Stumbleupon

[sjr66]

Are there any advantages of doing this.

[sadiessay-so]

Originally Posted by ghing

I just received an email from stumbleupon to verify my email address...

anyone received their verification URL?...

I think I did... I don't remember honestly...

Originally Posted by sjr66

Are there any advantages of doing this.

The biggest advantage is that there is a change that people will "stumble" onto your page, giving you traffic and possibly regular readers. People also have the chance to review your blog by writing a review on the Stumble page, or by adding a ranking to it. It's also just a great way to pass time and find new blogs to read!

[blogenhancingtips]

Here is the best way to get the most out of stumbleupon:

• Make sure to go through and find people that stumble web sites like your own blog
  
• Make sure to go through and find people that have blogs that are similar to yours and comment on their blogs. Use your stumble upon Web address as your URL when you are commenting.
  
• Make sure to download the stumbleupon toolbar so that you can thumb things up really easy.
  
• If you thumb something up and the discovery window pops up, then make sure to write a review for that blog posts. When writing a review try to at least write three sentences. People like to know what the blog post is about before they go to the page. So other users will really like you if you give them more information so that they do not always have to go to the page.
  
• If you see that someone else has submitted one of your blog posts make sure to thumb up that same post. That will get you more traffic to your blog. You can watch and see if your page gets stumbled by looking at your stats a couple of times a day.
  
• Make sure after four or five days to send a thank you to each one of the users that stumbled your posts. It cannot hurt you to let people know you appreciate their stumbles. Plus it is always good karma for yourself.
  
• For the people that stumbled your blog posts, make sure to try and go to their blog and stumble some of their best blog posts. People will usually do the same for you and of course it is good karma for yourself.
  
• And of course you can always add a stumbleupon button at the top or bottom of each post. This will make it more likely that your readers or visitors will stumble or your post.

Maybe I should just do a miniguide to stumbleupon on my blog.

[blogenhancingtips]

Of course, you can get tons of traffic to your blog if you do it right. Look at my post above.

Originally Posted by sjr66

Are there any advantages of doing this.

[abhbah05]

Thank you so much for spelling it out for me. I really really needed it. Repped

[axedbydax]

Now that's what i call as fu**'n spam! MOD alert!...This guy surely doesnt know what is meant by decent posting and commenting.!!!I hate this ppl!!

[sjr66]

Thanks for the info. Every bit of information is helpful.

[blogenhancingtips]

Hopefully you can relax now since it has been removed.

Originally Posted by axedbydax

Now that's what i call as fu**'n spam! MOD alert!...This guy surely doesnt know what is meant by decent posting and commenting.!!!I hate this ppl!!

[edyst3]

stumble upon is a good tool to get traffic. Make sure to read their rule before you promote a site. If you brake their rules, your account will be frozen...

[IronBlogger]

Stumble Upon is a gold mine for traffic as long as you use it properly.

It is recommended that you get into the habit of using the toolbar daily, and not just for the sole intention of getting traffic to your blog. If you use it as it was intended your account will slowly gain reputation. The more reputation you have the better off your traffic will be.

You have to make sure that you are also submitting your best content. Stumble Upon users love pages that have beautiful pictures and great content that they will find useful.

If you would like a few more tips on Getting More Thumbs Up On Stumble Upon, then you can check out the post I wrote. In this post I go over 10 tips to help you increase you votes. These techniques really work and should not be doubted.

I have also written an introductory post about Getting Started With Stumble Upon on my blog as well. Be sure to check it out if you are new to this amazing social network.

Be sure to every page that has at least valued you in any way. Don't be afraid to submit new pages as well. It is far better to add new content to the Stumble Upon database then to just give votes to existing pages that are there already.

Hope that has helped you out at least a little bit.