2. StumbleUpon is a social bookmarking
and sharing tool, that allows you to
‘stumble’ websites, posts and other
content you come across on the
internet. The best thing about
StumbleUpon is that it helps to drive
massive amounts of traffic to your
business sites. This post details how
you can use this social tool to improve
your social marketing campaigns.
4. StumbleUpon makes surfing the
internet fun and worthwhile. First you
have to sign up, and install the
StumbleUpon toolbar. Once you have
it, all you need to do is click ‘stumble’
to get a fresh interesting website or
post to read.
5. It’s completely random within your
targeted search term, and a great
sharing tool. When you come across
an article you like, you can ‘thumb up’
it. It works the same way as the
Facebook like button, increasing that
post’s ranking on the StumbleUpon
network.
6. The more ‘thumbs up’ it gets, the
more StumbleUpon users will see it,
and get a chance to read the article
and rate it themselves.
8. It can be challenging driving traffic to
your business blog – and this is where
StumbleUpon comes in. There are
many ways you can use this social tool
to benefit your business. Here are a
few ways to use it.
9. Driving Traffic – Use StumbleUpon to
bookmark posts you’ve created on
your blog. They will be logged in as a
‘discovery’ and added to the
StumbleUpon network. When you
write the description and put in the
tags, keyword optimize them
according to your post. This will give
StumbleUpon users the chance to view
and rate your post.
10. Increase Social Sharing – StumbleUpon
offers users the chance to like or tweet
about your post, as they read it. This
boosts your social profile, and adds
new fans and followers to your two
core social networks. Make sure that
you do the same for other people’s
posts that you come across!
11. Information Resource – StumbleUpon
is an excellent way to use the internet
for traffic, but it’s also an invaluable
information sourcing tool. Posts are
ranked by real people – which means
you’ll come across a lot of superb
information – that you wouldn’t have
found through a search engine. Use
StumbleUpon to make your articles
and posts extra interesting.
13. We’ve spoken fairly often about social
proof, and StumbleUpon is one of
those tools that contributes to this
quite successfully. On the toolbar,
there is an option for any user to
recommend or review the post, (or
site) – that other users can read.
14. If you’ve been looking for another
location to source testimonials about
your business or blog – then
StumbleUpon can be a goldmine.
15. Social bookmarking tools like
StumbleUpon are extremely valuable
to blog owners. If you haven’t been
using it to boost your traffic, then it’s
time to sign up for an account. Every
time you post an article, stumble it.
Get the hang of the service, and soon
you’ll notice a steady increase in
visitors, readers and social fans. And if
you don’t have a StumbleUpon button
on your blog, get it!
16. Social Media Marketing University
(SMMU) is the creation of John Paul
Souza, a serial entrepreneur who's
held senior managerial positions at
Banc America Capital Management
Group and JP Morgan Chase. Serving
marketing professionals,
17. entrepreneurs and corporations,
SMMU differentiates itself by offering
hands-on training from hands-on
experts who are actively applying their
skills on real-world projects.
18. SMMU was recently honored as one of
the top 5 finalists by the leading blog
site, Mashable, as one of the top
provider of social media services for
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19. For more information about social
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