your Snapchat account and follow the steps, including allowing the requested permissions.
   
   
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   Warning: To successfully authenticate your Snapchat account, you must accept all permissions. Learn more about how we protect your data here.

4. After logging in and allowing the requested permissions, you should be returned to your Connect Accounts page, and should now see that your Snapchat has been successfully authenticated. 

In the email you received from your partnering brand or agency, you'll likely see a Link Accounts button. Below we'll cover how you can successfully connect your Facebook Page to your Creator Dashboard so that brands and agencies can pull real-time metrics on posts and automatically collect Instagram Stories for your collaborative content. Since connecting your Social Accounts helps make your partnerships much more seamless, it can also improve the chances that you'll be tapped for additional future opportunities!

1. Click on the Link Accounts button from your email invitation
2. Under Required Accounts, click Authenticate Facebook Account. 
   
3. You'll see a pop-up window reminding you of the prerequisites for connecting your Facebook account, as well as a reminder that you'll always be in control and can unlink your Facebook account at any time. When you're ready, click Continue to Facebook.
4. In the new window, input your Facebook login credentials and allow all requsted permissions.
   
   

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   You have the option to review the third-party permissions that you'll be providing to your partnering agency or brand. All the permissions must be enabled to successfully connect your account. The data that is collected will be read-only. Visit How do we protect your data privacy? for further information on our privacy practices.
   
   

   

    

5. After logging in, you may be prompted to complete a Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) step as an extra security measure. Your 2FA credentials must be entered to be able to successfully connect.

After logging in and allowing the requested permissions, you should be returned to your Connect Accounts page, and should now see that your Facebook has been successfully authenticated. 

In the email you received from your partnering brand or agency, you'll likely see a Link Accounts button. Below we'll cover how you can successfully connect your X (formerly Twitter) profile to your Creator Dashboard to verify that you own this account.

1. Click on the Link Accounts button from your email invitation
2. Under Required Accounts, click Authenticate X (formerly Twitter) Account.
3. You'll see a pop-up window reminding you of some key information about connecting your X account, as well as a reminder that you'll always be in control and can unlink your X account at any time. When you're ready, click Continue to X.
4. In the new window, select Sign In to connect your X account.

After logging in, you should be returned to your Connect Accounts page, and should now see that your X (formerly Twitter) account has been successfully authenticated. 

In the email you received from your partnering brand or agency, you'll likely see a Link Accounts button. Below we'll cover how you can successfully connect your Twitch profile to your Creator Dashboard to verify that you own this account.

1. Click on the Link Accounts button from your email invitation
2. Under Required Accounts, click Authenticate Twitch Account.
3. You'll see a pop-up window reminding you of some key information about connecting your Twitch account, as well as a reminder that you'll always be in control and can unlink your Twitch account at any time. When you're ready, click Continue to Twitch.
4. In the new window, select Sign In to connect your Twitch account.

After logging in, you should be returned to your Connect Accounts page, and should now see that your Twitch account has been successfully authenticated. 

In the email you received from your partnering brand or agency, you'll likely see a Link Accounts button. Below we'll cover how you can track performance for your blog or website to your Creator Dashboard so that brands and agencies can access metrics on your collaborative content. Since connecting your Social Accounts helps make your partnerships much more seamless, it can also improve the chances that you'll be tapped for additional future opportunities!

Below we'll cover how to link your blog using a Universal Analytics (UA) ID, and how to link your blog using a Google Analytics 4 ID.

What's the difference between Universal Analytics and Google Analytics 4?

Google Analytics 4 can be used on websites, apps, and/or both website and app together. Universal Analytics only supports websites.

With this in mind, Google Analytics 4 is Google's latest tracking tool and is now the default property when setting up a new ID. However, it is not yet supported by most blogging platforms. View this table to see which platforms are supported.
If your blogging platform doesn't support Google Analytics 4, here is a guide on how to set-up a new Universal Analytics ID.

If you have a Universal Analytics (UA) ID:

1. Navigate to https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/ and login with Google credentials.
2. At the bottom of the left hand menu bar click on the gear icon or Admin.
   
   
3. Under the accounts listed on your Analytics page, select your blog's account or property name in the dropdown menu.
   
   
4. Click Tracking Info.
   
   
   
5. In the expanded view of the Tracking Info section, select Tracking Code.
   
   
   
6. Under the "Tracking ID" header, copy the ID. The ID often starts with "UA-".
   
   
7. Input the UA ID into your blog's Settings page.
   
   📍 Example: in Blogger.com, this would be: Settings → under the Basic Section, select Google Analytics Property ID.
   
   

Congratulations on receiving an invitation to collaborate! Before providing your partnering brand or agency with any permissions to your social accounts (either through your Connect Accounts page or through granting Ad Permissions), you might be concerned about how your data will be used. We'll go over the ways we ensure that your security and privacy below.

Protecting your Privacy

We take the security and privacy of your Social Accounts very seriously. Here are some examples of the ways that you can feel confident that your data is protected: