StumbleMarketing
What is StumbleUpon?
StumbleUpon is a social website that enables web users to create short cuts to web sites they use. Instead of searching for specific items on search engines like Google, StumbleUpon users tag specific personal or professional interests and then ‘channel surf’ the web by simply clicking on a button on Stumble Upon tool bar which randomly redirectes to specific websites which compy with their list of interests. Users can then choose to tag the webpage they are on or give it a ‘thumbs up‘ or ‘thumbs down‘ to indicate if they want to see it again. Users can also use the Stumble Upon toolbar as a form of social bookmarking. By surfing the web and tagging or submitting specific websites, each user can keep track of which websites they like and share it with others.
How to get started with Stumble Upon?
You can get started by installing the toolbar, which is compatible with I.E. and Firefox at Stumble Upon’s website. After which, you can check to see if your website is already listed on Stumble Upon. You can do this by visiting this page and typing in your site’s URL. If your website is not listed, you can start using your newly installed toolbar to tag and review it by clicking on the blue thumbs up symbol which has “I like it!” next to it. This will open a pop-up panel which allows you to categorize your website, write a short description and tag with specific keywords. Following which, your website will be included in Stumble Upon’s database and will show up when other users with interests similar to your tags use the Stumble Upon toolbar to surf the internet.
Why you should use Stumble Upon for marketing
Stumble Upon is known for its ability to generate massive amounts of traffic to a specific webpage or website that’s been stumbled. If you just wrote a great article or created a website which offered creative and useful content, you’ll want as many eyeballs on it as possible.
Once your website gets ’stumbled’, it will usually immediately immediatelly receive visitors from all over the world.
This allows you:
- Generate exposure for a specific website, brand or concept.
- Establish a reader base for a blog.
- Gain backlinks from StumbleUpon visitors with websites.
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