I just gained my 400th fan on Stumbleupon My growth rate on Stumble has been exponential the last couple of months. I think I had less that 100 fans 3 months ago. I changed the way I use Stumble and people seem to like it.
I don’t even call it a tactic, as the way I am using it is the way I would use it if it gathered no friends. Basically all I do is us it as a bookmarking tool and am very focussed on the topics I cover, which is online marketing.
Other benefits are that it’s a great way for me to inform people what I am into and what kind of material I wish to be associated with.
- I only submit quality stuff
- I don’t submit my own stuff
- I am very generous, I even submit posts from people I don’t like
- I have become very aware of what others submit
Stumble is great because you can use it whichever way suits your needs. This is why I spend more time on it than any other social bookmarking service. I think I blog about Stumbleupon more than any other site, this is simply because I like it more.
My advice is use the site as a tool, don’t try to game it or try tricks. The benefit will reveal itself as you use it. It may not even be what you think.
Thanks to all those who have added themselves as a fan. I hope to live up to expectations. I am only able to add 200 people so apologies that I cannot add you.
The benefits of adding me as a fan means you get a feed of all the online marketing sites I stumble, you get to read what I read. There is an RSS feed on my submissions, simply add that to your rss reader and you will see all my submissions. I have quickly set up an rss feed of my submits here, but it ain’t pretty. I intend to aggreagate a number of my social feeds.