The great thing about social media (and blogs that talk about social media and how it can be used for personal, business, blogging, marketing and more) is that there’s a ton of information available on how it can benefit you. Hopefully, over the space of the last two years or so, this blog has offered you some tips, advice, strategy, call it what you will, that has helped you understand this cool toolset we call social media. From Stats to Strats – Free Social Media Ebook. Social Media Roadmaps. Enjoy! MORE >>

The news of layoffs at StumbleUpon reminded me that in compiling some year-end social media referral data I’d noticed that a number of sites had experienced declines in StumbleUpon traffic. To get a better sense of the situation I pulled StumbleUpon referral figures from 2010-2012 for a group of 47 news and content sites that we work with at Define Media Group , primarily magazine brands. One thing that is important to point out is that some publishers participate in StumbleUpon Paid Discovery which has an impact on their traffic figures. MORE >>

Though social media marketing is rapidly advancing in terms of adoption and sophistication, many marketers and business executives still struggle with it. They wonder if their organizations are doing enough, if they are doing things right, even if they should be involved in social media at all. This confusion is partly due to some still-common misconceptions about social media marketing. As the goal of Social Media is Simpler Than You Think was to demystify social media marketing, this post will attempt to de-myth-ify it. MORE >>

You are here: ViperChill » Social Media » Getting Mass Traffic from StumbleUpon: A Definitive Guide Getting Mass Traffic from StumbleUpon: A Definitive Guide Written by Glen, this post has 83 Comments Many bloggers end up having a love-hate relationship with StumbleUpon. ViperChill received 12,040 visitors from StumbleUpon in May , yet their average time on site was just 26 seconds (overall site average is 2 minutes and 24 seconds) and they each viewed around 1.22 Simply put, compared to other traffic sources, StumbleUpon is terrible. MORE >>

StumbleUpon has been around for a long time. Recently, the social media service announced it is rolling out a new look in beta. If you look at the beta, you’ll notice that it resembles another very popular social media website – Pinterest. What StumbleUpon is trying to do is stay current, and relevant. think StumbleUpon is aware of that. website development Social Media StumbleUpon web designThis is a little bit exciting. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. Even you. Web design is not an exact science. MORE >>