Stumbling
What is StumbleUpon?
StumbleUpon is a social bookmarkingsite that is driven by a community of users who share links to online content (such as blog posts) they enjoy.
How does it work?
- Go to stumbleupon.com.
- Sign up for free and share your interests.
- Download the “Stumble!” toolbar for your web browser.
- Start stumbling!
There are several free tools available to businesses interested in utilizing StumbleUpon. While each tool serves a slightly different purpose, the goal is to make it easier for StumbleUpon users to add, rate and share your content so that you can grow your site traffic and build ongoing engagement with your audience.
- StumbleUpon Badges: Add a badge to your site by copying and pasting a few lines of code and drive traffic as visitors use your Badge to Like your page and share it through Twitter and Facebook. (This is similar to Pinterest)
- StumbleUpon Widgets: Create a personalized Widget by copying and pasting a few lines of code and encourage your audience to continue browsing through your site as they view your site’s top rated content on StumbleUpon.
Your business can choose to use the ad platform — Paid Discovery, which lets users surf the best of the web by “stumbling” to sites that match their interests, simply by hitting a button on their browser or mobile device.
With Paid Discovery, your URL becomes part of that stream. This means the right audience lands directly on it, just when they’re in the mindset to discover something new.
There are a lot of tips for using StumbleUpon to promote your content; here are just a few:
- Don’t just vote for yourself.
- Concentrate on quality.
- Make your avatar stand out.
- Write for above the scroll.
- Make friends with other Stumblers.
