Is StumbleUpon effective?

12 years ago

I believe anything that gives you exposure can be effective, all depends what you do with it. You need to know techniques to use. It's a combination of many little things.

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BrightBlueSkies

12 years ago

It certainly can be. Depends what you're trying to accomplish though. It's not going to be high converting traffic but can help you go viral if you have an interesting post.

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bluewaveseo

12 years ago

I struggle with social media as well. I don't get Twitter at all but I guess it's
necessary these days....

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Thohir Wijaya

12 years ago

I think fb and pinterest is more effective

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pkarl 12 years ago

Originally Posted by Thohir Wijaya

I think fb and pinterest is more effective

Agree with you because currently there are billion of user are coming from this two sites only so this is the great way to get more traffic from this two site only.
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littledan 11 years ago

Originally Posted by Thohir Wijaya

I think fb and pinterest is more effective

I like Pinterest too, but I much prefer Twitter to Facebook. I just find Facebook has so many damn bells and whistles that I haven't got a clue what to do for the best. Where as Twitter and Pinterest are so much more easier to use.

I always prefer simplicity over complexity when it comes to social media simply because, for it to be effective I need to do it on a daily basis, and the easier it is to use the more likely I can incorporate it into my daily marketing routine.
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brutecky

12 years ago

You would see much better conversion rates by using something like Facebook where you can interact with your fans and build a following.

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SeoMarketingPorgram

12 years ago

Facebook, Twitter & Pinterest are more effective for Marketing

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xpesos

12 years ago

I think there is not road map for Stumbleupon
Once i have was desperate getting traffic from stumbleupon i started submitting content from my various sites, tried different techniques and no use
Recently one of my websites got viral on stumbleupon received like 2K visitors in a day and it lasted for 3 days
And i had never submitted my site to stumbleupon, so it is just hit and trial or just luck

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sukhdeep 12 years ago

Yes, of course.
Stumbleupon is effective social media website.but if we compare with Facebook.Then FB will be on the top and more effective social media platform.
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12 years ago

We are just around facebook, twitter and instagram. There are a lot of other social media website which give a great expoisure if we use them properly and according to audience requirements.

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bluewolf

12 years ago

I found stumbleupon complicated...

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p4laddi

12 years ago

in can generate traffic but tends to be untargetted. Twitter is best for targetted traffic as you are directly relating to your followers who are already aware of your brand.

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spwerewolf

12 years ago

Stumbleupon is definitely effective, because it helps generate back links and sharing to social network integration is definitely something that Google likes. So i would say Stumbleupon is definitely good !4

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ebreut

12 years ago

I think it is effective, but of course not as much as Twitter, Facebook or Pinterest.

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Cray

12 years ago

I tried it once and it gave me very little traffic.

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TLH Media Mktg

12 years ago

StumbleUpon Paid Discovery often has a pretty good stick rate if you're in the right niche. However, Stumblers aren't big of fans of marketing sites, same with Reddit and the like, but humor/taboo content is up their alley, along with informative content, especially "life hacks" and psychology-related stuff.

The difference between StumbleUpon's advertising system and something like Facebook, is that you will not actually be creating advertisements. You are paying to have your content served up more frequently when the site's users hit that Stumble button. This means that people are taken directly to your page, without having to click anything. And thatmeans that you don't have to spend any time coming up with attention-grabbing graphics and copy that fit into a pre-determined ad size.

So, Paid Discovery might be the way to go to drive traffic to your site depending on the niche.

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solihullF 12 years ago

Yes it is one the famous bookmarking sites that helps you create bookmarks which in turn generates traffic
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sherinthomas

12 years ago

Stumbleupon not effective as twitter and facebook but you can get more traffic to your website from it.

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patadeperro

12 years ago

Yes it is effective, but you need to understand the mental frame of the people browsing Stumble upon as the name says it, they are just looking for "whatever" they are bored and just Stumble pages furtheremore in order to get the best of this site your content needs to be enternaining, funny, etc... if you are in a very technical field or trying to educate people definitely this is not the channel to do so.

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aytrading

12 years ago

Its very effective because when a stumbleupon story is liked by many users, the story is served to more people. That why having some dedicated followers helps, and also paid exposures and social networks like shareyt can help a lot

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baroodkhan

12 years ago

i think it is of no use.

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ibarena

12 years ago

I might echo what others have said. But two important points as per my experience:

a. Do I get traffic from stumbleUpon? Yes
b. Do they convert? No. It is nothing compared to FB and twitter.

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TheMillionairesLife

12 years ago

It can be ok. But only for PPC.

that site works mainly on popularity of the site pages that people submit, and things like product promotions is not something that people are willing to share on that platform.

When you are into making top10 lists, or relevant news articles about something. And you throw in some adsense ads, that is where the fun starts with stumbleupon..

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Aussie_Al

12 years ago

I have seen some great results using stumble upon for some of my niches and ZERO for plenty of others

It really depends - however if you have content that fits one of their many niches - what does it hurt to submit it there too?

Its just another avenue to drive traffic to your content

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manters2000 12 years ago

My website traffic is increasing slightly because of the pages I added to Stumbleupon. However, those traffic does not produce conversion though...
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jessiem

12 years ago

I don't think so. I'd rather pick Pinterest than Stumbleupon..

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guardforceuk

12 years ago

It gives traffic but not upto the mark like facebook , twitter and pintrest....

