It is no secret that I am a big fan of StumbleUpon. For bringing high numbers of qualified traffic to a web site, I do not think that there is a better social networking site than StumbleUpon.

Like any social networking site, StumbleUpon can easily get overrun by spam. That is why I found so the post Share Your Stuff: Effectively and Ethically Submitting Pages to StumbleUpon & Stumblers so interesting.

In the article, the author gives x suggestions to how to effectively use StumbleUpon without spamming them. The tips are:

Familiarize yourself with StumbleUpon categories and tags: Make sure that you tags are reaching the right audience. Niche is better than broad as you will get more targeted traffic.

Network effectively with like-minded Stumblers: One key to success StumbleUpon is to find people who appreciate and will vote for your submissions. Two ways to do this are to:Start by looking at who votes for your submissions and add them as a Stumble ‘friend.’ and also to find Stumblers by Stumbling the keyword ‘Stumblers.

What Works on StumbleUpon?

As a rule of thumb Stumblers like images and easy-to-read articles. After all, they are browsing the internet not reading a novel! Make your submissions to-the-point and add illustrations as appropriate, then submit them to StumbleUpon under the right tags and send them to Stumblers who will be interested in the material.

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