How To used StumbleUpon Better
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.
Filed under Social Media Marketing, Social Media Optimization : Comments (1) : Aug 16th, 2007
August 16th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
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