StumbleUpon 101: What It Is & Why Bloggers Need to Use It

Christie CronanRaisingWhasians.com

@RaisingWhasians

StumbleUpon the OutlineWhat the HECK is StumbleUpon?

Why Should Bloggers Care?

Understanding the Lingo

The No-Nos

Tips to Go Viral

Takeaways

How to Use StumbleUpon

What the HECK is StumbleUpon

Why Should Bloggers Care?

30 million active monthly users [1]

Pageviews

UNIQUE Traffic

Going Viral

New Life to Old Posts

FREE!

Founded in 2001 – before Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn

Understanding the LingoYour Profile

http://stumbleupon.com/stumbler/YOURNAME

Understanding the LingoDiscovery

Adding a new link to the database

Understanding the Lingo“Thumbing Up” or Liking

• Liking a page already in the database

Stumbling• Clicking the Stumble Button• “I’m Feeling Lucky”

“Thumbing Down” or Disliking• Telling the database that YOU don’t want

to see this• Because StumbleUpon wants to make you

happy• Report spam, block sites, customize

Understanding the LingoCategories

• 100s• Some have more followers than others• http://stumbleupon.com/discover/interests• Avoid “uncategorized”

Lists• Organized place for your “likes” or posts

Sharing• Where the “social” part comes in

How to Use StumbleUpon

Become a Stumbler

Download the StumbleUpon Toolbar

Discover/Like/Stumble/Share Regularly

Bookmark the StumbleUpon Help Centerhttps://getsatisfaction.com/stumbleupon_help_center

The No-NosDiscovering your own content

“Ghost Banning”

Using only support threads

Creating uninteresting content

Having unrealistic expectations

Tips to Go ViralCreate GREAT Content

Insert a Stumble button on your site

Discover/Like/Stumble/Share Regularly

Mix it up

Have patience

Key TakeawaysStumbleUpon is a FREE and easy way to gain new readership.

New Bloggers

Join StumbleUpon

Complete your profile

Start Stumbling!

Seasoned Bloggers

Use StumbleUpon everyday

Play fairly

Add a button to your site

GO VIRAL

Reference[1] http://www.thesocialmediahat.com/active-users

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