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kevin timothy

12 years ago

I find StumbleUpon to be a waste of time (generally).
The content is rarely ever categorized properly, and
there are a lot of GIFs, jokes, and other nonsense to
be found.

Every once in a while I'd find something resourceful,
but you'll really have to weed through the mess.

As for using the StumbleUpon mobile app that's a
whole different animal. I ended up uniinstalling
within two weeks of being patient.

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Lisa Paule 12 years ago

I never had success with Stumble Upon till I launched a quotes website in November. in Dec I started stumbling some of the quotes from my website, and some of the quotes went viral, one quote actually attracted 22K visitors.

Then I decided to try adsense and see if the traffic would make me any money. The conversations were terrible, but I did make over $100 in December. It's money I wouldn't have been able to make.

For a new site, I really can't complain. So, I am loving Stumble Upon right now . . . I still need to figure out how to properly use Twitter and Facebook
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RetireWithMel

12 years ago

Originally Posted by seojim

To be honest I've never understood StumbleUpon and it's audience.

Is it still a relevant social media site? Should I be targeting that in addition to FB, Twitter, etc?

Is there a best approach if you've never used it before? Are paid ads effective?

I believe that if you are consistent with any social media site, you will get favorable results. The problem is that you don't have time to really engage in all of them successfully to really pull the leads that you desire. So I say, test the social media sites that you enjoy the most and track your results and then focus on those. My favorite, hands down is YouTube, Facebook and LinkedIn.

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tarungupta

12 years ago

It depends upon how are you using StumbleUpon? In my opinion, it is one of the best & valuable SMO website.

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PeterParkar035

12 years ago

Stumble upon is very effective, it helps you in gaining traffic to your website. Also the other social media sites are also very useful.

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yoangov

12 years ago

With social media it's all about the niche. Some things work, others just don't. As people previously stated, FB Twitter and Pinterest are better for market.

I must also add YouTube, as rankings your videos for certain keywords is incredibly easy.

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alxtatik

12 years ago

I've been bookmarking my sites for years on StumbleUpon and only last week did I finally hit it big with over 2,000+ visitors to my site.

I did nothing different than what I normally do just made a post on my site and simply bookmarked it on Stumbleupon.

After that my next post that I bookmarked also continues to get over 2,000 views but the traffic like a lot of others have said is not as good quality as FB and twitter.

But I will continue to use it because even though my traffic didn't stay at 2,000 visits a day it certainly increased my average visits from 20-30 a day to 150-200 per day.

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st0nec0ld

12 years ago

I believe StumbleUpon is more of a social bookmarking site and not a social media site.

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Moneymaker2012

12 years ago

Hello,
I think Facebook,Rediff, Pinterest and Digg are effective but it all about your stuff would be interesting and effective.

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JackBies

12 years ago

Originally Posted by seojim

To be honest I've never understood StumbleUpon and it's audience.

Is it still a relevant social media site? Should I be targeting that in addition to FB, Twitter, etc?

Is there a best approach if you've never used it before? Are paid ads effective?

Instagram is Rockin' now! I checked the cool FREE training on it and it doesn't matter what you're promoting it can help you.

Anyways, it doesn't sell anything so it make sense to go through it and use theses techniques.

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Deepak Kaushik

12 years ago

At Present, Stumbleupon is very effective. But you have to add your website page passionately and in appropriate category. And also after submitting you have to share for voting.

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Edwardwilliam74

12 years ago

I think StumbleUpon is very effective because there is lots of people who visits regularly on StumbleUpon.

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NetCram

12 years ago

StumbleUpon still works. Doesn't hart just to make an account. You don't even have to use it really. If your site is awesome you may get the chance that your site can go viral. or at least a few extra hits a day.

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SethLogan

11 years ago

It's better for ideas and inspiration

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buysociallikeb

11 years ago

Of course. Because you can get targeted visitor, if your share and follow others people.

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alxtatik

11 years ago

I use it to bookmark one of my movie sites and I get a small trickle of traffic.

However, there was one post that happened to be on a day there was an eclipse and the film just happened to be called Luna, which is moon in Spanish. Anyway, I had no idea that this was happening but I got a massive traffic spike in the 1,000-2,000 range that lasted a couple days. I've never been able to duplicate that again.

So, I think it can be very effective to send traffic to your sites but you have to be very selective and strategic with what you bookmark.

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mindtricks18

11 years ago

StumbleUpon is an effective way to reach a large, enthusiastic audience. StumbleUpon has carved out a growing niche of devotees & casual users large enough to draw attention from marketers both big & small.

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vikashthakur

11 years ago

Facebook, Twitter,StumbleUpon & Pinterest are more effective for Social Media Marketing, Because you can get More visitor.

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postschiffeonline

11 years ago

StumbleUpon is the best social networking site.

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hostingexcel

11 years ago

If you either have a flash game or some catchy type of picture

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solvemyhow

11 years ago

Hello,
StumbleUpon is great for getting online traffic. But, to get traffic from stumbleupon is really difficult. You have to spend hours and keep on clicking stumbleupon button, to give up vote or down vote. Then and then only they will send traffic to your site.

Instead use pinterest and reddit.

They both are pretty good and gives you more traffic than stumbleUpon.

Hope this helps !

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markeeter

11 years ago

Yup Stumble Upon is great because a lot of people are using it, and it can get you lots of good traffic. Ofcourse you shouldn't put all your eggs in one basket. Its effective, but it can't compete with Facebook, Twitter, or Google +

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