Greg Hartnett

If you haven’t yet figured out a plan to tap into the traffic at StumbleUpon, I would suggest you do so - pronto. I think I read recently that their userbase is approximately 2.5 million people. That’s a lot of eyeballs, and some of them could be yours.

I have been a fan of StumbleUpon for awhile now. As a user, I like how they feed me sites that are of interest to me - and should a site pop up that I don’t like, I can voice my opinion about it with a simple thumbs down. As an online marketer, I love the traffic they send me. In my presentation at PubCon Vegas in November, I recommended that users try the advertising option at StumbleUpon. It’s a great way to send cheap traffic to your site. One of the audience members took my advice, and seems to have had a very positive experience - read all about it here (great job Everett!).

Yesterday, the folks at StumbleUpon rocked my world, sending me almost 6000 unique visitors. For free! That’s right, I didn’t add an extra zero in there - six thousand visitors from StumbleUpon in one day. And today is shaping up to be another banner day - as of this writing, they have sent me over a thousand uniques, and the day is just starting. I have included a snapshot of my top referrers from yesterday for all of you Doubting Thomases:

So head on over to StumbleUpon, download the toolbar, and get started. Start by stumbling around a bit to get a feel for it. Once you are feeling comfortable, recommend your own site, and let your fellow stumblers know that you did. Once you receive a handful of thumbs up votes, your site will get thrown into rotation. If you get more positive feedback, they’ll display you more often. Then the fun begins…