Marketing Ninja

I’ve written before about how it annoys me that it takes a lot of time and effort to develop powerful social media accounts. However, one of my friends is trying to learn how to use StumbleUpon in order to help promote his humor blog, so I set out to gather some resources to help him out. I figured I’d share them with AjaxNinja’s readers.

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Introduction to StumbleUpon

• How To Stumble
  A blog dedicated to the subject of how to use StumbleUpon.
• Stumblers.net - The Unofficial Guide to StumbleUpon
  An online handbook for Stumblers.
• Unoffical StumbleUpon FAQ
  If this resource’s title requires an explanation, then I am at a loss for words.
• StumbleUpon Official FAQ
  Seriously, it’d be a bit screwed up if I included the Unofficial FAQ and not the official one too.
• Beginners Guide to StumbleUpon
  Just read the freaking title.
• StumbleUpon Help Forum
  StumbleUpon’s official online help forum.

Drawing Traffic from StumbleUpon

• A Comprehensive Guide to StumbleUpon: How to Build Massive Traffic to Your Website
  A thorough guide by Dosh Dosh on how to develop your StumbleUpon account into a powerful weapon for driving traffic to your website.
• How to Get Traffic from Web 2.0 Sites like Digg, Reddit & StumbleUpon
  Probably the most informative article out of all the traffic-drawing ones I mention on this list.
• How to Draw StumbleUpon Users Into Your Blog
  A great ProBlogger post on how to attract the attention of Stumblers who land on your site.
• The Secret to Massive Digg/StumbleUpon Traffic Without Spamming
  How good, polite StumbleUpon etiquette can increase StumbleUpon traffic to your website.
• How to Use StumbleUpon to Promote
  How to use StumbleUpon as a promotional tool.
• StumbleUpon Optimization: Leveraging Photo Stumbles for More Web Traffic How to leverage photos on your pages in order to increase the amount of traffic yielded from StumbleUpon.
• Writing for StumbleUpon: High Impact Content “Above the Scroll” in Four Easy Steps
  How to write impactful copy that grabs the attention of StumbleUpon users.
• The Why, How and Who of Marketing in StumbleUpon
  The marriage of StumbleUpon and marketing.
• How to Generate REAL Traffic from StumbleUpon
  I’d certainly hate to generate fake traffic from StumbleUpon. Covers a lot of the basics, but I like the netiquette covered at the end of the article.
• 5 Tactics for Driving Traffic From StumbleUpon
  5 helpful suggestions on how to drive traffic from StumbleUpon.
• The Ultimate Guide to Leveraging StumbleUpon
  An in-depth article with figures which demonstrates the power of leveraging StumbleUpon. Oh, yeah, it also tells you how to leverage it too.
• How Important is StumbleUpon?
  An in-depth look at StumbleUpon from the bottom-up.
• for photographers: how to optimize for stumbleupon photo-blogging traffic
  Muhammad Saleem shows you how to optimize your photography pages so they can be easily photo-blogged by stumblers.
• Cross-Pollinating Social Media Viral Seeds
  Leverage StumbleUpon against your other social networks to boost your overall traffic-driving power.

StumbleUpon for Businesses

• How to Use StumbleUpon for Your Business: The Definitive Guide
  Tamar Weinberg breaks down StumbleUpon for business owners.
• Run a StumbleUpon Advertising Campaign For Your Blog
  How to use a StumbleUpon advertising campaign to drive traffic to your blog or website.
• Effective advertising strategy using StumbleUpon
  A detailed tutorial on how to create effective advertising campaigns on StumbleUpon.
• Stumbleupon can get your AdSense Account Banned for Invalid Impressions Fraud
  I haven’t had this problem, but that doesn’t mean no one else has. If your business depends on AdSense revenue, the explanation and remedies in this article are a must-read.

