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Are you familiar with StumbleUpon? Until now I really did not have a cohesive understanding of what it was all about. I knew some, but very little.
Essentially it is a social media platform similar to Pinterest, in the sense that it is image driven, but it is more of a techy tool. With that being said, do not let that detour you from using it to get traffic to your blog.
Kelli, from 3 Boys and a Dog, and I had the pleasure of interviewing Annie Schultz today.We want to help you learn how to blog. Remember, no matter how old our blog there is always something new to learn.
Annie is a mom blogger who gets the majority of her traffic from StumbleUpon. She has even written an eBook about it. Today she walks us through how to use this tool to drive more traffic to our site. We managed to keep this video under 30 minutes. Yay!
Beginner Tasks for this Week:
- Install the StumbleUpon Toolbar and use it. Also, install a StumbleUpon button within your posts for readers who do not have the toolbar installed.
- Go Stumbling and discover what people are sharing on StumbleUpon. Do some liking and commenting.
- Participate with Power Stumblers.
Advanced Tasks for this Week:
- Start spending 12-20 minutes per day, 5-7 days a week on StumbleUpon sharing other people’s content and some of your content. For every 10 times you Stumble something you can Stumble one of your own posts. (I completely messed this task up in the video- we do not expect you to get on SU 5-7 times a day. It was supposed to be per week.)
- From this point on make your posts Stumble-able with great images and a great intro sentences.
- When you are discovering new posts for StumbleUpon, use hashtags and choose the option to Tweet them and Facebook them while you’re there to have activity on all three platforms without three times the work. While the hashtags are not overly effect on SU, being that you are tweeting the post out as well, that is where the hashtag will really be implemented.
Join us next week (3-26-13) at 10:00 am CST over on Google+ as we discuss Google+! Let me know if you need an invite so you can RSVP. You will need to be in either my circle or Kelli’s circle to get an invite, but we can totally make that happen for you!
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Interesting. I signed up for StumbleUpon a couple months back and thought it was completely random. I couldn’t figure out how anyone could actual control it! Thanks for the post!
Ashley- I never fully understood StumbleUpon until we had a chance to chat with Annie. I know other bloggers who get a great deal of their traffic from SU, just like Annie. I am excited to implement her pointers.
I just pinned this so I an watch it later. I have really enjoyed the series.
Thank you so much Vicky. I am so glad you’re enjoying the series.
Thank you so much everyone! I was at work and missed the live chat, but just watched and learned so much! I am happy to hear Kelli mention promoting others. I do that as often as possible and I have many time returned the favor from my blog followers!
Thanks for the great info, as always!! You are so generous with your knowledge- thank you!
This is great information! I have really struggled with how to use StumbleUpon. I’ve pinned this post so I can come back and get started!
Visiting from The Mommy Club linky!
What a great resource for fellow bloggers!! Aren’t we all trying to drive more traffic to our sites
We are starting a link up party on Thursdays (today:), and we would love for you to join us with this post and/or any others you would like to include. We are at allthingswithpurpose.com. Hope to see you there!!
Thank you for the great info about StumbleUpon. I have been using it a little bit and so it’s great to be able to understand it better. One question I have though is how do I get and receive followers? I don’t see anything to click on to do that. I really, really, really appreciate all of the time you and Kelli are putting into sharing your knowledge with me {us}. Have a great day.