Increase blog traffic using StumbleUpon

January 16, 2009 · Posted in Blogging, General, Internet Marketing, StumbleUpon, Traffic Generation 

Whether you create a new blog or you are running a blog since long, a single thing is always your wish from day one. What’s that? Any guesses? Yes you are right. From day one all the bloggers including me are highly interested in getting traffic.

Most of us know that to increase traffic we need to write some great quality content and start commenting on other blogs. Yes agreed this is really great and proven ways to increase your blog traffic and popularity. But we always starve for that X-Factor of massive traffic. Yes I have mentioned the name of Twitter to generate massive traffic. Then is there any other thing which can really get us some huge amount of traffic? Yes you got it right, I am talking about StumblUpon.

StumbleUpon is one of the leading social bookmarking sites which includes huge amount of web pages, videos and photos submitted by users.

So here I am discussing some steps to grow benefit from StumbleUpon. I am also getting really good traffic using StumbleUpon.

 

 

    1. Create your account on StumbleUpon : Create your public profile on StumbleUpon by including your personal information, your picture, your interests and your short bio.
    2. Thumbs Up or Review : Download the StumbleUpon toolbar and start stumbling the web pages of your interests. If you like the web page you can give a thumb up to that page by clicking on I like it button on the StumbleUpon toolbar.
    If you have discovered a new page then when you click on I like it, you will see a dialog box asking you the review and tag of the page. Once you do that the site will be available to other stumlers to stumble.
    3. Discover Daily : Here if you are getting new material from stumble community than its time for you to give back something. Try to discover new things everyday and submit to StumbleUpon. This way you will give something to your community and people will start noticing about you and you will automatically gain traffic for your blogs as well.
    4. Make Friends : As I have mentioned above StumbleUpon is social bookmarking site so you will find so many people here of your interest so start making as many friends as you can. Wait, here if you are getting any friends request than first check for his favorites and if it suits you than you can add him as a friend (This way you can get rid from spammers). Also when you find some new person on the site you can check “How similar are you?” section of that person. That way you can get some idea about his interest which will help you to take decision.
    5. Send your articles to friends : After you gain good circle of friends on StumbleUpon you can send your articles to them by using Sendto button on StumbleUpon toolbar. You can also request them to review or thumb up your article if they like. Similar ways there are chances that you get some articles to review from your friend. I am sure you will gain really good traffic by this way.
    6. Don’t be Selfish : Yes! Just don’t submit your own pages only. If you are part of community then you should also submit pages if you like them. In that way you are giving something good to your community and the same way your community will give you some great stuff and of course some sweet traffic. :)
    7. Get more and more subscribers : The more interesting stuff you submit there are more chances to get more and more subscribers. While making new friends you can humbly thank to the person and ask him to subscribe to your favorites. Here you would think that if I am getting friends than what is the need of getting subscribers. When somebody subscribes to your favorites, he will able to see all the favorites submitted by you and that way there are more chances you get some extra traffic.
    8. Invest your time : Make above things your habit and invest some time to this procedure. What I suggest that you should assign some hours to your daily blogging routine to StumbleUpon. This way day by day you will increase the traffic around you and your blog as well.
    9. Onsite Changes : Do some onsite changes related to StumbleUpon. After each post you can put a button asking readers to stumble the current post. You can also put some attractive request line after your post like “Don’t forget to review or thumbs up if you like this article“.
    10. Continuous Analysis : Analyze the traffic continuously which you are getting from StumbleUpon. Check the reviews your articles are getting and do according needed changes to your future posts. Also check all the persons and make them friend who stumbled your articles this way you are getting sure shot for next time. :D
    I am sure these 10 steps will help you grow your network on StumbleUpon and will sure help you to increase traffic to your blog. Correct me if I have missed something. Your comments are always welcome. And yes don’t forget to review or thumbs up it if you really liked this post. :D
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28 Responses to “Increase blog traffic using StumbleUpon”

  1. passive income ideas on January 16th, 2009 12:55 pm

    I have used SU and do see some traffic to my blog but I noticed that all of the traffic does not convert. The people seem to be just window shoppers, no buyers. Do you experience this too?

    Peter Lee

  2. Make Money Online on January 17th, 2009 9:26 pm

    Yeah Xavier, I didn’t realise until someone stumbled my article recently and attracted 400 new visitors. Was kinda shocked by it.

    Ben

  3. Nihar on January 18th, 2009 10:31 pm

    I have used SU and always hoped for lot of traffic to my blog. i haven’t succeeded to do so. I have stopped putting efforts to increase the traffic.

    I just hope that some guys do stumble and get the traffic.

    I have also noticed that stumble upon traffic readers won’t convert into regular readers. So, its not important traffic.

  4. Steven on January 19th, 2009 10:19 am

    I have seen a positive result from Stubling.

  5. Hamdani Amin on January 19th, 2009 11:18 am

    Great tips. I trying to get as much subscriber as possible. Those subscriber will determine the number constant traffic you going to receive.

