Most websites would love to have more free traffic, but often it is the new forms of advertising that they could be missing out on. One of the new forms of advertising that a lot of people are using is Stumble Upon. If you have never considered exploring this site before you really should take a look at what this site can offer you in regards to traffic. It only takes a couple of minutes to get it set it up and you could be seeing a lot of traffic within a very short time.
You will need to open an account with them, and then download your toolbar which will take a different amount of time depending out your internet speed. I prefer the toolbar for Firefox and have found it to be a little easier than utilizing IE and I have not been able to use the toolbar for IE on Internet Explorer 7
Once you have the stumble upon toolbar installed you can spend time adding your site and watch the traffic come in. As you write a review about your site, other people will see it and come and take a look. If you are selling a product which you have reviewed then they are a targeted group coming to see what you have found. You want to make sure you add in your keywords and some descriptive text as this will make your entry not only be stumbled by other users, but will also put it on your StumbleUpon homepage. Then as you build your network of friends and groups your entry will be exposed to more users. One thing about Stumble Upon traffic is unless you are very careful about your keywords and the groups you join then the traffic will not be targeted and will not convert well. So pay attention to the community and contribute more than just your own sites. This will help you gain even more exposure and traffic to your sites.
Within a very short time you will see people coming to your website, and sales increasing as you meet the need that they have. You might think it is a lot of work to have to write a review for every page in your website or all your websites, but do remember this is free traffic. You are selling not only your website but also your product when you write your review.
It will cost you a little time and effort but no more than writing a PPC advert. The difference is you pay for a PPC advert you don’t pay for Stumble Upon. They do have an option to pay for traffic which is very cheap, Once you learn the system you may want to consider this option too,
The other advantage is that as you write your reviews so other people will come to your site and also write a review for your product. This will escalate as more and more people are shown your site through Stumble Upon.
Consider the different ways in which you can make money through the webpage you review. You find something that people will love and you set up a page for just that. They will soon arrive to take a look and if it is a free product then they will always get it and it could be that you are being paid just to get their email address. Take a good look at how you can use this free advertising not only to get traffic to your site, but also to sell the products from your site.
Stumble Upon like a lot of traffic generation techniques can be very lucrative but only if you work the method properly and test different parts of the site. Once you learn what works the best for your own niches and sites. These are also very good links for SEO purposes and can also help you to get a new site indexed.
