StumbleUpon Marketing – Traffic Machine
Another example of Web 2.0 marketing: Well, for one StumbleUpon can give you massive amounts of traffic quite instantly if you knew how to do it properly. Moreover, because it is relatively free to join, you can be sure that it is one of the best no cost methods for generating more visitors to your website.
Social networking sites such as Myspace, Facebook,Digg and StumbleUpon are all great sources of traffic and they are gaining popularity very, very quickly. Just to give you a brief overview a good introduction would be necessary so we can both get acquainted about StumbleUpon.
StumbleUpon was founded back in the year 2001 and started with the inspiration of 3 gentlemen. Namely, Geoff Smith, Garret Camp and last but not least Justin La France. In the very beginning all Garret would always say when it comes to StumbleUpon was that anyone could click on a button there and find some really neat stuff to feast on.
It went on to create history by getting a buyout from the world renowned – eBay. Here is how this site or tool basically works and I believe that you will get a lot out of this short explaination.
Getting Started With StumbleUpon
If you’re somewhat new to the concept on how it works then don’t fret it, we’re going to run through this quickly. Your objective with this tool is to be able to discover some interesting websites easily on your browser.
All you need to do is just to install the browser and set your preferences. After that, you can proceed to ‘Stumble’ onto different websites. Even when you ‘stumble’ on certain sites you can give your jurisdiction of what do you think about it.
Understanding How StumbleUpon Works
If you like the site then give it a thumbs up and your Stumble browser will be informed about your preferred profiles. It’s like an intelligent browser which will learn your browsing behaviour.
Likewise, if you give a thumbs down this will tell the Stumble browser that you don’t like that particular site and you won’t be getting sites similar to that. As you begin to browse and stumble onto more and more sites your browser will begin to understand in a deeper manner what you really like or dislike.
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Getting More Traffic with Web 2.0 marketing
More Web 2.0 marketing tips:
- Facebook.com – This is one of the best ways to get traffic to your blog. After creating an account, search for groups on your topic and join that group. You can join as many group and you can often add your link to the group page. The key is to not spam the group! Make sure you post quality, relevant comments that add to the group. Remember that both your name and your blog are at stake. You don’t want to get chastised for posting spam comments with links to your blog. This will really look bad for your blog and is a BIG NO-NO.
- MySpace.com – MySpace is another popular way to gain traffic and links. Post a link to your blogs in your intro or any of the other About Me modules. Start a blog through MySpace and leave reviews of your blogs as you create them. Again, the key here is to add quality content and only then other viewers will take action by visiting your blog.
- YouTube.com – It is so easy to make a video and post it on YouTube. Sign up, add your video, and insert several keywords and keyword phrases to attract viewers from search engines and YouTube searches. Add a link to your blogs and give a call to action in the video’s description. YouTube is well loved by the search engines and a great way to pick up traffic.
- Del.icio.us – Del.icio.us is a popular bookmarking service. WordPress makes using this site easy – there’s a Del.icio.us button on every blogs! Just put the relevant tags and submit it. Just in case you don’t have this buttons on your blog, you can download the plugin and install it. You can see example of it in my blog under all my post. It makes it so easy to add your links after you write a new post.
- digg.com – On digg.com, people share what they feel is the best stuff on the Net. Again WordPress has a digg.com button on each blogs. You can download the plugin if you don’t have on your blog.You might generate a little bit of traffic through digg, but the trick to getting real long-term traffic, and links from blogs that pickup on digg, is by putting up plenty of quality links and news stories. You want to digg not only your own blogs. digg whatever you consider to be the best of what the web has to offer and others will soon follow you by digging and reading your posts.
- Faves.com – Faves is a really easy way to pick up links, and it also offers a browser button. After publishing a blogs, just hit the Faves button and add it to my list. When you Fave your blogs, you can rate it, add tags and leave a review. Take note for WordPress users – If your blog is hosted by WordPress, for security reasons, you are not permitted to add JavaScript to your blog. This means that you cannot add the slick JavaScript version of “Fave It” to your blog. You can add the ‘fall-back’ version of “Fave It”, by hand, to each post, but you cannot pass the url and title parameters so the user experience is not good.
- Hubpages.com – Hubpages is a popular site where you create a Hub, which is basically an article. Within the article you can place a link to your blogs in a keyword. The key to Hubpages, is writing quality original content and not abusing the link system by over doing it. Hubpages shares their AdSense revenue with members, which is a nice perk. But just be sure that you don’t overdo with your links or your hub will get rejected. They are very particular about this but once you get the hang of it, it is a good way to get traffic to your blog.
- Reddit.com – It is very easy to add your link, a quick review, and keywords with reddit.com. Submit a link to the mix for others to vote up or down and leave comments. This site is extremely easy to use and it only takes a moment to add a link. Remember to use good keywords when submitting your link, as this helps the right people find your blogs.
- Stumbleupon.com – There is a Stumbleupon button on each blogs and you can also add Stumbleupon to your browser. Give a blogs a thumbs up or down, add keywords, and leave a comment. Stumbling your blogs can really bring in a decent amount of traffic if used effectively. You can get others to stumble your blog too. Do a stumble exchange in your group and you will see good flow of traffic to your blog. Again, if you don’t have the button on your blog, you can download the plugin and install it. It will be very useful and you will love it.
- Zimbio.com – Zimbio is great! It is very easy to submit your blogs and add it to a related group. After creating an account, you have to browse for wikizine and join before you can post your articles for others to read.You can also use your RSS feed to put your blogs on autofeed – bonus!. Search engines like Zimbio, so you should be able to expect loads of traffic coming from zimbio.
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