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How StumbleUpon Can Bring Huge Amounts of Traffic To Your Website.

What is StumbleUpon and How Do I Use It?

Here is their own definition:

“StumbleUpon is a free service that helps you discover and share websites with others who have similar interest. The more you use our service, the more likely it is that you’ll “Stumble” across pages you like.

• To get started on Stumbling on our home page using the Web Toolbar to become familiar with our service.
• Create an account to save your favorites and to connect with other members.
• Download the Toolbar to access all the features available and to share sites you Discovered”

 It is an Internet Community that allows it’s users to discover and rate Web pages, photos and uses peer groups and social networking principles and methods.

The concept of social bookmarking with StumbleUpon is that you Stumble what you like or dislike whereas with DIGG (read the article after this one) you DIGG articles that appear randomly.

StumbleUpon is one of the best social bookmarking sites on the net for identifying quality sites of interest. It has now returned to its original owners, E.Bay and has over 4.5 million visitors.

Social bookmarking sites have had a significant growth over the last few years because it is obvious that people like to interact with like minded communities and with Web 2.0 this has become a reality.

SU is a unique way to allow it’s users to give a “thumbs up” – I like it or “thumbs down” – I don’t like it. Within this social network you can flag and recommend sites you have found – hence the name StumbleUpon and which consequently directs and increases traffic to that site. Members can stumble either positive or negative rating and this will have a huge impact on directing traffic to a blog – maybe even your blog!!! Members are looking for interesting and cool sites so if yours fits the bill StumbleUpon is for you.

 Read the Wikipedia Article which gives you the history and ownership since May 2007.

Quite simply SU chooses which pages to display based on members ratings of previous pages, ratings by friends and users with similar interests. SU allows users to choose from a list of nearly 500 topics to produce relevant content.

Several toolbar versions now exist for Firefox, and Internet Explorer. Third party tool bars are now available for Safari, Opera and Google Crome.

How to use the Stumble Upon toolbar and other internet marketing tools is carefully explained in a tutorial by Didi Alcheva at Marketing Merge.com

HOW DO YOU GET THE MOST OUT OF STUMBLEUPON?

• Create a great profile with an avatar (photo.) and add some relevant tags and categories that describe your interests.
• Get toto understand how the toolbar works:

1. Stumble button to move to other sites randomly, favorites and categories.
2. Give “thumbs up “ or “thumbs down”
3. Tag it. You can add up to 5 tags of your own unless it has not bee discovered by anyone yet. A pop up appears for you to add your tags.
4. Send to button. A pop up appears and you can send a message to your friends.
5. Talk Bubble. Click this to discover what other users have said.

HOW TO ACHIEVE THE SUCCESS YOU WANT WITH STUMBLEUPON.

PARTICIPATE AND COMMUNICATE on a regular basis to develop relationships and make friends. Become an active stumbler. However a word of caution. If you become over active and repeatedly stumble the same sites a pop up will appear advising you to slow down.

Quite simply:

1. Submit your own interesting content.
2. Be active and constructive. Give value comments. Not “I like it” or “Great” but something of interest.
3. Make friends, visit friends and find friends,
4. Use as many features as possible, tag, send it, talk bubble.
5. Visit friends sites and you will find various options on the right hand side.

If you are subscribed to her/his favorites you will receive the reviews which you can then stumble on to your friends.

Send a message or view the blog.

Handy way to stumble across another member’s site with similar interests.

New social bookmarking has paved the way to be Interactive, make friends and have fun whilst driving traffic to your website and blog.

Play around and have fun with StumbleUpon and you'll find this is a wonderful internet marketing tool. The basic key to success with any social bookmarking and networking site is to PARTICIPATE, COMMUNICATE AND BUILD RELATIONSHIPS.

Come by and visit me at SU – Judith Atkinson

Judith Atkinson is the writer for this post.

Judith Atkinson is a mentor, consultant and business executive whose passion is to empower women entrepreneurs develop their Work From Home Business using Attraction Marketing and Social Networking strategies, incorporating Renegade Professional University step by step training.

Whether you are looking to begin a new business venture or maybe expand your current business to the Internet Judith can offer the advice you need.

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