Is StumbleUpon going to be the next powerhouse social media website? This makes me wonder what we can expect from StumbleUpon going into the future? Will it be one of those social media powerhouses that cannot be left out of your social media marketing plan ? Which way will StumbleUpon fall? wouldn’t worry too much about StumbleUpon’s future as long as the numbers are going up. In fact, if you haven’t tried StumbleUpon, this may be the perfect time for you to give it a go. Social Media StumbleUponThat’s phenomenal growth. MORE >>

Last month, we chronicled one major milestone when StumbleUpon surpassed Facebook for social media traffic generation. Other than a few functionality changes, the basic premise has remained unchanged over the years, which may be… The Secret to StumbleUpon’s Success. Those who love surprise parties and movies with twist-endings are prime candidates to be one of the millions of avid StumbleUpon fans. To paraphrase Forrest Gump, “StumbleUpon is like a box of chocolates.&#. Social Media Marketing StumbleUpon business garrett jones marketing MORE >>

A big percentage of our referring link web traffic comes in through the social bookmarking site  StumbleUpon. Here’s the official definition: StumbleUpon is a a discovery engine that finds and recommends web content to its users. StumbleUpon is fairly straight forward and easy to use. You can also see how many times each post was viewed on StumbleUpon: It’s easy to get started. They pick a topic such as marketing, business tools, etc. checked our Google Analytics and saw our bounce rate was 82% for StumbleUpon for the past month. Thoughts? MORE >>

He is an investor in Six Apart, Stumbleupon and VideoEgg. This is just part one of three podcasts from David Hornik that will air on Marketing Voices. He is an investor in Six Apart, Stumbleupon and VideoEgg. Tags: Marketing Voices Venture Capitalists David Hornik Facebook Six Apart Stumbleupon Twitter venture capitalist VentureBlog VentureCast VideoEgg David Hornik is renowned in the venture industry for his unusual perspective on social media. We also discuss Twitter and the future for mobile. Part 3 of 3. David talks to me about his latest thinking [.] MORE >>

recently completed a new point-of-view for my firm which outlines how I think marketing will be changing in the next few years.  Given that disclaimer, here’s what I see as the big issues facing marketers next year: Customer engagement is not a passing fad. Now that there’s so much more data with the advent of social media, marketers must look beyond their traditional sources of data warehousing.  Marketing analytics are red hot. Social media marketing will mature. 2010 was the year social media exploded onto the marketing scene.  Kenyon Blunt. MORE >>