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schwami
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How to share a document link without needing to provide email addresses

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I want to create a shareable link for a document but don't yet know who will click on it. Hubspot asks me to incude an email address for the person who will click on it. Do I need the email address of every person who will click on it or can I just share a placeholder email address and anyone who clicks on the link will be able to view it after entering an email address.

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MFrankJohnson
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How to share a document link without needing to provide email addresses

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You may use a placeholder email address and anyone who clicks on the link will be able to view it after entering an email address -- example below. However, we don't recommend doing this at scale because the tool wasn't designed to operate this way. Meaning, we've noticed that tracking notifications may be delivered inconsistently when using this 'generic link' method.

- see MFrankJohnson_Article_Portfolio.pdf

- see Upload and share documents

 

Note: Please search for recent posts as HubSpot evolves to be the #1 CRM platform of choice world-wide.

 

Hope that helps.

 

Be well,
Frank


www.mfrankjohnson.com

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GudrunTh
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How to share a document link without needing to provide email addresses

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This is still relevant today. Is there a solution out yet. We want to publish an ebook where people input information in a webform and then get routed to the pdf that we wanted to share though Hubspot. This is not possible today as the workaround would require people to input the email again in a very annoying manner. Would be very helpful to fix this! 

 

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Assuaged
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How to share a document link without needing to provide email addresses

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It would be nice if they fixed this. I would rather just provide a link to my G-Drive (with bit.ly tracking) for now or another software; it's a turn-off for people to view a document and have to enter their e-mail every time. Thank you, Hubspot Family!!

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Alex_Elborn
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How to share a document link without needing to provide email addresses

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@Rokkas If you put your email address in, you should be able to share it with other people and get notifications when they view it. This works for me anyway.


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Vishesh_Singhal
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How to share a document link without needing to provide email addresses

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We have designed an enhancement over HubSpot Documents called CloudFiles that lets you do just this and much more. You can independently upload files, create links, track usage and optionally ask your clients to very their email (Hard ID Validation) or just enter their email (Soft ID Validation) or simply access without entering their email (no ID Validation). The app is also smart enough to know when the person is actually viewing the file and when the system has gone idle. You can try out the app from HubSpot Marketplace.

 

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KateElizabeth
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How to share a document link without needing to provide email addresses

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I'm also wondering this. I can't believe you have to add an email address. Why can't there be a "share link" that's trackable, and an option to require an email address to view doc.

MFrankJohnson
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How to share a document link without needing to provide email addresses

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_hubspot-button-accept-as-solution-gif-v00.gif

You may use a placeholder email address and anyone who clicks on the link will be able to view it after entering an email address -- example below. However, we don't recommend doing this at scale because the tool wasn't designed to operate this way. Meaning, we've noticed that tracking notifications may be delivered inconsistently when using this 'generic link' method.

- see MFrankJohnson_Article_Portfolio.pdf

- see Upload and share documents

 

Note: Please search for recent posts as HubSpot evolves to be the #1 CRM platform of choice world-wide.

 

Hope that helps.

 

Be well,
Frank


www.mfrankjohnson.com
Rokkas
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How to share a document link without needing to provide email addresses

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Where is the example of HOW to actually do it?