Organization, Workspaces & Projects Overview
Learn how linkutm’s organizational structure helps you manage campaigns, teams, and clients efficiently.Understanding the Hierarchy
linkutm uses a three-tier organizational structure to help you organize your work:The Three Levels
Organization (Top Level)- Your account and billing entity
- Contains all workspaces
- Single sign-on across all workspaces
- Centralized user management
- Represents a company, agency, or department
- Contains multiple projects
- Team member management
- Shared resources and settings
- Separate billing per workspace (if applicable)
- Specific campaigns, clients, or product lines
- Contains links, templates, and parameters
- Project-specific settings and rules
- Team assignment per project
Why This Structure?
For Marketing Teams
Single Company Structure:- Clear campaign separation
- Organized by channel or campaign type
- Easy performance comparison
- Simplified reporting
For Marketing Agencies
Multi-Client Structure:- Client isolation
- Client-specific settings
- Individual client reporting
- Team assignment by client
- Professional client dashboards
For Enterprise Companies
Multi-Department Structure:- Department autonomy
- Separate budgets and settings
- Cross-department visibility (if needed)
- Scalable structure
Organization Level
What is an Organization?
Your organization is the top-level account that encompasses everything: Key Characteristics:- Created when you sign up
- Linked to billing
- Contains all workspaces
- Single login for all resources
- Account owner information
- Billing and subscription
- Security settings
- Single sign-on (SSO) configuration
- Global user management
- Personal account: One organization for yourself
- Company account: One organization for your company
- Agency account: One organization for your agency
Managing Organization
Access Organization Settings:- Go to Settings → Organization
- View organization details
- Manage billing and subscription
- Configure security settings
- Organization name
- Account owner
- Created date
- Subscription plan
- Number of workspaces
- Total team members
Workspace Level
What is a Workspace?
A workspace represents a company, department, or major organizational unit: Key Characteristics:- Multiple workspaces per organization
- Contains multiple projects
- Team member management
- Shared templates and parameters
- Workspace-specific settings
- Project management
- Team collaboration
- Shared resource library
- Analytics aggregation
- Billing allocation (if applicable)
Creating a Workspace
How to Create:-
Navigate to Workspace Settings:
- Click workspace switcher in header/sidebar
- Click Create New Workspace or + Add Workspace
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Enter Workspace Details:
- Workspace Name: Your company or department name
- Description: Optional description
- Settings: Configure default settings
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Invite Team Members:
- Add team members to workspace
- Assign roles and permissions
- Send invitations
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Create Initial Projects:
- Add first project
- Set up folder structure
- Create templates
- “Acme Corporation”
- “TechCo Marketing”
- “Startup Inc”
- “Agency Name”
- “Digital Marketing Co”
- “Brand Studio”
- “Marketing Department”
- “Sales Team”
- “Product Division”
Managing Workspaces
View All Workspaces:- Click workspace switcher
- See list of all workspaces
- View member count per workspace
- View project count
- Click workspace switcher
- Select different workspace
- Dashboard updates to show workspace data
- All actions now apply to selected workspace
- Go to Settings → Workspace
- Update workspace name
- Modify description
- Change settings
- Save changes
- Go to Settings → Workspace
- Scroll to Danger Zone
- Click Delete Workspace
- Confirm deletion
- All projects and links will be deleted
Workspace Settings
Available Settings: General:- Workspace name
- Description
- Default timezone
- Date format
- Member management
- Role configuration
- Permission settings
- Invitation management
- Default link shortener
- Default UTM rules
- Default folder structure
- Standard templates
- Google Analytics connection
- Third-party integrations
- API access
- Webhooks
Project Level
What is a Project?
A project represents a specific campaign, client, product line, or initiative: Key Characteristics:- Multiple projects per workspace
- Contains links, templates, parameters
- Project-specific UTM rules
- Team member assignment
- Individual analytics
- Link organization
- Custom UTM rules
- Dedicated link shortener
- Project-level analytics
- Team collaboration
Creating a Project
How to Create:-
Navigate to Projects:
- Go to Dashboard → Projects
- Or Settings → Projects
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Click Create Project:
- Click Create Project or + New Project
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Enter Project Details:
- Project Name: Descriptive name
- Description: Purpose and scope
- Settings: Configure project settings
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Configure Settings:
- Default Link Shortener: Choose shortener
- UTM Rules: Set validation rules
- Team Members: Assign team members
- Default Folder: Create initial folder
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Save Project:
- Review settings
- Click Create or Save
- Project is now active
- “Q1 2024 Email Campaigns”
- “Summer Product Launch”
- “Brand Awareness 2024”
- “Social Media Ads”
- “Client: Fashion Brand - Q1”
- “Client: Tech Startup - Product Launch”
- “Client: Restaurant - Grand Opening”
- “Internal: Agency Marketing”
- “Black Friday 2024”
- “Summer Sale Campaign”
- “New Product Collection”
- “Loyalty Program Links”
Managing Projects
View All Projects:- Go to Projects in sidebar
- See list of all projects in workspace
- View project stats:
- Total links
- Total clicks
- Team members
- Created date
- Click project switcher in header
- Select different project
- Dashboard updates to show project data
- All new links created in this project
- Go to Settings → Project Settings
- Update project information
- Modify settings
- Change team assignment
