Stumble Upon Free Traffic – Part 2 – Comment For A Stumble
When I posted my review about my Stumble Upon free traffic generation strategy, Hammer posted his comment that my strategy is ineffective.
This is what he wrote:
This is a very ineffective way to use StumbleUpon and if you only got 193 unique visits you need to rethink your strategy. I consistently get a couple thousand hits a day from SU and have gotten as high as 10,000 hits in one day to certain posts.
Feeling very curious about what I did wrong, I email him and asked how he did it. He’s very kind to share me this fact:
Hi Aldian,
The important thing to remember about SU is that your stumbles or the stumbles of others won’t achieve much unless you or they are popular stumblers.
Here’s what I recommend. First, spend some time adding friends and be sure they do a lot of Stumbling. You are limited to adding 200 friends, so make them count. Also check to see how many friends they have already. If they have 200 or close to it, they won’t be able to befriend you back. As you begin adding quality friends, some of they will make you a friend as well. There is no limit to how many people can befriend you and over time, hopefully lots of people will make you their friend. The more friends you have, the more effective your own stumbles will be.
Second, do a lot of stumbling. Spend some time stumbling and giving a thumbs up to lots of sites each day. It’s also good to find things to stumble that haven’t been stumbled before. Anytime you are surfing and find a site or page you like, give it a thumbs up.
Once you’ve been doing some stumbling and added plenty of friends and have 20 or so fans, (people that have added you as a friend), then you can start stumbling your own posts. Posts that are interesting to lots of people will get thumbed up by others once you start the process and if eough people stumble your posts, they can get hundreds and thousands of hits a day. I’ve got posts that were stumbled weeks ago that are still getting thumbed up and then start banging all over again.
So I redo my strategy, and inspired by RJ’s Comment For A Stumble, I’m doing this experiment.
Here goes:
Leave a comment in this post with a link you want stumbled. You will also get a valid back link to your sites because I use Do-Follow plugin, in addition to I stumble your sites. Off course, I reserve the right to not stumble something that I personally find offensive or consider as nothing more than spam. I also prefer to stumble stories that have never been stumbled before 
You can check my Stumble Upon page to see if I stumbled yours. You can also use Terence Chang’s one-click trick to know if you’re really stumbled.
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Comment by Jon - SmartWealthyRich on 4 July 2007:
Hey that’s cool!
If you want we can get the ball rolling, here’s a post that could use stumbles:
http://smartwealthyrich.com/pownce-kinda-like-twitter-but-on-steroids/
tags: blogs, micro-blogging, kevin rose, pownce, beta
Comment by Jane on 4 July 2007:
Very interesting article. I can use the information. Thanks.
http://jerichomonster.blogspot.com/
Comment by kevin on 4 July 2007:
I think it is important to be active in any community you are in. The same thought process can be applied to digg or any other bookmarking community. Even blog catalog or mybloglog, if you aren’t active and don’t participate you won’t go anywhere.
http://pointlessbanter.net/
Comment by Lincoln on 4 July 2007:
If you love me you’ll stumble me. Make me feel loved!
On a more serious note, the bottom line is that content is king. If your content is really good people will thumb it up, but if not most people will simply hit the Stumble button again and move on.
More importantly, you need to know what stumblers like. Check the main StumbleUpon page and look at the tags. Notice that the most popular tags are usually humor, photography, home, politics and videos. Create a post that falls in line with one of these niches, then when you stumble it, make sure the topic you choose contains the same word (e.g. if your post is humor related, use humor for the topic).
You can of course network as your friend suggested, but this will prove to be an easier approach for you, especially if you’re just getting started. It’s a matter of knowing human behavior and adapting your blog posts to give stumblers what they want.
Comment by Aldian on 4 July 2007:
Great info there Jon. I stumbled it.
Happy 4th to you too Jane
HI Lincoln and Kevin, thanks for the tips. I’ll make great use of those resources.
I agree that we have to be active and content is king
Comment by Christo on 5 July 2007:
Hi
Maybe a stumble is what I need to get some traffic.
Thank you
Comment by Bethany on 5 July 2007:
Hi!
A comment for a Stumble? Sounds like a great deal to me!
I could use some more traffic on this post: http://bethanyharvey.com/blog/posts/2007/07/got-your-gay-agenda-right-here/
Don’t feel obligated, of course!
Also, what plugin do you use to allow commenters to edit their comments for 10 minutes? I’d love to have something like that on my blog, if you don’t mind sharing how you did it!
Comment by Aldian on 5 July 2007:
Wow Christo, shark fishing! That’s extremely extreme fishing. Great articles. Stumbled
Hey Bethany, I like your wilderness photos there. Tortoise, vulture skulls… I gave thumb up.
WP AJAX Edit Comments is what you need to allow your commenters to edit their comments. You can set it any period of time you want.
You can also find other useful plugins that I use in my Resources Page.
Comment by www.BloggingMix.com on 5 July 2007:
Nice post. Kudos to your blog.
Comment by Make Money At Home on 5 July 2007:
I can tell you from first hand experience that this method works.
Comment by Carol King on 6 July 2007:
Hi Aldia. Sounds like a plan.
