Hi
everyone ... Have
you visited StumbleUpon yet? You might want
to very soon because ......
It was announced last week that "StumbleUpon"
is the number one social network for referring traffic
to our websites! Now that's a good reason to want
to know more about it and why it's the topic of this
week's mailing!
StumbleUpon is based upon a very simple
platform. You choose what your personal
interests are and then multiple websites are delivered
to you (only when in "active mode" on the
site) for "discovering" new sources of info.
Active mode is initiated by clicking on the
"Stumble!" button which you can find on the
site and/or by downloading a toolbar that sits under
your address bar on your browser.
Along
the way you can rate each site with a thumbs-up or a
thumbs-down sign. As sites are continually rated with
a "thumbs-up," the page is delivered to more
and more StumbleUpon users.
StumbleUpon also allows you to “add” new sites. In your regular time on the
internet you might find a site (like your own) that you think would interest other people. Just
give it a "thumbs up" from your toolbar and it will be submitted to the SU
database. If the site is "new" to the database you will see this
window:
Fill
out the form. Personalize with a title and a brief description of the page. You can then categorize this into any one of the categories listed and you can tag it with whatever appropriate tags would benefit
visitors. Once the site is in the system, people will begin stumbling and learning more about the site you submitted.
How easy is this? Pretty cool, I'd say. Here
are some ways to maximize it for "your business"
success.
| Personalize
Your Member/Profile Page |
Upload
a picture, tell people who you are (fill out the “General” section), and share with the community what you like (the “Interests” section). If people are browsing the user community, they’ll get a truer sense of who you are. |
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Join
Communities Relating To Your Business
Interests |
| Join targeted communities so that the traffic
delivered to you is what you
want. As mentioned above, you’ll also be able to contribute similar pages to the StumbleUpon engine so that they are added. If your page relates to these groups, they will be served to the group members. You can join up to 63 groups
listed under numerous major
categories. |
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| Befriend
Other SU People Who Have Similar
Interests. |
Adding friends whose pages interest you means that they will likely appreciate the pages that you’re submitting as well. It grows into a mutual relationship.
With the StumbleUpon network, you can have up to 200
friends ... nice element as no
overwhelm. Who likes that? |
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| Stumble
Often! |
Just submitting and stumbling upon a single page doesn’t bode well for your reputation, and
active users will take notice of this. Stumble frequently. If people like the pages you’ve stumbled upon or submitted, you’ll
be rated high in the community.
Just saying ... :-) |
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| Label
& Tag Your Submitted Pages
Appropriately |
When you tag your new submissions, be relevant. Pertinent tags will bring you the most targeted traffic from the users who specifically have expressed an interest in the topic you are
providing content for. If you include
lots of keywords (and tags) that don’t relate to your site, your popularity (if any) will be short lived
as the thumbs-down button gets pressed.
Keep in mind that once the page is submitted, tags can be added and removed by the
"stumbling " members (which is an
quality indication that they’re visiting the site!) |
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My Personal Recommendation:
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| Go to the site and try it out. It takes clicking a few
buttons to find your way around comfortable, but worth the discovery
time. You should also know that unlike other social networks where you
can go and simply add a posting and spend very little time .....StumbleUpon
should be accessed when you have some time to explore and look at new sites and
of course add your own suggestions. |
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| And,
bottom line ... |
If you want "your" website to be discovered and
seen by more people, using StumbleUpon will get that mission accomplished,
"if" you make a fair contribution back!
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