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I went 'viral' on stumbleupon

by Jan79
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Hey guys,

I actually promote my site on Facebook, Google plus and Pinterest but for some reason my article went viral on stumbleupon. I got about 6000 stumbles in just a few days but now it has seem to stopped climbing. Does this mean some popular stumbler who has a large following shared my link? Cause it made me interested in stumbleupon as a traffic source Anyone have good experience with this?
#stumbleupon #viral
  • Profile picture of the author Amanda Russell
    The same thing happened to me. One of my posts went bonkers on Stumbleupon, and Hostgator almost shut me down! I think that if you get a certain number of likes for your post, then it gets on the front page of that category, if you see what I mean.
    Although the traffic is nice, stumblers don't seem to hang around or share. If there is anyway to encourage them to look further ( apart from having excellent content, of course!) I would love to know!
    I get constant traffic from them, but it is rarely profitable.
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  • Profile picture of the author Jan79
    Well luckily I have a great webhoster, so I won't be having that problem But for me it would be worth it to get a constant stream of traffic as it's a great way to promote my content. But it does seem that they only hang around on the stumbled post and don't continue elsewhere on the website.
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  • Profile picture of the author SDsurfer
    That's cool. It's always neat when something like that happens. Unfortunately StumbleUpon traffic isn't so hot in terms of conversions... but it's a good start!
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  • Profile picture of the author markeeter
    Arghh must be awesome to have a windfall gain like that, was there anything special about that post. Perhaps try the same strategy with another post, and see if it happens again.
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    • Profile picture of the author WebOutGateway
      Originally Posted by markeeter View Post

      Arghh must be awesome to have a windfall gain like that, was there anything special about that post. Perhaps try the same strategy with another post, and see if it happens again.
      I agree with this. There must be something really really special with that posts. Also, i guess it's something to do with the content. People wouldn't care unless it's really a awesome content.
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    • Profile picture of the author Jan79
      Originally Posted by markeeter View Post

      Arghh must be awesome to have a windfall gain like that, was there anything special about that post. Perhaps try the same strategy with another post, and see if it happens again.
      Well I did do my best to make it awesome It's part of my strategy of creating long, interesting posts that really help out on a certain subject. My English is not the best, but I think it's good enough to be informative in the travel niche I'm in.
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