If you like this post I would love to have it stumbled.
http://homebiz-knowhow.blogspot.com/2007/04/do-you-really-need-to-drive-tsunami-of.html
Thanks.
Comment by Terence Chang on 6 July 2007:
Hey .. Great post here … thank you for linking back .. .Nice job!
Comment by ladynada on 6 July 2007:
No one cares about being deceitful anymore?
Why not just honestly participate on SU and stumble only good sites that you think deserve it. Add a stumble button to your own site, and let it all flow out?
If you are honest, then good things will happen for you. If you are deceitful, what do you really expect?
nada
Comment by Aldian on 12 July 2007:
Hi hi guys and gals,
Sorry for my delayed reply. I’ve been down with influenza this several days. It was quite frustrating me.
Hi Jon,
Thanks for your warm comment.
Hi Carol,
It’s stumbled
I agree with you that SEO is a must for targeted traffic.
Hi Terence,
You’re welcome! You posted great articles there.
Hi Nada,
Thank you for your honest opinion. I agree with you that I only stumble sites that I think are good
“I reserve the right to not stumble something that I personally find offensive or consider as nothing more than spam.”
Comment by CFernandes on 15 July 2007:
Hi,
I would like it if you could stumble this post, and I will be Stumbling one of yours that I find interesting also!
http://from-home-make-money-opportunity.com/index.php/making-money-from-home-with-google-referrals-20/
thanks!
Comment by Aldian on 15 July 2007:
Great post on Google Refferal 2.0.
You just need to complete it with how to get Google Refferal 2.0
- Login to your AdSense
- Click AdSense Setup tab
Apparently it’s not available to every AdSense account yet. I myself doesn’t have this option yet.
I hope Google with add it to my account this month
Stumbled, too!
Comment by Zul on 15 July 2007:
Hi Aldian, great tips and information. Thanks for the sharing!
Comment by Aldian on 16 July 2007:
You’re welcome Zul!
Comment by Ben on 23 July 2007:
Nice post and great tips, have stumbled it.
Id love one back
http://www.jessicastrust.org.uk/2007/07/17/everlasting-love/
Comment by Britt Malka on 23 July 2007:
Wonderful post! I would never had thought of that explanation.
If you like this post, please stumble it
http://www.money-online101.com/tips/are-you-making-money-from-youtube/
I have – obviously – stumbled your’s since I liked it
Comment by Jon - SmartWealthyRich on 24 July 2007:
Hey Aldian, howz the stumbling going?
Comment by Aldian on 24 July 2007:
Hi Ben, you have a great cause. I hope my stumbling can help spread the words.
Hi Britt, I agree with you. YouTube is one of the great traffic sources.
Hi Jon, Stumble is amazing. My traffic is raising a lot. I notice one thing: content is king. If your readers like your content, they’ll stumble it.
Comment by inspiroi on 24 July 2007:
Great article. Thanks!
http://sunlightflavour.net/index.php/10-blog-traffic-tips/
Comment by Aldian on 26 July 2007:
Inspiroi, you also have some practical tips, too! Lol, I’ve never used trackback before.
I just started submit post to Blog Carnival and thinking to host a carnival here
Comment by affzan on 27 July 2007:
Nice tips. I get a lot of traffic from SU as well. My highest traffic came from a post that was stumbled by Andy Beard. So yes, thumbs up from popular bloggers/stumblers will get you huge amount of traffic.
Comment by Aldian on 30 July 2007:
Wow Ahmad, it’s so great to be stumbled by Andy Beard.
Comment by Joe Jusitn on 28 August 2007:
Aldian,
Great post! I like your site as well.
I would like to take you up on the deal. However, I would also like to reciprocate as well. Just comment on my blog I will stumble your posts.
Here’s my post:
http://arsenalmarketing.com/blog-marketing/social-bookmarking-list-over-120-sites-with-page-rank
Comment by Aldian on 7 September 2007:
Hi Joe,
Thanks for your visit and comment. Your list is very comprehensive and covers about everything.
You can also use OnlyWire.com and Socializer to help you social bookmarks to several sites at once
Comment by Gal Baras on 10 November 2007:
Hi Aldian,
So great of you to run this initiative and I am certainly happy and grateful to take you up on your offer.
Please stumble these two wonderful sites:
http://www.behappyinlife.com
http://www.ronitbaras.com
Thank you soooo much!
Gal (SMCC)
Comment by Aldian on 27 November 2007:
That’s touching story by your wife there, Gal! Stumbled it
Comment by thuquanvietnam on 2 December 2007:
Thx, this is what i am searching for.
Love your site! Tons of good contents.
Comment by Life Coaching Birmingham on 3 April 2008:
Hi Aldian,
I’m really enjoying nosing around your blog and this post seems like a great place to comment. I can see that you are monetising your blog and promoting products, but I still get the overwhelming feeling that you want to help people, whether or not they buy.
I certainly value the advice in the letter you’ve posted on here and I’m off to add my stumble friends.
If you’re still stumbling the posts then I’d really appreciate a stumble for this one:
Comfort Zones – Are they really comfortable?
Cheers, Dan