I heard from reading on a forum stumbleupon may bring good number of traffic to a site. Then I did sign up with them. Apparently I didnt get a single click as seen on my stat pages. Do you think it really works? If so what to do to get some clicks from it?
My friend suggested the site to me. I guess it doesn't work for all niches? But it is good marketing in general since many of us use it.
One thing I read is average time spent on a site by stumbleupon users is 10 seconds. With that time frame I am not sure how it will help much. People wont even remember the site if they just have a peak on the site.
I've gotten traffic from Stubleupon, and here's what I've noticed: It comes in bunches, and it rarely converts. Like webcosmo said, people don't stick around for long. If you ever used Stumbleupon yourself for leisurely surfing, you'll see why. Nine times out of ten, when you are using it you are bored and are just clicking through sites without much direction. To me, it's a great way to build up some links (there are threads here where you can get on a list of stumbleupon users' friends lists), and that never hurts. It WILL drive traffic if you have an article there that people like, but my experience is that this traffic is tough to convert.
I agree. Its mainly shock value (so to speak). You get a huge amount of visitors in the first few days, then it dies out. Very few conversions as well.
The above mirrors what I see as well. I get a good amount of Stumbleupon traffic every once in a while but people don't stick around for long. That being said though in my mind any traffic is good traffic. The more people that see your site, the more they will remember it and they more likely they are to come back when they really want to use it. The general Stumbleupon user is just a casual browser, not an action user so they are unlikely to stick around or convert in any way immediately. When they do become an action user however there is a good chance they might return to your site if you were able to get your branding in their mind when they first went there and they remember your name/url.
Free branding seems good. And since most of the stumbling is guided by tags the stumblers indicate they are looking for, they are at least somewhat focused. They do not generally convert but you can get some need subscribers that way if you are running a blog.
I got about 3 thousand visitors from stumble last week. The Avg Time was 2:13 spent on the page. About 55% left the site after that and 45% checked out other pages. Made very, very little money off of the traffic. But I believe that the real benefit of the bookmarking sites is the Buzz and Exposure that the site gets. And hopefully with all that exposure you can pickup some links.
Very good point. Your site is not much good without the traffic. More traffic, more people, more exposure, more chances.. right? or not?
It's all about the site in question, and usually the most popular SU sites are ones without any sort of advertising. Conversions will be especially low if you're trying to sell something or get Adsense clicks. What I'd hope for from SU is someone thinking my site was really really cool and linking to it or telling their friends. But it only happens if you have an amazing site and the visitors are targeted. Since SU traffic isn't the most targeted, good luck! (If you want to read more of my comparisons of good vs bad SU sites, I blogged about it a while ago - http://internetmarketingsucks.com/blog/2007/02/12/understanding-stumbleupon/)
Ive spent a few hundred dollars at stumble upon and was very happy with the results. Ive posted on my marketing blog about it a few times.
I didnt know you can spend money there. I looked at your blog, couldnt find details. Can you give some details please drig.
I posted about stumble a long time ago when it first came out. Here's the core info on Stumble you should know. 1. Stumble will provide you traffic if your site is in the free stuff, cool stuff, games, and other related topics. people that use stumble are looking for more of the same. 2. When a page is first added, if it's in a popular catagory, then you will get a good amount of stumbles on the first day. The first day of stumbles, if people don't "thumbs up" your site, you'll see a drop in stumbles (traffic) the next day. 3. If you are going to stumble your own site, pick the absolutely most useful article on your site (don't stumble your home page). And don't stumble more than 2 pages of your own site.
Every little bit helps, so go for it and submit to stumbleupon. However, if you are going to post MFA sites, I suggest adding more REAL content to your site or you won't get far.
http://www.stumbleupon.com/ads/ http://www.virtualmarketingblog.com...ed-advertising-campaigns-through-stumbleupon/