- Save changes
- Go to Settings → Project Settings
- Toggle Archive Project
- Project hidden from main view
- All links still work
- Can be restored anytime
- Go to Settings → Project Settings
- Scroll to Danger Zone
- Click Delete Project
- Confirm deletion
- All links and data deleted
Project Settings
Available Settings: General:- Project name
- Description
- Status (Active/Archived)
- Default folder
- Default link shortener
- Custom domain (if applicable)
- Default expiration settings
- Default tags
- Space replacement
- Force lowercase
- Standardization rules
- Required fields
- Prohibited values
- Project team members
- Access permissions
- Activity tracking
- Google Analytics property
- Custom integrations
- API access for project
Best Practices
Workspace Organization
For Single Company:Naming Conventions
Workspace Names:- ✅ Clear company or department name
- ✅ Professional naming
- ✅ Avoid abbreviations
- ✅ Use full legal/brand name
- ✅ “Acme Corporation Marketing”
- ✅ “XYZ Digital Agency”
- ❌ “My Workspace 1”
- ❌ “Test”
- ✅ Descriptive and specific
- ✅ Include timeframe if relevant
- ✅ Include client name (for agencies)
- ✅ Indicate purpose clearly
- ✅ “Q1 2024 Product Launch”
- ✅ “Client: Fashion Brand - Spring Campaign”
- ✅ “Black Friday Sale 2024”
- ❌ “Project 1”
- ❌ “Links”
Team Assignment
Workspace Level:- Add all team members who need access
- Assign appropriate roles
- Set workspace-wide permissions
- Assign only relevant team members
- More granular access control
- Client-facing teams for agencies
- Campaign-specific teams
When to Create a New Workspace
Create New Workspace If:- ✅ Completely separate company/department
- ✅ Different billing entity
- ✅ Totally different team
- ✅ Need complete isolation
- ✅ Same team members
- ✅ Similar type of work
- ✅ Within same company
- ✅ Want to share templates/parameters
When to Create a New Project
Create New Project If:- ✅ New client (for agencies)
- ✅ New major campaign
- ✅ Different UTM rules needed
- ✅ Separate analytics required
- ✅ Different team composition
- ✅ Sub-campaigns within same project
- ✅ Organizational purposes only
- ✅ Same UTM rules apply
- ✅ Same team working on it
Common Organizational Structures
Structure 1: Single Company, Multiple Channels
Structure 2: Marketing Agency, Multiple Clients
Structure 3: Enterprise, Multiple Departments
Structure 4: E-commerce, Seasonal Organization
Switching & Navigation
Workspace Switcher
Location:- Top navigation bar
- Sidebar header
- Settings menu
- Click workspace name or switcher icon
- Dropdown shows all workspaces
- Click desired workspace
- Dashboard reloads with workspace data
- Workspace name
- Member count
- Project count
- Your role in workspace
Project Switcher
Location:- Top navigation bar
- Below workspace switcher
- Dashboard header
- Click project name or switcher icon
- Dropdown shows all projects in current workspace
- Click desired project
- Dashboard updates with project data
- Project name
- Link count
- Total clicks
- Last activity
Quick Navigation
Breadcrumbs:- Organization: View organization settings
- Workspace: View workspace dashboard
- Project: View project dashboard
Migration & Reorganization
Moving Links Between Projects
Manual Method:- Open link to move
- Edit link settings
- Change project assignment
- Save changes
- Link now in new project
- Select multiple links
- Bulk actions menu
- Choose “Move to Project”
- Select destination project
- Confirm move
Consolidating Projects
When to Consolidate:- Too many small projects
- Similar campaigns should be together
- Reduce complexity
- Create folders in target project
- Move links to target project
- Update folder organization
- Archive old projects
- Update team members
Splitting Projects
When to Split:- Project too large
- Different teams need separation
- Client work vs internal work
- Different analytics needs
- Create new project
- Create appropriate folders
- Move relevant links to new project
- Update team assignments
- Configure new project settings
Analytics Across Levels
Organization-Level Analytics
View Overall Performance:- All workspaces combined
- Total links across organization
- Total clicks organization-wide
- Top-performing workspaces
Workspace-Level Analytics
View Workspace Performance:- All projects in workspace
- Workspace total clicks
- Top-performing projects
- Team activity
- Select workspace
- Go to Analytics
- View workspace dashboard
- Filter by project if needed
Project-Level Analytics
View Project Performance:- All links in project
- Project-specific metrics
- UTM parameter breakdown
- Team member contributions
- Select project
- Go to Analytics
- View project dashboard
- Filter by folder, tag, etc.
Security & Permissions
Organization Level
Organization Admins Can:- ✅ Create/delete workspaces
- ✅ Manage billing
- ✅ View all data
- ✅ Manage all users
- ✅ Configure security settings
Workspace Level
Workspace Admins Can:- ✅ Create/delete projects
- ✅ Manage workspace team
- ✅ Configure workspace settings
- ✅ View all workspace data
- ❌ Cannot access other workspaces (unless granted)
Project Level
Project Admins Can:- ✅ Manage project settings
- ✅ Manage project team
- ✅ View all project data
- ✅ Create/delete links
- ❌ Cannot access other projects (unless granted)
- ✅ Create links in project
- ✅ View project links
- ✅ Use templates
- ❌ Cannot change project settings
- ❌ Cannot manage team
Troubleshooting
Can’t Find Workspace
Solutions:- Check if you’re in correct organization
- Verify you have access to workspace
- Ask admin to grant access
- Check if workspace was archived/deleted
Can’t Find Project
Solutions:- Switch to correct workspace first
- Check if project is archived
- Verify you have project access
- Ask project admin for access
Links Disappeared
Possible Causes:- Wrong project selected
- Wrong workspace selected
- Project archived
- Links moved to different project
- Check project switcher
- Check workspace switcher
- Look in archived projects
- Contact team member who may have moved them
Can’t Create Project
Possible Reasons:- Not enough permissions
- Plan limit reached
- Not workspace admin
- Request workspace admin access
- Ask admin to create project
- Upgrade plan if limit reached