Becoming a Top Stumbler

• stumbleGods
  A website created by some of the most powerful Stumblers; “[their] thumbs move masses.” Learn from the best in the business.
• StumbleRank
  The more qualitative cousin of stumbleGODS; ranks top StumbleUpon users for fun.
• How to Become a Top StumbleUpon User (or Why You Really Shouldn’t Bother)
  Dosh Dosh’s guide on how to achieve the coveted “Top Stumbler” status; I guess if you really want to be listed on that stumbleGods site then this is the best place to get started.
• StumbleUpon - How to make yourself a good stumbler
  If you want to make yourself an effective stumbler without trying to necissarily become a top stumbler, then this is a good resource for you.
• How to Use StumbleUpon Like a Pro
  Seriously, some of these titles are so freaking self-explanatory. Why do I feel obligated to keep writing my own descriptions of them? Damnit…
• How do you become a StumbleUpon power user? Ask a 16 year old.
  Everyone is an expert but me
• fast-track yourself to a stumblegod
  Muhammad Saleem shows us how to set StumbleUpon’s keyboard shortcuts to help speed up our Stumbling.
• Claim Your StumbleUpon Blog through Technorati
  Increase the number of links to your StumbleUpon profile by claiming your StumbleUpon blog with Technorati. Also increases the power of all of your reviews and StumbleUpon blog entries.
• Making a Power Account on StumbleUpon
  Short article that covers the basics of how to position yourself as a top stumbler over time.

Advanced Stumbling

• Advanced Stumbling
  A wiki page covering some of the advanced strategies used by experienced Stumblers. The page covers photo-blogging, polls, StumbleUpon add-ons, and other more advanced uses of StumbleUpon.
• Using StumbleUpon PhotoBlog It!
  A tutorial on how to use the StumbleUpon photo blogging functionality.
• How to Use StumbleUpon to Generate Topic Ideas
  My Rea Maor debunking came about as a result of StumbleUpon; SU really is a good resource for coming up with topic ideas for blog entries, papers, or web pages.
• Stumbleupon mathematics for stumblers
  Tim Nash provides some insight and speculation as to how the StumbleUpon algorithm determines how to route visitors to a stumbled page.

Participating in StumbleUpon’s Network

• Building Your Blog with StumbleUpon
  From the website: “how you can build your blog and your blogger profile by participating in the StumbleUpon community - while having plenty of fun at the same time!”
• Share Your Stuff: Effectively and Ethically Submitting Pages to StumbleUpon & Stumblers
  Learn how to build an effective network of Stumblers through seeking out like-minded users.
• Organic Stumbling Tip
  Tim Nash, once again, provides a great piece of advice on how to boost the effectiveness of your friends’ Stumbles.
• stumbleXchange
  Use stumbleXchange to form a network of mutual Stumblers. There is not a doubt in my mind that this is against StumbleUpon’s Terms of Service, and I do not use it. Use at your own risk.
• Are you banned by StumbleUpon? What is the consequence?
  Stumbling your own websites too often can result in your domain name being banned from StumbleUpon. This site covers some of the big no-nos of StumbleUpon.
• Whiteboard Friday - “How to Win Friends & Influence People”
  A SEOMoz video covering how to make establish networks on services like StumbleUpon.

Stumbling without the StumbleUpon Toolbar

• How to Use StumbleUpon Without the Toolbar
  If you’re a StumbleUpon user who has experienced a lot of technical difficulties with the traditional toolbar, then this resource provides some tips on how to keep on stumbling without the toolbar.
• StumbleWeb
  An easy way to use StumbleUpon without having to use the StumbleUpon toolbar.

StumbleUpon Tools

• StumbleCrumble WordPress Plugin
  Use this plug-in on a WordPress-powered blog to show all of your latest stumbles to your readers.
• StumbleUpon Facebook Application
  Show your Facebook friends your latest stumbles with this Facebook application.
• StumbleUpon Add-Ons
  A comprehensive list of StumbleUpon add-ons.
• Del.icio.us Stumble
  A PHP script that converts your del.icio.us bookmarks into stumbles.
• StumbleUpon WYSIWYG Editor
  A What You See Is What You Get editor for StumbleUpon.

I hope you found these to be helpful. Feel free to add me to your StumbleUpon friends.

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