Tuesday, 9 October 2012
What Is StumbleUpon? One Amazing Marketing Tool!
I'm on a few email lists and this article came through today that really brought it home about StumbleUpon. Even as long as it's been around, people new to marketing still may ask, 'Well, what is StumbleUpon?'
According to SU's own website...
"We help you easily discover new and interesting stuff on the Web. Tell us what you like, and we'll introduce you to amazing web pages, videos, photos and more that you wouldn't have found on your own.
"As you Stumble through great web pages, tell us whether you Like or Dislike our recommendations so we can show you more of what's best for you. We'll show you web pages based on that feedback as well as what similar Stumblers and the people you follow have Liked or Disliked.
Our members have given us some pretty great compliments in the past, including describing us as "the entire Internet, all in one place," "an epic journey" and "a map to an adventure you wouldn't otherwise have found out about.
Whether you're interested in Humor, Photography, Fashion or Sports, we have something for you. Every Stumble is an adventure, and something amazing is always just a click away."
Personally, I love StumbleUpon for bookmarking my articles and other things out on the 'Net that I think other people might enjoy. And what's really cool about SU is that for as long as they've been around, they haven't made any substantial changes like most other social media sites out there.
As Chris Crum, Staff Writer for WebProNews says in his article "Read This, And Tell Me StumbleUpon Isn't An Amazing Marketing Tool"...
"Some things don't change. StumbleUpon, after all these years, can still be a great driver of traffic to your website, despite how little it has changed in comparison to other social services. Think about how much Facebook has changed over the years, or even Twitter.
"StumbleUpon is certainly a different kind of beast, but each of these products is used by people to consume information, and even if StumbleUpon's primary appeal isn't necessarily the social element, that element is there, and it has helped make StumbleUpon one powerful force for content producers."
And this is so true! As far as social media and social bookmarking sites like Digg, Reddit, Pinterest, Google +1, Delicious and even Facebook, whenever I bookmark my articles to StumbleUpon, I get more traffic from that one source than all the others put together. When it comes to driving traffic to your site or blog, SU is a "beast" indeed!
So if you haven't already started to do so, add social bookmarking to your To-Do List for places to submit your articles, and be sure to include StumbleUpon on the top of your list!
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