How to Improve Your Traffic Through StumbleUpon
While StumbleUpon is a very well known social bookmarking website, a great variety of people and businesses are utilising this valuable Internet marketing application to maximise their internet traffic.
StumbleUpon, owned and run by eBay, operates as both a search engine and a social bookmarking website to rate other websites, web pages, internet video clips, audio files and all sorts of images. Those who sign up with StumbleUpon (it’s totally free) can provide ratings for websites they’ve come across.
Using StumbleUpon can assist you with increasing your website visitors. The more people who stumble upon your website and like it, the higher your ranking grows. A high ranking means even greater traffic to your site from StumbleUpon members and beyond. StumbleUpon can be even more valuable to your website if visitors leave a short review about your site along with their rating. And we’re talking major traffic potential when you consider that StumbleUpon currently has nearly 8 million members and growing.
Website owners who use StumbleUpon have noticed an immediate increase in their website traffic. Those who track traffic methodically say StumbleUpon creates more clicks to their website than any of the other search engines. It also increases their search engine ranking.
But the most important aspect for realizing success is having great content available on your website. It should be informational or educational, giving the reader something of interest. If you are selling products or services, include informational content on your website that speaks to a trend in the industry, a new finding, or current events that have a connection to your product or service. Currently, StumbleUpon has 500 different topics. Utilise these areas of interest to develop content that’s of intense interest to StumbleUpon members.
To retain the new visitors that StumbleUpon brings to your website, add feeds, email subscriptions, contests, or special offers to your website to encourage StumbleUpon members to become long-time customers.
E-commerce websites can also benefit from StumbleUpon if it’s creatively designed or has an intriguing way of branding a product. The social aspect of StumbleUpon will enhance the exposure of your site. It’s viral marketing at its best.
StumbleUpon can also help your website gain more traffic through its buttons. You can add a button to your website and encourage your visitors to submit your content to StumbleUpon. It’s a free and easy way to spread the word about your site.
If you’re looking to enhance your website’s presence, it’s time to StumbleUpon a new marketing tool and give it a try for yourself.
Adam Toren, Co-Founder of Young Entrepreneur, specializes in improving the profitability of under-performing businesses with a unique and ‘bottom line’ program. Adam, along with his brother, have started, bought and sold several companies over the past years. They currently own and operate a successful publishing company and several online companies.
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