  6. SBA on January 19th, 2009 11:38 am

    These are great tips and logical steps for effectively using StumbleUpon. I like to the stress the fact that by stumbling other sites you can learn so much, even on topics like promotion and traffic that it’s worth the time spent. Unfortunately, unless your posts are geared at a generic StumbleUpon audiences, traffic spikes must come from your network of friends and their friends and so on… Often that is mostly reciprocal return of favor and doesn’t lead to subscribers. Most SU traffic views one page and they’re off again. That’s why most folks use SU for personal reading, not commenting, not subscribing. But any traffic is an opportunity to convert so it’s still good…

  7. Marketing Business Review on January 20th, 2009 2:49 am

    Hi Xavier,

    I agree with you StumbleUpon can be a good traffic generator and can be even better if you add friends withing StumbleUpon, The more the better.

  8. Money Academy on January 21st, 2009 2:06 pm

    StumbleUpon is one of the best social bookmarking sites so you will gain much if you make much friends there .

  9. Prasanna on January 25th, 2009 1:55 am

    Yes. I do agree. Stumbleupon is one of the best bookmarking sites that I have come across. Mutual co-operation plays a very vital role here. As you said, if we keep on just reviewing our own posts, they will ban you from using Stumbleupon. This is one important thing to keep in mind for a Stumbleupon newbie.

  10. Gennaro on February 5th, 2009 10:49 pm

    Big step is not being selfish. Help other with their posts and it will eventually come back to you.

  11. Ajith Edassery | Blog Money on February 11th, 2009 9:41 pm

    Nice post on SU. I personally feel that StumbleUpon is rather a lifestyle and one great channel to maximize the traffic. However, if you do it too often or if SU traffic is very high it can actually impact the quality of traffic negatively.

    Usually SU traffic doesn’t convert much :) I also feel that they didn’t make it a big success with respect to Stumble Upon ads.

    I still would like to receive it once in a while :lol: like once in two weeks or so.

  12. ian on March 20th, 2009 9:26 am

    I once got 100 traffic from SU. Tried it again I got none. Don’t know what happen. I see you haven’t post in two months. What happen?

  13. Ciel on March 27th, 2009 9:49 pm

    I appreciate the information on SU. This was exactly the answer I was looking for. I am giving SU a try for the first time. I will let you know my feedback. Thanks again. Keep posting!

  14. Simon on March 29th, 2009 3:05 am

    Social bookmarking site is very useful in promoting websites, my blog significantly increase in traffic after i embed a addthis plugin in the blog.

    Stumble upon is one of my favorite social bookmarking site as well.

  15. Web design SEO on June 18th, 2009 10:48 am

    However instead of suggesting you the old school method “provide value to your members” and some sort of useless stuff,I’m going to give you a brand new way to drive traffic.

  16. Launch Tree Review on June 20th, 2009 12:51 am

    StumbleUpon is rather a lifestyle and one great channel to maximize the traffic. However, if you do it too often or if SU traffic is very high it can actually impact the quality of traffic negatively.

  17. Angel Art on June 23rd, 2009 4:40 pm

    I have removed the stumbleupon toolbar but the websites I stumbled still exist when I type words in my search box. Where are these website stored? I deleted cookies and they still exist. What can I do?

  18. Launch Tree Review on July 16th, 2009 5:49 am

    That’s why most folks use SU for personal reading, not commenting, not subscribing. But any traffic is an opportunity to convert so it’s still good…

  19. Bachelor Degree on July 29th, 2009 5:08 am

    StumbleUpon is great but have to be done regularly, only then it gives better result.

  20. buy domain names on September 17th, 2009 3:01 pm

    I am not a fan of hub pages .I tried stumbleupon over a year ago,got a burst of traffic for a few days.

  21. Web design SEO on October 8th, 2009 10:06 am

    You can also comment on popular blogs like John Chow’s or Joel Comm’s that allow linkbacks to your URL. Do a Yahoo Search.

  22. used tires on November 1st, 2009 3:28 pm

    Stumble Upon Traffic is pretty good, if you are able to get enough people to thumbs up your website consistently =D

    Till then,

    Jean

  23. Web design SEO on November 2nd, 2009 3:23 pm

    My blog RFourBiz has been online for about one year but the traffic and page rank is too low. What can I do to increase blog traffic fast?

  24. Web design SEO on December 2nd, 2009 12:08 pm

    Hey nice blog friend..it’s a little bit simple, maybe you should make the page more complex.

  25. Web design SEO on February 1st, 2010 7:54 am

    I just made a sports blog and am having trouble getting traffic. I have downloaded the StumbleUpon toolbar and summited my site. I think i have decent info to keep sports fans updated. Any suggestions on how i can get traffic to my blog? Thanks

  26. Marksteve on February 15th, 2010 1:23 am

    It is great to used the stumbleupon to create a dazzling and prolific traffic. I really appreciate this comment.

  27. used tires on May 2nd, 2010 4:31 am

    I’ve recommended Stumbleupon to some friends lately and they’re finding it to be quite useful. :)

    Till then,

    Jean

  28. Web design SEO on May 7th, 2010 2:33 am

    I recently upgraded my system and lost my bookmarks from stumbleupon. I really miss the amazing videos I thumbed upped. Can anyone help?

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