How to Effectively Increase Traffic Through Stumbleupon

I think I have good articles, but they just don't seem to get started very well. Do you have any ideas? As I stated before StumbleUpon is a social networking site. So far all you have learned about StumbleUpon is how to add content. While that was a huge part of it, you won't get very far without the social aspect of StumbleUpon. The more positive votes you receive the more views so what a better way to get your articles past that first hump where you have to receive some thumbs up quickly. Your friends will usually help you out by giving you a thumbs up and a positive review. By receiving just five friends thumbs up votes you can successfully increase your traffic to a level that if it is any good, should take care of itself. I've found articles to succeed greatly after I get the first few thumbs up votes. Remember without friends you have potentially three hundred or less Stumblers to receive these crucial thumbs up votes. The key to success is friendship.

None of my friends in real life use StumbleUpon. I'm having troubles finding a friend on StumbleUpon. How do I get them? Good question. I can say that probably 95% of the people that read this far into the article are a writer, have you own blog, or are a webmaster, or hope to become of the following. With that being said I think it would be fair to say you are in fact creating the content they are Stumbling onto. There are two ways I use to effectively start a successful friendship on StumbleUpon. The first is thing is that I'm sure you have content you've submitted before, but if not start off by submitting a few of your articles. Anybody who gives you a thumbs up, if you get them, you go to their profile and add them as a friend.

After you do this, you send them a message saying you wrote the article they enjoyed, and then maybe ask them a question like how could I improve my content. Unless you want to be blunt and flat out ask them to be your friend, you have to simply keep in touch with them until they do. This means ending each reply with a question so they will for sure have something to say in a reply. Anybody who becomes your fan, add them as your friend and make it a mutual friendship. You must message your friends so they get to know you a bit better as they are more likely to help you out then versus the only contact between you and them is sending them links. Lastly add anybody who adds you. They like your work, or are fishing for friends. Either way, you've added another friend who can potentially help you bring traffic to your site. Keeping my advice in mind, what do you think I'd do if you became my fan? You will then have a friend right there to help you with your questions about StumbleUpon. Take it or leave it.

I've got some friends, I've got the good content, and I am successfully submitting content into appropriate areas, am I ready to go? Basically, yes. There isn't much more that I know of to it than that. As you use it more and more you will learn small tricks that may help you in the long run, as well as increase your friendships. Naturally the long you are on the site, the more friends you'll make which in turn means more potential thumbs up votes. Keep in mind the term friend. Don't abuse them by spamming them with link after link, day after day. I wouldn't want to be your friend. You don't need to tell them to give you a thumbs up vote, they are your friend they'll be light hearted on the article, and usually will give you that thumbs up. A good rule of common courtesy would be to maybe ask them to visit one or two of your sites per every ten messages you send them. You'll get to know them, and your friendship won't be based on thumbs up votes. Also don't forget to check out content they discovered.

I am running an experiment to see the potential traffic StumbleUpon can bring you. I will post results, but so far the help of the StumbleUpon community hasn't been as successful as I'd hoped. Only seven have helped out. Please check out the experiment and maybe help out. The StumbleUpon Experiment 2.0. Spread the word about successfully using StumbleUpon by giving this a thumbs up and making a new friend. As a side note to all viewers please do not submit this site to StumbleUpon. If the screen comes up to submit it, cancel out and come back later to give it your thumbs up.