How To Use Stumble Upon To Your Advantage

After search engine traffic from Google and MSN, Stumble Upon is on the third place of my traffic resources.

While Stumble Upon IS a web 2.0 site, it’s not the typical social bookmarking site like Digg or Del.Ico.US.
Instead, Stumble Upon is more a social networking site. And it works like charm!

Now, before we continue, sign up for Stumble Upon if you haven’t created an account yet. It doesn’t cost you a cent.

After creating your account, or if you have one already, you may want to add me as a friend. If you do, go to my Stumble Upon profile and at the top right click on the ‘Add him as a friend’-button.

Now, why does Stumble Upon works so well? Because it’s networking. See what I’m doing here? I’m inviting you to join this network and add me as a friend.

That is NOT because I want to be on a top list. It’s just so I know who you are and, if I like what you’re writing at your site or blog, can Stumble your posts and pages.
I’ll be even more inclined to do so, if you review my blog.

Now, this may look like a ‘you scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours’ theory, but it isn’t. I won’t Stumble any posts or pages that I do not like and I expect you to do the very same.

But since you’re reading this blog post, we must share something in common, isn’t it? So chances are, that I DO like one or more of your posts and will Stumble them!

That’s how it works. And that makes Stumble Upon a powerful resource.

I haven’t been giving it all the attention it deserves. That’s because it takes time, certainly in the beginning, when you have to find out first what Stumble is all about and how to use it to your best advantage. But the result is targeted exposure and targeted traffic.
So it’s well worth to spend some time in here.

The reason for making this post is a review of Stumble Upon by my good friend Dr. Mani, after joining them recently. He ‘revived’ my interest in Stumble Upon.

I had the toolbar installed already, but hid it when it was inconvenient, which was most of the time.
I’ll keep it up now, ready to Stumble as many good posts as I can.

If you’re curious as to why, then just read Dr. Mani’s great post: How To Get MORE StumbleUpon Traffic – A Guide For Beginners… And Experts

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2007, November 12
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6 Responses to “How To Use Stumble Upon To Your Advantage”

  1. Internet Tips says:

    I have been using Stumble Upon for quite a few months and it has already yielded me a lot of traffic to my blog

  2. Art Williams says:

    Hi Case:

    Normally I’d be in Seoul at this time on a Saturday but I’m staying home today to invest some time in getting my fledgling PPC-or-whatever career going. But I will be going into Seoul to go salsa dancing later today.

    I just wanted to tell you that I spent probably the most time I’ve ever spent on your site today….reading several articles all of which I thought were excellent. I grabbed a couple of the tools too……thanks. I especially like that article re-writer program.

    You’re not in the U.S.? Where are you?

    Lemme know if you ever get to S.Korea. It’s a great town for salsa dancing!

    Best regards,
    Art Williams

  3. Case Stevens says:

    Hi Art.
    Glad you liked my posts and some of the tools. That’s what I’m here for, providing great information! :-)
    Therefore it’s always rewarding to get comments like yours.
    Case

    PS
    I’m from The Netherlands.
    And my wife loves salsa dancing too. Created a website for her club last summer.

  4. drt says:

    Thanks for providing the first step on what to do after signing up with SU. You’re my first SU friend. :-)

  5. John Smith says:

    This is some great advice. I don’t get as much stumble upon traffic as I do from google. Actuallly, I rarely ever get any traffic stumble :(

    Hopefully this will change in the near future.

  6. Jason says:

    I have used Stumble Upon at times and it has sent hundred of visitors in a few hours, more than digg ever has, but once i got the initial rush the traffic died.

    I will check out the links you provided to see if i can learn more about it.

    thanks