Comments on: Never pay for Stumble Upon traffic

By: Adrian @ adriandayton

Adrian @ adriandayton — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 19:09:08 +0000

Its weird, I have had trouble getting traffic to my blog, and then today some random twitter friend said she like my blogged and added it to "SU". I didn't know what she was talking about, but I got like 80 visitors from it.I was curious so I googled "stumble upon is it worth it" and I got your article. Looks like stumbe upon is awesome if other people add it for you, but not worth it otherwise.What I don't understand though, did the twitter friend have to pay for the traffic she sent to my blog? How does that work?Adrian @ adriandayton´s last blog post..Anti-pirates Don't Even Realize

By: Jen Brister

Jen Brister — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:28:11 +0000

I did a campaign several months ago, but I have continued to submit articles here and there and have gained a ton of traffic from it. I would love to see, however, how many people are voting them up or down.Jen Brister´s last blog post..How Do YOU Blog?

By: Chris Guthrie

Chris Guthrie — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 05:59:53 +0000

Hey Luke,

Yes I think you’re right that if you do pay for Stumble Upon traffic it’s entirely possible that you can have better results than I did. Besides I think that topics that focus more on a general audience will do better than those focused on a narrow niche (i.e. my blog)

By: Luke Smith

Luke Smith — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:35:59 +0000

OK – I paid and paid and paid for traffic on a blog on SU – The blog was just starting out and I was able to use the voting to help me change the layout and some of the post. I paused and made the changes. I was able to get things to where people did start voting and the blog went viral Months later I am still getting traffic and twitter traffic to the site is secondary to the SU traffic I get.

Will I pay for SU traffic for the blog again?? Well I spent $500 (still sick of that) on the traffic and I am still coasting off it at 1,000 impressions a month SU traffic. So another few months – but ill do the $10 test you did here to improve the site and then kick in for another round but not more then say $50-$100.

So for me it did work to some extent – but I would much rather SuiteJ bookmark a page !

Luke Smith´s last blog post..Mira Mesa Blvd & Lusk Blvd, San Diego, CA 92126, United States (via brightkite.com)

By: Kurt Henninger

Kurt Henninger — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 23:46:35 +0000

I agree....my stumble traffic rarely converts to anything in terms of any real activity on my site. While the traffic is nice when i get stumbled, I wouldn't pay for it.Kurt Henninger´s last blog post..How To Get Free Network Marketing Leads

By: Dennis Edell

Dennis Edell — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:23:00 +0000

Interesting results indeed, but all the way around it was a one-off test....is that really accurate enough for a "case study"?Dennis Edell´s last blog post..Knowledge Link Love #1: What Are Your Favorite Social Networks and Why?

By: Chris Guthrie

Chris Guthrie — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 14:09:24 +0000

Hey Brian, I remember that post and agree that it’s tough to tell what people will really like. Yah, I’m going to try using Stumble Upon to help advertise a new website I’m going to be launching and wanted to use this as a bit of a dry run.

By: StartBreakingFree.com

StartBreakingFree.com — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:11:11 +0000

Hi Chris, Yep I had similar results with a paid Stumble Upon test I did.

People voted positively on it, but they did not convert well into subscribers (my main goal).

One of my posts did go viral organically on Stumble Upon which was great and brought in 3000 visitors. It wasn’t even related to my niche, and was about How To Stop Letting Little Things In Life Piss You Off.
http://www.startbreakingfree.com/226/

That’s one of the interesting things about blogging. It’s really hard to tell what people will respond to!

Some of (what I think are) my best posts hardly get noticed, while a quick throw away post will go viral.

Good topic!
Brian