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Social Bookmarking:How To Get Massive Traffic From Stumbleupon

By Annette Lode

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Published: 07Nov2009
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Many marketers invest thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours generating traffic to their websites. Often, the expense of acquiring the traffic is much more than the meagre income made from the site itself.

Aside from the standard traffic generation methods, there are additional Web 2.0 methods you can use to enhance your visits.

One site in particular has the ability to make substantial amounts of traffic rapidly.

This site is Stumbleupon.com. It has a large following of people who are can't think of what else to do. The basic premise is that you find a site you think is appealing (you Stumbled Upon it) and submit it to Stumbleupon.

Visitors to Stumbleupon can look through the sites other people have found. Votes from visitors determine how often it is viewed.

Stumbleupon appeals to people who want to see what other people are up to. People can see what other people are doing and vote - something which is becoming ingrained into out culture.

In order for your site to do well on Stumbleupon it must be the kind of site that people will want to pass on and recommend. Sales letters don't tend to do very well, but controversial or contrarian articles do. Anything that is cute, funny or entertaining will do well.

This may be an article, a video, or anything of a similar ilk. Whatever you decide upon must be of interest to your market. Combining a major event or news subject with your subject can give it more interest to your potential buyers. With a bit of planning, this can be done.

It is better for you if someone else does the first Stumbleupon. This could be a friend, family or an outsourcer. They will need some space separated tags as well as a description and to know which category to place it in for you.

After the initial Stumble, it needs other people to also Stumble it to say they like it. This helps get more views and starts a viral effect. Place a Stumbleupon button on your website in order to make it straightforward for visitors to vote.

Stumbleupon can send you thousands of visitors in a day with an article with wide ranging appeal. This is a powerful site you must be incorporating into your business strategy. With the traffic potential from this site, you are missing out on valuable backlinks and massive amounts of traffic if you are not using it.

Learn more about social bookmarking techniques by visiting: http://www.easycash4life.com/ Arthor: Annette Lode

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